Most of us know of the tried and true BIG 3 when it comes to selling a house, PRICE, LOCATION and CONDITION. If your house is listed or you are considering selling, have your looked seriously at these crucial issues?
Knowing the correct listing price is critical. A professional real estate agent is your best friend in determining a price that will make your home attractive to potential buyers and then actively marketing your property. The location of your house helps determine the price, as does the condition of your home. Though you cannot change the location, the price and the condition are under your control. Helping you to know how to properly prepare your house, so that you can reap the largest return on your investment in the shortest period of time is the job of a Professional Real Estate Home Stager.
Here are some examples of homes, in our area, with issues that potential sellers could not overlook. In each of these examples, Dream Interior Redesign and Staging was called in for a staging consultation. When a Professional Stager comes into your home for a consultation the following are the areas that should be addressed:
CURB APPEAL and EXTERIOR CONDITIONS:
REPAIRS:
DECLUTTERING:
DEPERSONALIZING:
NEUTRALIZING:
UPDATING:
CLEAN:
STAGING of OCCUPIED & VACANT PROPERTIES:
To the best of our knowledge, when the sellers made the recommended changes and spent some time preparing the house for the resale market, the house SOLD. When our Dream Team does the actual staging the statistics are even stronger. Professional Staging does help sell houses. Hiring a team of: a Real Estate Sales Professional and a Professional Home Stager is the best option available today for making the sale in the shortest period of time for the largest return on your investment.
The houses, from the photos above and many more, where the sellers chose to ignore the staging suggestions and did not listen to the Realtor regarding pricing, have not sold. Some of those houses have been sitting on the market for years and some have now become short sale or foreclosure properties.
Smart and savvy home sellers recognize the need for preparation. Sales price alone is rarely the answer to making the sale.
Click here to see a slideshow with a small sampling of our staging projects. IF you seriously want to sell then you need to consider AT LEAST a staging consultation.
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, Fish Camp, Wawona and Mariposa. Also, visit our website at www.dreamredesigns.com or www.oakhurststaging.com For more information call 559-877-2442.
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Great post, Ginger. I love the photos you used to clearly define the areas addressed through staging. It boggles the mind when sellers don't make the effort to make their property appealing enough to sell.