Does Professional Staging Pay Off?  YES absolutely and here's a simple example.  

This is a manufactured house in a 55+ park at Bass Lake, California.  This house has been listed since the passing of the owner over a year ago. There are at least 7 other houses For Sale in this relatively small park.    The trustees have been paying the space rent (over $500 per month) and the mortgage, WISHING and HOPING that it would sell, so that they could move on and settle grandpa's estate. 

Here are a few BEFORE photos:

SO the house sat and sat and sat.  Few showings and no interest.  Then the agent called Dream Interior Redesign and Staging this past March for a staging consultation/evaluation.  He said that previously he just didn't think that the trustee, family or estate attorney would go for staging because it was already costing them so much money. I did a quick write up for the Realtor and he sent it to the attorney.  In that write up I told him my opinion of why the house hadn't sold.  The attorney immediately said "make the changes, we need to move this house and get this estate settled."   

The dirty blue sculptured carpet was replaced, the entire home was painted and then I professionally staged the most important rooms.  This was a very low BUDGET staging due to the estate situation. The cost for the complete updating and staging package was just under $4500.  The home immediately had more exposure.  Showings increased dramatically and it was SOLD in just 37 days after our professional staging.  The new owners are delighted with their second home and they even wanted to purchase our staging items. 

Here are a few of our AFTER photos:

IF this house had not been updated and Professionally Staged by Dream Interior Redesign and Staging we know that it would still be waiting for a buyer.  And it would have to be a buyer that was willing to pay to make it livable.  

We realize that spending $4500 isn't a drop in the bucket and it might be difficult for sellers to imagine spending this to sell the house but the result was a SOLD sign.  We know that the trustees already spent well over $6500 letting this house SIT for a year and it may very well have cost them another $6500 while it sat for another year if the changes hadn't been made.  STAGING DOES PAY OFF!  

Dream Interior Redesign & Staging by Ginger Foust is a full service professional staging and redesign company serving the California foothill and mountain communities of Oakhurst, North Fork, Coarsegold, Ahwahnee, Bass Lake, Wawona and Mariposa.  Click hereto see a short slideshow with examples of our staging work.  Also, visit our website at www.dreamredesigns.com or www.oakhurststaging.com for more information or call 559-877-2442.