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vacants: House Sitting... Free Staging, or the Dumbest Idea of All Time? - 08/13/08 07:47 AM
House sitting might appear to be free staging... live staging, even! But can it really work?
Sure the seller/builder gets free furniture and a free, LIVE demo of lifestyle for his (her) potential buyers, but does it work?  It can't work for all vacants can it?
Surely, if the home's biggest asset or at least, it's biggest justification for the price, is that it's new construction (i.e. unlived in) - you can't have people living in there, even if they are only "sitting" in the place?  What happens about the now-used appliances?  The now scratched stainless steel sink?  Do you have … (33 comments)

vacants: Closets - 07/22/07 09:02 AM
Every consultation, every estimate, every appointment, I'm asked "What is your position on closets?"
There are lots of rules about closets.  Here are my favorites, depending upon how much time there is before the home is "thrown up" onto the market.  (Thank you, Frank.  I shall be using that one for the next 6 months at a minimum!!)
1.     Straighten: everything standing up on the shelves, hangers facing the same way, shoes in their pairs.
2.     Group things such that you can see thru to the back wall on every level.
3.     Color Code it all.  It may sound OCD, but honestly, it's a much more … (22 comments)

 
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