Help with the house next door. ....My reputation as an Estate Specialist is getting around

My reputation as an Estate Specialist is getting around.

Families have a hard time coping with the loss of a family members and then handling the process of getting the house ready to sell.

My crew organizes the whole house into:

• what the family should have
• what the family might want
• run and estate sale and stage the house for listing at the same time.

This takes the pressure and stress off of the family. 

This morning I viewed a nice ranch in Warren, Michigan and the two sisters were near tears.  They have been working on the house since January and still don't have it ready.  They have hardly made a dent in the stuff in the house.  They have all the aunt's and uncle things of 40 years AND their aunt and uncle items

Nothing has been thrown away in 3 generations.

I look forward to this project and know the house will be nicely staged and ready to go on the market.  I think we need about a month to do it.

There is so much there that our hours and staging should cost them nothing.  The sale of the treasures will pay for the work.  There is no budget for painting etc.

One issue that this stager needs help with is the house next door.

This is a above ground pool with a Tiki Hut and ithe yard looks like a tavern with all of the signs.

I was speechless..............hard to believe

Stage-Show-Sell successfully staged a home that sold in three months.  Record time for a small ranch, wihout a basement, in Michigan.

The realtor sung my priases to her office.

Yesterday I ran into her before a meeting as asked when am I going to stage another one for her. (She didn't bring me inot the last job -- I was brought in before she was hired)

Her comment was  "Oh buyers are looking for empty houses now so they can close fast"

Excuse me !!!!!!!!!!! Because one buyer said that they wanted a vacant home wit no furniture  she thinks they all want that.

All I could say is that the furniture can be remove as soon as the loan is approved.

What would you have said?

retro bathroom needs help

Today I went into the house,  by lock box, to preivew what my challenges are.

Besides being vacant this bathroom is giving the seller trouble selling.

The house is from the 1920s with small rooms and few closets.  These will be fun to deal with.

My real problem may come with the bathroom.

I need a little help

The light fixture has been replaced.  The medicine cabinet will be replaced with a large mirror matching the faucet.

The seller is going to take a few weeks to do the "honey do" list that I gave him.

Any suggestions?

Stage-Show-Sell, offers affordable home staging solutions in the Birmingham – Bloomfield and surrounding areas in getting your home ready for the market. We service both home sellers and realtors. We have the experience, our own rental furniture and accessories to stage many homes

My First Staging job

Today I'm going threw all my oldphotos and cleaning out the duplicates etc.  I ran across the photos of the first staging job that I did for one of my attorneys.

The condo is right on the lake with a beautiful view.  

The job involved cleaning out many years of 'collectibles' and just stuff. We painted, organized and staged.  The owner had many items so it wasn't necessary to rent anything.

The creative window treatment in the office and bedroom was to hide the view of the garage.

The condo was sold to the 2nd buyer who walked in the door.   Other units in the complex were on the market for two years.

The focal point is not the window for reasons that can't be seen in the photo.

Be Prepared to not believe

Be prepared to not believe this is the same house.  Marianne and I did a job in 5 (man hours) hours yesterday.  We used none of our supplies except two picture hooks.  We would have loved to use our art work to bright up and accent the walls. 

We left the owner with a honey do list to finish the job.  The teenage boys were ready to tackle the jobs.  They are ready to move.

The house has been listed for over 3 months.  The new listing agent brought us in.

Staging occupied homes brings different challenges than vacant staging.

See if you can spot the chair on the wall

How much is that doggy in the ................

The MLS photo is the first impression that the potential buyers see..   Is the house for sale OR the dog in the cage.

This is a true MLS photo of a new listing.   Some buyers are afraid of dogs.  Some would be offended by the dog in the cage.

The first impression is the most important. 

How much is that doggy  in the ................

Staging Homes in Oakland and Macomb Counties     Michigan

Tang that dishwasher

So many of the homes that we are staging are vacant.  Maybe they have been sitting there for awile and they don't quite smell fresh.

Open the dishwasher and poke your head in the sink :-)

Smell a little funky??

Try throwing at little Tang

or run some Country Time Lemonade in the dishwasher

This can't be the sugar free stuff.  The sugar is needed for the cleaning process.   The citric acid in both drinks will clean out the dishwasher and the drains in the sink.  Depending on the set up of the garbage disposal that will be cleaned out too.

Sometimes running a lemon thru the garbage disposal will make that odor away.

Remember, If We can smell it   We can't sell it

Staging Homes for sale in Birmingham Bloomfield Troy Rochester Royal Oak Ferndale and surrounding areas

Garage sale plus $1 tree equals 12 pieces of art

Garage sale season has started in Michigan now that the weather is nice. 

12 Note Cards were purchased for $2 and the 12 frames came from the Dollar Tree makes my investment $15.00

The dollar tree frames are matted already.  That's a real pleasure for me.

Garage sale plus $1 tree equals 12 pieces of art. 

I will post later where I'm using them.  Right now they are in storage waiting to be used.