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STAGE YOUR HOME TO SELL

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Mary Kay Hopkins, LLC e-PRO, GRI, CRS, CRB

Staging your home to sell should become a mantra for sellers everywhere.

Below, via this re-blog, see before and after photos that prove the point.

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Original content by Phyllis Pafumi

There is no better title that I can think of than this....STAGE YOUR HOME TO SELL!!!! The message is clear and simple, the results are dramatic and the time your home sits on market makes all the difference in the world!

Staging is not out of reach for sellers and it is unfortunate that sellers and realtors are not educated in the TRUE COSTS of properly staging a home, because in the long run it could costs sellers THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PRICE REDUCTIONS!

Decluttering along IS NOT STAGING, as I have mentioned several times over the past several years. It is ONLY THE BEGINNING of the necessary prep work to prepare the way for a home staging expert to complete the TOTAL LOOK of the home. 

Proper furniture placement to highlight selling features, correct colors to add warmth to walls and just the right amount of accessorizing is what a home staging professional is trained to do.

Here are just a few examples of how a home staging expert can enhance your listing:

LR BEFORE...Selling features in the home were being hidden by poor furniture arrangement and dark rug

LR AFTER...By angling the seating area buyers are now drawn to the large bay window and the room opens to the enclosed porch. The area rug was covering the beautiful hardwood flooring

LR BEFORE....Once again furniture arrangement is incorrect and heavy curtains hide the beautiful windows

LR AFTER....We brought in some furniture, artwork, area rug and accessorized which turned this LR into THE STAR OF THE HOME!

LR BEFORE...Too often clients remove necessary items as in this space. They had put their couch into storage and kept the loveseat and chair..Enter ReStyled to Sell Home Staging Experts

LR AFTER....We had them take their couch out of storage and we brought in the right accessories. I think you would agree that the transformation is HUGE, BUT THEIR BUDGET WAS NOT!!!

Staging your Home to Sell is mandatory to compete in ANY SELLING MARKET....Call on the Team of ReStyled to Sell Home Staging Experts of NJ @ 732-995-3425.

Together we are changing NOT ONLY THE WAY BUYERS VIEW HOMES, BUT THE WAY SELLERS ARE SELLING HOMES!!

 

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Mary Kay Hopkins, GRI, CRS, CRB, e-PRO  Lake Charles, LA
Mary Kay Hopkins, LLC  mkh.com

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

Comments (3)

Beverly Carlson
Carlson Properties 325-721-2429 - Abilene, TX
Abilene's Staging Realtor

Mary, your after photos say it all.  Thank you for promoting the "Stage to Sell" concept.  

Apr 18, 2010 02:13 PM
Paige Walker
Paige Walker - Pineville, LA
Real Estate Guru - Alexandria Pineville LA

MK - That's what I'm talking about! WOW! Great job and thanks for sharing! - Paige

Apr 18, 2010 02:35 PM
Mary Kay Hopkins
Mary Kay Hopkins, LLC e-PRO, GRI, CRS, CRB - Lake Charles, LA
e-PRO,GRI,CRS

Mary, thanks, but an easy concept to promote. Note this was a re-blog so not my photos!

Paige, glad you concur.  Easy decision to re-blog

Apr 18, 2010 03:38 PM