had a great experience in Myrtle Beach this week staging an occupied home for a darling senior couple. This was a wonderful example of how staging changes people's lives!
The wife is an antique collector, loves her stuff, but understood that if she wanted to sell her house it had to be purged. She couldn't stop walking around from room to room after my assistant and I were done. The window treatments are included in the sales price, and some antiques are too fragile to be moved into storage, so I had to work with and around them. As usual, I'm hoping for a fast sale!
68 agents will be touring the home for a second time after touring it before staging. I can't wait to hear the comments!
I've been staging a lot of homes this year that sat vacant for several months and then I was called in with my inventory. Successes have been numerous. Homes that had low marks in buyer feedback suddenly got high scores and the offers started coming in. Good for the sellers, good for this stager.
It was my pleasure to warm up this fabulous home today! I'm hoping for good news soon.
The Good Samaritan House charity home tour at 5904 Morning Star Rd. in Lake Wylie is not your usual fantasy, over-the-top decorated home tour. As an Accredited Staging Professional Master, I have furnished this home with my high-end furniture and have staged the home to appeal to the majority. I brought in artists to display their original work, so touring the home is like walking through a gallery.
The tour runs through Oct. 25. Speakers are scheduled and lunch is available on the weekends. For complete details visit www.GoodSamaritanHouse.com
Good Samaritan House charity home tour to benefit Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC). 5904 Morning Star Rd., Lake Wylie, SC 29710. Oct. 07- Oct. 25, 2009. Hours: 11-5 Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sun. 10-5 Sat. Tickets at Bi-Lo or at the door. $10 donation. www.GoodSamaritanHouse.com
Construction delay caused a date change. Sorry for any confusion!
1. Home stager The real-estate market is not what it used to be and homes are taking longer to sell. Potential buyers usually decide how much they like a property by picturing their own possessions in the house. That's not always easy if the home is cluttered with unattractive décor and furnishings. House stagers work with real-estate agents and their clients to improve the appearance of a home and make it more appealing for potential buyers. Industry umbrella: Interior design Job growth: N/A Salary: Most stagers are self-employed and set their own fees. Prices may vary from $75 for an initial consultation to $500 for staging an entire house.
Any publicity is usually good publicity, but where did their salary figures come from - HGTV shows?? Or non-trained, inexperienced hobby stagers?? I think CareerBuilder.com needs to print a correction!
The tour dates are set for the 2009 Good Samaritan House charity home tour to benefit Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC). The home is located in Catawba Crest in Lake Wylie, SC at 5904 Morning Star Rd.
Sponsorships are still available to enable you to take part in this meaningful project by helping people less fortunate, while exposing your business to the region's fellow business owners and individuals. More info can be found at www.GoodSamaritanHouse.com
This Lake Norman beauty has been on the market vacant for 4 months. It's gotten several showings, but brought yawns from the buyers. I sparked it up with color today. I hope it causes jaws to drop in a good way!
I used the same formula that brought a quick sale to the last house that was adorned with these furnishings.
It was such a pleasure staging this incredible piece of property. Oh, how blessed I am to do what I love and get paid doing it :)
STAGED HOME TOUR PLANNED IN LAKE WYLIE TO BENEFIT CLOVER AREA ASSISTANCE CENTER
Lake Wylie Home Staging owner Joan Inglis is coordinating a charity home tour to benefit Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC).
The Good Samaritan House home tour is slated to take place for three weeks this fall. The project is named after CAAC's Good Samaritan Fund, which supplies emergency assistance to local families in need.
The main focus of the project is to draw attention to Clover Area Assistance Center, its function in the community, and the many needs of area residents that CAAC fulfills.
Master Builder Curtis Sieck, owner of Jeff Carey Homes, LLC, is constructing the custom home in Catawba Crest off Lake Wylie Road. The home is partially constructed with donated labor and materials - the value of which will be donated to CAAC upon the sale of the home. Clover High School students will participate in the project. The home is marketed for sale by Mary Sieck, Realtor with Century 21 Palmetto Homes.
Pre-tour and invitation-only events are planned for the house. Special guests are expected to make appearances during the tour. Professionals will conduct presentations during the tour on gardening, organizing, home staging, and the current regional real estate market.
Area businesses are encouraged to become sponsors of the Good Samaritan House. Information about sponsorship opportunities can be found at www.GoodSamaritanHouse.com.
Wow, did this cute bungalow in Columbia, SC need staged! I couldn't help but notice all the flaws throughout the house when I priced the house while it was vacant. Also the empty rooms looked so small!
Now that I've staged the house, buyers can focus on how cute it will look when they move in with their funishings - and how much room they have to fit their company. I'm hoping for a fast sale. It was listed with no offers for several months.
I just spent all day today showing homes to a couple who is relocating here. Guess which homes my clients liked - and ultimately made an offer on? The homes that were staged and ready to sell!
Whether the seller did the staging, the listing agent did the staging, or an Accredited Staging Professional was brought in to do the staging - those homes that were staged and ready to sell outshined the competition by a mile!
"I could just move right in," was echoed frequently by my buyer. We're planning to close June 30.
In mid May, I was called upon to stage a "challenged" home that was on the market with no offers for 5 months. By challenged, I mean that it was vacant and had odd shaped rooms. I brought in my high-end furnishings and it sold in under a month! And my own staged listing is closing the end of June. I could spend all night quoting more of my statistics, but the point is:
Don't let this selling season pass you buy! Get your listings prepared by a trained, experienced professional. The best source is stagedhomes.com. From there, you can search a directory for ASPs in your area.
Joan Inglis, Realtor, ASP, ASPM, IAHSP, Charlotte IAHSP Past President
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