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A Mother-in-Law Suite or a Storage Room? Home Staging St Augustine

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team

A Mother-in-Law Suite or a Storage Room? Home Staging St Augustine

 
In Florida, a mother-in-law suite can be a huge selling feature. It is very common for families to have an aging parent or family member living with them. Mother-in-law suites are also fabulous for older children (teenagers or young adults). Unfortunately when they become the "spare bedroom" they often start to look more like storage rooms. 
 
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When selling your home, a professional home stager can assess whether there is something you can do to better accentuate the features and benefits of your home, like we did with this St Augustine property. Very often changes can be made quite inexpensively. In this home staging job, we used what the homeowner already owned and accented with new linens. Our primary goal was to show how large the space is. 
 
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This beautiful St Augustine home mother-in-law suite now shows much larger after home staging. It no longer looks like a storage room, but rather a well kept space ready for family or guests.
 
If you are in the St Augustine area and want to sell faster, or for more money, contact Rave ReViews Home Staging!  
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 Author Bio: Melissa Marro, Home Staging Industry leader, Realtor, and entrepreneur offers a unique perspective on New Home Construction, Resale Residential Real Estate, and Home Staging

For more information on buying or selling in the Fleming Island, Orange Park, or Jacksonville, area, visit StageListSellNEFL.com or call Melissa Marro (marro.melissa at gmail.com), Keller Williams First Coast Realty, for more information (904-466-2093).

 

Comments(9)

Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

I actually had one wife laugh when we suggest it was for that. She said "Try a OH HONEY, IF YOU THINK YOU ARE SLEEPING IN BED TONIGHT, you are dead wrong room" 

Aug 04, 2012 10:01 AM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Oh my.... what did you say to that?

Aug 04, 2012 10:08 AM
David Spencer
Keller Williams Northland - Kansas City, MO
Show Me real estate in Kansas City

It may be a plus, but you can not put it in an ad without putting a lot more words into it, because "mother-in-law" is a prohibited phrase.

Aug 04, 2012 11:04 AM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

I always find it interesting to hear what probited phrases are in other states. 

Aug 04, 2012 11:49 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Nice job Melissa....and easily accomplished without much stress on the seller.

Aug 06, 2012 03:29 AM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

I think it's a big improvement, Melissa. Looks very classy.

Aug 06, 2012 04:58 AM
David Burrows
Classic Realty - Fairfax, VA
No Pressure, Just Seriously Devoted to Real Estate

Pictures truly tell the story in staging. Thanks for the photos and the post.

Aug 06, 2012 09:37 AM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Sharon - Thank you. Yes. We know the seller still lives here and with the market being what it is, is probably selling their home for less than they paid for it. We want to keep things simple both with their budget and living in the home until it sells. 

Toni - Thank you!

David - That is so true. It is why we love to share before and afters with our blogs!

Aug 06, 2012 09:49 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Well done Melissa.  I'm sure many of us are guilty of making our guest room a storage room, or at the very  least a room with a dual function.  One of our guest bedrooms doubles as my home office.  We have a futon for overnight guests.

Aug 18, 2012 11:50 AM