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Home Stagers: Good Cop or Bad Cop?

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Home Stager with Owner, The Refreshed Home White Plains NY

Good Cop/Bad Cop is a time-honored cliche, a tool used to shake up the equilibrium, and prod someone into action. The Good Cop is supportive, looking out for you; the Bad Cop says the tough things that need to be said.imagesCA2KSV7E

Home Stagers often wear many hats during the course of even a consult (figuratively, of course-I hate hats in real life!)- Bad Cop is one of them...but Good Cop is another.

The Refreshed Home functions as the client advocate, only and always. My success depends on your success. If I can smell cigarette smoke, teen age boy or litter boxes; if I see old bed or bath linens and sad wall colors that I know will take money out of your pocket, I will tell you.

On the other hand, I understand the struggles and conflicts that are part of the selling/moving process. There is no judgment...TRUST ME, we ALL have some equivilant of stinky, messy or outdated in our lives or spaces- my job is to help get you, and your property past it all, so buyers will quickly and easily decide your property is worth every penny.

Preparing a property for sale, and keeping it ready to show is a discipline...but like any good cop show, what seems baffling and uncertain early on can also be quickly wrapped up with some focus, and hard work.

If your Westchester County listing is...well, listless, or if you're getting ready to sell, be sure you're putting its best foot forward: Have a five minute conversation with me about how The Refreshed Home can help get it noticed, and SOLD! (Just no real hats!)

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Our spaces affect us profoundly...and so many other parts in our life fall into place when our spaces and possessions serve us in the best way they can. But getting there is much more than a pursuit of pleasing aesthetics.

 

Decorating and Staging are different, but much of the skill sets overlap, and each creates unique solutions that considers the needs, goals, resources, expectations, hopes and dreams of each client.

Bettering Westchester, Putnam and lower Fairfield counties since 1981, The Refreshed Home works collaboratively, and brings a thoughtful approach to the creative process. Proud to make a difference, as well as make a living. Offering specialty services such as remote and buyer consults, listing photo/video styling, guided and accompanied shopping, and accessory rental. We get in, get out, and you get on with your life.  Talk to me TODAY about how we can better your space!

  

                    

 

Marie Graham ASP, IAHSP, IDS Your Stager With A Mission!

QUESTIONS? Don't hesitate!! 914.607.2895 

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Comments (4)

Broker Patty Da Silva Da Silva
Green Realty Properties® - 954-667-7253 - Cooper City, FL
Top Listing Broker

Good cop! I know a few and they do give great consult to sell homes quickly! Thanks Marie!

Jan 16, 2014 02:09 AM
Than Maynard
Coldwell Banker Heart of Oklahoma - Purcell, OK
Broker - Licensed to List & Sell - 405-990-8862

If someone asks for help they need to expect the truth from a professional.

Jan 18, 2014 04:57 AM
Elisa Bruno-Midili, NYS Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Cafe Realty - Mount Kisco, NY
Cafe Realty 914.230.0650

Both good cop and bad cop...and necessary to be so. Home owners need to have a real pro when it comes to breaking the news about how disorganized and dysfunctional their belongings are in their home. And they need someone to break it to them gently...

Feb 16, 2014 08:43 PM
Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Marie, it's not easy for a seller to hear the negative points about their home, but they don't pay you or me to be nice and tell them stuff they want to hear.  The Refreshed Home has the right approach!

Mar 30, 2014 06:22 AM