home staging toronto: What to do with a very green room? - 06/13/12 10:10 PM
2 weeks ago we, at Staged 2 Sell Solutions Inc., did a staging consultation for a great property in Markham. The house needed a bit of updating, and one of my recommendations was to paint the entire house, getting rid of the wallpaper and the wall paper border in some rooms. It was a "good fight", the homeowners agreed in the end to follow my recommendations, except 1: the green room needs to stay as is, as it was painted just a month ago as a birthday present for their daughter.
Well, I was happy that 99% of my recommendations were … (9 comments)

home staging toronto: Monica Stanciu - FINALIST for the RESA Pro-stager of the Year(TM) 2011 Awards - 11/15/10 02:31 PM
Sorry for bragging, but I can't help it. I did it!
Being selected as one of the finalists for the RESA Pro Stager of the Year(TM) Awards 2011is a great honour.

I am humbled and proud that I came so far. Who would've thought that this will happen in 21/2 years since I  had started my home staging business Staged 2 Sell Solutions Inc.? It has been indeed a journey of self discovery, of pushing myself out of my comfort zone, of learning and making mistakes and learning from them too, of hard work and determination to be the best I … (13 comments)

home staging toronto: How clean is your house? - 11/14/10 11:41 AM
I am fortunate to work with an outstanding cleaning company www.maid-mart.com, which I recommend to all my staging clients. As a professional stager I understand how much the cleanliness factor weights in the buying decision. I wish all my clients would understand this too.
The clients who used Maid Mart services are always blown away by the quality work and how efficient these ladies are.
 I recently went for a staging consultation and one of my top recommendations was to professionally clean the entire house, including outside windows, doors, carpet, etc. For this size of the house, the cleaning would've been around $400.00. The home sellers … (10 comments)

home staging toronto: A townhouse in Richmond Hill, Ontario SELLS in just 1/2 day at 100% asking price - 11/14/10 10:37 AM
When everybody is scared that the sky is falling down in the Canadian Real Estate market, this property sold in half day at asking price.
Once again, a well priced property, a great listing agent and professional staging were the winning combination in for this success.The sellers moved out from the property at the time of staging, so we brought in contemporary furniture pieces, accessories and props to make this townhouse stand our from the competition.
It went on the MLS on Friday morning, by noon the property was sold firm - November 2010
 
Please click here to see the transformation.
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home staging toronto: I'll show you mine, if you show me yours... - 11/04/10 11:28 AM
After few months of organizing, packing and sourcing shelving and storage solutions, and looking for ideas from my fellow activerainers, we made it.
Staged 2 Sell Solutions has its own showroom now and we are very excited. With over 70K worth of staging inventory, selecting, packing and loading the staging truck is so much easier now. Everything is organized by colour and function, furniture on heavy duty shelves to make use of the vertical space... it is great to go there every morning. We organized the space with a little showroom to meet and greet redesign clients and real estate agents.
Having a … (16 comments)

home staging toronto: I thought I saw it all... - 08/05/10 11:59 AM
As staging consultants I am sure you got to see lots of weird things. I did. And met fantastic people too.
Last week I did a staging consultation to a beautiful  townthouse in Markham, which is a suburb of  Toronto. While I just found the usual on the main and second floor, the basement was another story: an oversized glass cage with 2 CROCODILES. Although the glass  structure was something that a ZOO can take some inspiration from, I don't think the crocodiles can help in any way with the selling of the house.
In fact the property was on the market … (17 comments)

home staging toronto: I cannot NOT brag about this... Staging works even in this Toronto hot market - $121,200.00 over asking - 11/27/09 07:25 AM
Last week Staged 2 Sell Solutions Inc. staged this cute lived -in property in Toronto. Few days later and a bidding war, the property sold $121,200.00 over-asking!!!
We just brought in few accessories and voila...this is the transformation on a very small budget.
Please click on the Before and After link:
Cedarbank, Toronto
Here are the listing photos:
Cedarbank, Toronto
 
Now, this is the highest over asking we got so far, couldn't resist not share it with you.
We keep hearing from our clients or Realtors that in a hot Real Estate market they do not need to stage … (17 comments)

home staging toronto: Woohoo... What a ride! - Part 1 - 04/26/09 10:56 AM
“If you think you can or if you think you can’t, you are right” - I heard these words from Christine Rae, the founder and president of Certified Staging Professionals CSP, entrepreneur, mother, business woman, wife...and a lot of abbreviations that I have no idea what they mean... how much wisdom and motivation in just few ordinary words.
 
As the last week full of events fast approached, I was oscillating between excitement, fear and doubt that I will be able to survive until this Sunday. But as every day in the life of a stager is full of challenges of … (7 comments)

home staging toronto: I can't keep it up with all the changes on AR! - 03/04/09 09:15 AM
Although I am not quite technically challenged, some of the latest changes on AR are a bit overwhelming for me. I can't figure out why all my Before and After images from my profile are nowhere to be found. Did I skip a "class"? Is this the new look, without images? If then, why there is still the option to upload pictures in the member profile? Help, please! … (11 comments)

home staging toronto: Is a lawyer worth this much? - 10/15/08 02:28 PM
After a staging job nightmare last week, I realized that having a good staging contract could've saved me some of the frustration and stress I've been through. This is when I considered hiring a lawyer to write a good contract for me. My problem is that I only know one Real Estate lawyer with whom I bought few properties and wrote our wills. He told me he can’t help, but gave me few numbers. I knew that lawyers make a good living, but was kind of surprised by their hourly fees. The cheapest one I got was 350/hr, and a guesstimate … (6 comments)

 
Monica Stanciu, Staged 2 Sell Solutions, Markham, ON (Staged 2 Sell Solutions Inc.)

Monica Stanciu

Staged 2 Sell Solutions, Markham, ON

Markham, ON

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Staged 2 Sell Solutions Inc.

Address: 18 Clayson St., Markham, ON, L6B 1L1

Mobile: (416) 912-6734



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