You want to pay me to come to your home and tell you it needs help?
This reblog illustrates the seller's perspective. One's home is such a personal space that it does take courage to get it ready for sale.
I am in awe of sellers too. If I were to have someone like me to come to my house for a staging consult, you can be sure that I would have do some serious cleaning first!!
I'm in awe of some of my clients. Truly. It hit me the other day, they have such courage and are so brave. To ask for help staging their home for sale and invite a perfect stranger into their home when they have no idea what they will hear. I imagine their internal dialogue must go something like this….
"I know I need help getting my home ready to sell. I'm not sure what to do or how to do it. My realtor told me I didn't need to stage but I decided I wanted my home to look right. To be the best it could."
" I need to take some time searching online for a home stager in Dallas Fort Worth. I read the testimonials, look at the photo gallery and then pick up the phone and call."
"I'm going to invite a perfect stranger into my home and wait for the comments. I don't know what I'm going to hear but I'm ready with my note pad and pen."
"I need to get my husband on board, we need to contact a moving company and start packing"
"I'm gong to follow all of the recommendations from this perfect stranger and then invite her back again to help me with the finishing touches I know I need help with. I don't like shopping and I trust her to get it ready for my Broker open which is in three days!"
I just finished helping this particular client get her home ready for sale. She followed every single one of my recommendations. Even though her family hasn't even started looking at where they are going to move, she was totally on board with getting her home ready to sell.
Is it any wonder there were two showings before it even hit the market? When sellers are this motivated, things start happening.
And sellers who are this motivated are my favorite clients. I really respect the fact they are willing to let me into their private space and listen. I think that's completely brave and courageous on their part.
The handwritten thank you note made my day too :)
by Tessa Skeens
Hampton Redesign
Professional Home Staging and Redesign
817-891-9563 | 720-432-2040
Serving Metro Denver CO
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