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neil bindelglass: Old, stale, dry, unappealing listings - 03/24/08 10:58 PM
One of the things that I have done of late for my clients is to help them out of the "my house has been on the market for ever and nobody has been brought through in two months" syndrome is to do what I call Stale Listing Staging.  Here's how it works:
A client calls in either frustration or desperation because their house is on the market, the listing is stale, and no-one is interested.  OK, so they have finally gotten around to hiring a professional stager. The strategy that I use is for the client to temporarily take their house off … (8 comments)

neil bindelglass: Sharp Objects and Staging for Living - 03/04/08 09:53 PM
I cut myself in the kitchen last night with a paring knife.  Not a big deal (although my hand still throbs), but it made me think about a client experience that I had several years ago.  One that I don't think will ever leave me.
Before I became a professional stager, I was a professional organizer.  These two professions share a great synergy, and what I used to call professional organization is now known in the industry as "Staging for Living."  Regardless of what we choose to call it, it is all the same thing, and when we work with clients, … (12 comments)

neil bindelglass: Educating the willing - 02/25/08 11:41 AM
I just had a fantastic experience staging a home for sale!
Two weeks ago, I was called by a client who was in distress.  They needed to sell their home badly due to financial reverses, and were very anxious to have it on the market.  They had clutter galore, twenty years of detritis in the house, way too much furniture, and very dark heavy curtains on every window.  As well, there are many homes in their neighborhood for sale at the moment, as the market is very slow here.
The day of my initial consultation, their Realtor (a top producer who had … (19 comments)

neil bindelglass: Why you should hire a home stager to decorate model homes... - 02/21/08 07:53 PM
I've worked with several home builders recently, and the experience has been beneficial for several reasons.  The first of which is cost.  My first builder client called me in because he had met with an interior designer to decorate a 1,200 square foot townhouse.  The interior designer quoted him $35,000 for furniture, accessories and window treatments!  An investment that the builder would then have to dispose of if the model home didn't sell furnished.
During our first meeting, I called a colleague who works for a high end furniture rental company and told her that I had a 1,200 square foot, three … (8 comments)

 

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