Good day to you all!

I wanted to share this recent story with you - a Staged house sells in 3 hours!  Of course it's exceptional but it does happen inspite of a slower real estate market.

I was recently asked to help a client to prepare her home for sale.  The house is small (2 bedrooms only and a very small office), but very well located and well maintained.  The paint was recent and the color neutral enough on the main floor but needed to be refreshed in a couple of rooms on the upper floor.

The problem? Old and outdated furniture, outdated and darkish curtains, some clutter and several personal items, such as the owner's artwork displayed everywhere in the house (pretty but not to everyone's taste).

We worked on a very limited budget (approximately $700). I made a list of accessories to purchase and we split the tasks - I went off to IKEA and the owner shopped in smaller local stores to locate items such as decorative pillows, a vase, branches, a mirror and some fabric.  She repainted her old dining room table a dark brown (instead of a previous blue color) and recovered the chairs with dark brown microsuede fabric.  She also repainted a small office and a bathroom over a weekend.  The seller also worked very hard to declutter and put some of her furniture in storage.

Last, but not least, we rented two small white chairs and we reorganized her furniture to optimize the spaces, changed the curtains on the living room and set up the accessories.

As soon as the photographs appeared on the Internet, the phone started to ring.  Three appointments were set up for the evening.  The second visitors made and offer to purchase on the spot and it was accepted.  The house sold the same day for %96 of the asking price.  End of story!