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seminole county fl home stager: Realtors, Don’t Let Your Listings Grow Up to be Vacants - 05/23/10 04:29 PM
Real estate professionals know that it is not a good thing to have a vacant home on the market. The vast majority of buyers will choose a furnished home over an empty one, and one study found that 64% of expired listings are vacant. Home sellers’ finances can be severely stressed by the cost of paying for two homes at once.
Fortunately, some smart investments can keep this from happening. Here are some suggestions you can give to your clients:
Listen to your Realtor about pricing. Realtors are market experts!
Stage the home and sell it … (9 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Five Reasons to Stage Occupied Homes - 11/23/09 07:47 PM
Picture an occupied home -- comfortably furnished, nicely decorated. How would having it staged help it sell? Is it worth the expense? Here are five reasons for sellers of occupied homes to consider a professional home staging consultation:
#1 –Getting a home ready to sell can be overwhelming to sellers, and they may not know how to begin or what to do. Home stagers can tell sellers where to start, and then guide them through the process, from paint color selection to furniture placement.
#2 – Occupied homes are lived in. The sellers have gotten comfortable with the things they have … (23 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Light Staging: Less Is More For Orlando Home Sold in 1 Day - 10/04/09 02:00 PM
Home staging is an investment in selling your home quickly, but these days, many home owners are hard-pressed to make a significant investment in getting their home ready for buyers. This is especially a problem for vacant homes, which need to be furnished to appeal the most to buyers.
At Gloria Home Staging, we had the answer to this problem for the owners of this Orlando home. We suggested Light Staging – using fewer and smaller pieces of furniture to keep the price down, but still accomplish the goal of making the home appealing. It worked, too: the owners showed the … (20 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando #7: The Log Home’s Master Bedroom - 08/26/09 07:22 AM
Since master bedrooms are one of the key rooms that buyers consider when purchasing a home, home stagers know that master suites must make a strongly good impression. This Orlando home’s master suite did not. It was a mess, a catch-all room, and not a room to delight anyone. Thankfully, the owner knew that something needed to be done, and she called Gloria Home Staging in to help.
First impressions are crucial, and this was one of the room’s major problems. The buyers’ first view from the door was largely blocked by the enormous television. Once they stepped past the TV … (14 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando #6: The Loft - 08/24/09 07:15 AM
One of the best reasons to stage a home for sale is to make it appeal to a wide range of potential buyers. This lovely log home in the Orlando suburbs was owned by a weaver, who had two looms in the home’s loft. Odds were against any buyer climbing the steps, seeing the loft, and exclaiming, “Oh, good! I’ve been wondering where I would put my looms!” There just aren’t enough weavers out there to make this a selling point. The loft itself was the selling point, but the looms were what viewers noticed.
The home owner called in Gloria … (10 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando #5: A Log Home’s Kitchen - 08/22/09 06:55 PM
Home staging to the rescue! Just imagine how hard it would have been for buyers to keep their minds on this kitchen if the owner had not wisely had Gloria Home Staging take it in hand. It was fascinating! Diverting! Unforgettable!
The first object that demanded a viewer’s attention was the large dog biscuit container on the counter. (Saying more would not be tactful.) Sharing the counter was a unique wooden moose with a small straw bale at one end, and a little pail at the other. Raise its tail, and a raisinette falls into the pail. (Very classy) The counter … (7 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando #4: The Great Room - 08/20/09 04:38 PM
This log home in Orlando was a poster child for professional home staging. It was full of personality – the owners’ personality -- and full of distractions that would have called the buyers’ attention away from the home itself. Many of them, like the antique spinning wheel, were charming. Others were funny; some slightly off-color. Most of them had to go.
Where to start? The cowhide rug needed to be removed because it was too personal; plenty of buyers could be offended by it, and it wasn’t the kind of look we wanted for the first room they would see. For … (4 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando #3: The Office - 08/18/09 07:30 PM
Here’s a home staging transformation that was straightforward, but still amazing. The problem for this Orlando home was simple: there was just too much stuff. The owner was a retired pastor with a fully equipped office and an extensive collection of books. Home offices are desirable assets for home buyers, but this office was overpoweringly crowded. So the owner got to work – he had over 20 boxes of books packed before he was done! He also was willing to pare the furniture down to a minimum to free up more space. Here’s a home staging transformation that was straightforward, but … (6 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando #2: The Master Bedroom - 08/16/09 06:05 PM
Many home staging transformations are the result of only a few well chosen alterations, as this home in Oviedo, Florida demonstrates. When we first saw it, this master bedroom was undistinguished and not particularly inviting, though it had several good features. And, as is usually the case, we needed to make it inviting within a strict budget.
Our first observation was that, while the room itself and much of the furniture were very good-looking, the arm chair was just plain ugly and the bookshelf unnecessary. But our main impression was one of imbalance, with the room seeming to tilt … (8 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging Transformations in Orlando: #1 The Kitchen - 08/14/09 10:24 AM
This condo near Orlando had a kitchen suffering from chronic ordinariness, until Gloria Home Staging stepped in to help. There were other units in the complex for sale, and we knew that updating this kitchen would make the apartment really stand out.
There were two primary issues to deal with. One was the general clutter and disarray. The 1980’s euro-cabinets were the main problem, however, so that’s where we focused our efforts.
And here are the results: Since replacing the cabinets was not an option, we decided to paint them one of Benjamin Moore’s most current colors: a warm … (16 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging: Marketing to Head and Heart - 08/09/09 01:57 PM
Inquiring home sellers want to know: How do people decide which home to buy? Do they use their heads, or their hearts? We've heard time and time again that first impressions are crucial. But why is that so? What parts do reason and emotion play in making choices? Buying a home is a very complex decision, with many variables to consider and options to weigh, like size, price, floor plans, schools, neighborhood, and state of repair. The list of choices is long. It can be, actually, overwhelming, even paralyzing.
Author Jonah Lehrer writes in his book How We Decide that the … (13 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Subtle Changes Can Make a Big Impact in Staging - 08/03/09 08:51 PM
Gloria Home Staging didn’t have to make any big changes to this Oviedo, Florida home for it to become a standout. In fact, it stood out so far from the competition that it was under contract in 14 days! Before we got to it, the home lacked character and flair. The owner purchased a lot of silk plants to add some life, and then called us in to add the professional touch. We brought in a couple of chairs and a few accessories to add color, but for the most part, we simply rearranged things he already had.
See how some … (16 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: What If There’s a Baby in the House? - 06/20/09 06:17 PM
Decluttering is one of the major jobs home sellers face, but what happens if there is a baby in the family? What member of a family has more furniture, equipment, and just plain stuff than a baby? And it seems that it is all needed! It may be hard for parents to decide what to pack during the selling process, but if they remember that packing as much as possible is very likely to shorten that process, they may find that they can do without some things they didn't think they could.
For example, this family decided that they … (15 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Staging Makes Small House Look…Less Small - 03/08/09 03:30 PM
This house is small. There is absolutely no way to get around that fact. It is very small - not even 1000 square feet - and every buyer who looked at it commented on it. It is beautifully remodeled and very charming, but the buyers said it was just too small. The master bedroom was the biggest stumbling block, being only 9' by 11' in size. How would their furniture fit in there?
So the realtor took action. She called Gloria Home Staging in to show the buyers how much space there really is in this small home. We … (19 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging DRAMA - 01/27/09 09:23 PM
"Striking in appearance or effect" is one of the ways Webster defines the word "dramatic."
When we're selling a home, we want it to be striking in appearance. We want it to have an effect on the potential buyers (a good effect!). We want it to stand out from the crowd.
Let's have some DRAMA!
And do you know what one of the synonyms for "dramatic" is? Staged.
Home stagers accentuate a home's features, drawing potential buyers' attention to the home's interesting details and making them memorable. They aim to put the buyers' imaginations to work picturing themselves living in the … (21 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Home Staging is a Gift Homeowners Give Themselves - 12/09/08 01:09 PM
Yes, professional home staging is an important investment for home sellers. There are plenty of statistics and testimonials that tell of its financial benefits. It is a very practical business decision. But that's not all it is!
Professional home staging is a gift homeowners can give themselves whether they are selling their homes or not. Excess belongings are packed away, so the home is easier to take care of - there are fewer things to dust and vacuum around. Everything has its place. If the homeowners are staging to live, the things that are left are their favorites. The furniture … (0 comments)
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seminole county fl home stager: Is that really the same room? - 12/05/08 12:03 PM
Yes, folks, this is the same room. Gloria Home Staging, Inc. in Winter Springs, FL transformed this teenager’s bedroom into a home office. Quite a difference, if I do say so myself!
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seminole county fl home stager: Don’t Be Average! - 11/16/08 03:11 PM
The average home here in the Orlando, Florida, region is on the market for 111 days before it sells. That means that the average home seller goes through nearly 3 months of showings and stress before someone finally buys the home. But why be average? Why not be one who sells your home sooner than others?
Average means normal, common, middling, ordinary, run-of-the-mill. Does anyone out there set out to buy themselves an average home? People may sometimes settle for an average home, but most keep looking until they find one that stands out. One … (9 comments)
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Laurie Calhoun Seminole County FL Home Stager
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