Home Staging CAN make a difference when done the right way.  Interior Concept Designs offers Professional Home Staging in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC.  We were contacted by the listing Realtor on this Reston town home a week before it was going to be listed.  She was panicked because she needed a Staging Consultation, there was no furniture in the dining room, she needed furniture for the sunroom and she needed this all done in less than one week!  "NO PROBLEM" we said.   We specialize in meeting tight deadlines. We keep an inventory of furniture, artwork and accessories on hand; this allows us to provide a quick turnaround time for our customers. (See why NOT to sell a vacant listing here)

 We scheduled an appointment to do the initial consultation, and then followed up with a detailed, written report for the home owner.  This report is essentially a "to-do" list for the homeowner to get their home ready for potential home buyers. In this case, the "to do" list was the precursor for our arrival and mainly included packing and moving several larger items to storage.

 We arrived two days before the open house and immediately got to work. We re-arranged the furniture in the basement to establish two functional areas and a focal point. We brought in accessories to accentuate the home-owner's existing furnishings. On the main level, we re-arranged the furniture in the living room, hung artwork, and brought in furniture for the dining room and sun room. 

(The main level was repainted a lighter color since we couldn't match the existing color and the home-owner opted for this lighter color)

We were finish a few hours later and the house looked amazing.  The house went under contract the same day it was listed to the first buyer that walked in the door.  The sellers didn't even hold their open house.

Is Home Staging worth the money?  After reading the story above and seeing the pictures below....you decide. Similar units in the same neighborhood are sitting on the market for 45+ days at a lower price. Two-days after this house went under contract, we got a call from another home-owner in the same neighborhood who wanted her home Staged.  Her home had been on the market for 60-days and was priced $20,000 below the unit we just Staged.

To be successful requires the right combination of several elements, including the right Realtor.

For more information contact Interior Concept Designs 571-264-1747

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