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Why do I need a Staging Consult?

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Home Stager

Many Sellers feel that they are ready to Stage their home after watching TV programs about Staging. This can lead to disaster. It is extremely difficult to see your home objectively. You have so many memories attached to each room and the contents. Your memories will color how you see the space.

It is important to remember that the Buyer has no memories attached to your house. To them it is just one more house on their short list. It is a product and they are ticking off their 'I wants'.

As a Burlington Stager, I bring my objectivity.

I look at your home as a product that needs marketing.

I pick up on the silent messages your home will be sending out to Buyers.

I choose features that should be highlighted. They may be one of the 'I wants' but you have them hidden.

I suggest ways to help the Buyer see how to live with the negatives.

I find out what type of Buyer will probably be looking at your home and tailor the Staging to target that Buyer.

I use your furnishings in a Selling way which may be very different than how you have been Living with them.

I will look at your budget and help you choose the best ways to spend it on preparing your home for sale.

When I leave you will have a plan specific to your home, not that home on TV.

Do the work right the first time.

 

 

 

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Retired Home Stager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments(10)

Erv Fleishman
Realty Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Luxury Prop Specialist Realty Associates

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A TV show a day keeps the stager away.

Life goes on. 

Jun 23, 2012 08:40 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Erv, thanks for the comment .... I think ...

Jun 23, 2012 08:49 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

TV has been great to get the word out on what staging is, but it has done a lot to create some myths out there!

Jun 23, 2012 12:03 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

I love your phrase, "the buyer has no memories attached to your house." That's what we need to convey to sellers.

Jun 23, 2012 12:31 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

Jun 23, 2012 07:58 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

You've not only written a GREAT post that I will be reblogging....you've inspired great comments from Erv and Roger!  LOL!

Jun 23, 2012 11:01 PM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Very true Shar! There are so many myths out there now LOL.

Jun 24, 2012 02:23 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Yes it is Lottie. Buyers see a house not a home. It's our job to help them see it as their next home.

Jun 24, 2012 02:24 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Roger, well sung LOL.

Jun 24, 2012 02:25 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Thanks Sharon! I guess FSBO keeps the Realtor away LOL.

Jun 24, 2012 02:27 AM