Name

Katherine James

Company

Set Sale and Go Home Staging

E-mail

Contact Katherine James (Set Sale and Go Home Staging)

Website

http://www.setsaleandgo.com

Office Phone

(289) 242-7595

Description

Katherine James of Set Sale and Go Home Staging specializes in staging occupied homes in the Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga and surrounding areas.

Meet Katherine James!

Katherine James, of Set Sale and Go is a professional stager with a proven track record of success.

Starting with a consultation, Katherine can help you devise a plan to prepare your house for sale, making it appeal to many potential buyers. Having a plan will help to reduce your stress level, because Katherine will take your timeline, budget and skill set into consideration when prioritizing what should be done to your home.

The ultimate goal: sell your house faster and for more money.

Using her own staging techniques, Katherine has sold three of her personal homes within a weekend. All sold for full list price or more, with multiple offers and astounded her Realtor. She also sold a rural property in less than a month for a significant profit, after some home staging and of course Katherine’s specialty; PAINT!

Contact Katherine and have her work her magic for you!

Katherine is a member of the Real Estate Staging Association. RESA Members are a global community of professional home stagers committed to advancing professionalism and excellence in real estate staging.

Katherine specializes in knowing what potential buyers are looking for. One consultation with Katherine and her years of personal experience, and natural talent, along with her professional background in architecture and design, will transform your family home into the stylish show home buyers are demanding.

**Katherine and Set Sale and Go are fully insured.

Information for Realtors

Realtors: Are You Considering Recommending Staging to Your Clients? Here are the Answers to Your Questions about Staging:

What is Staging?

Staging is the art of arranging and decorating a home to maximize its appeal to potential buyers, helping the house sell faster and for more money.

The purpose of staging is to draw attention to the features of the house and to minimize potential problem areas.

Staging can be as simple as cleaning, de-cluttering and rearranging a client's existing furnishings, or as complex as making repairs, repainting and renting an entire house full of furniture. It could also be anything in between.

Why should I recommend staging to my clients?

Staged homes show better than competing houses for sale; often better than new homes and higher priced homes.

Staged homes generally sell faster.

Staged homes often draw interest from multiple potential buyers, creating competition, driving the sale price up.

Buyers view staged homes as "well-maintained".

Staged homes appear "move-in-ready" and buyers' agents will be more inclined to promote these properties to their clients.

Staged homes photograph better and look better in print and on the web.

The investment in staging is a proactive marketing strategy that is typically less than the average price reduction.

Why hire a stager? Can't I tell my clients how to prepare their home for sale?

While you are developing a relationship with a new client, do you really want to discuss

 sensitive issues with them like odors, bad housekeeping and bad decor?

You may be able to identify problem areas, but do you know how to make them better?

Do you have time to source furniture for an empty house and the expertise to place it so the house presents like a "show home"?

Do you have enough confidence to select paint colours?

As a busy realtor, do you have the time to dedicate to making sure every one of your listings gets the attention it needs? Wouldn't it be nice to know that all of the details are being handled for you and that the home will be ready for pictures and the open house.

Contact me to help you make a good impression on your clients!

What is in it for me?

If your listings show well, you will develop a reputation for selling "good houses".

Include staging information in your listing presentations to demonstrate your creative marketing ideas.

Selling houses faster eliminates hassle and expenses of marketing a property for a long period of time.

You will develop a reputation as an agent that can sell houses quickly. It is very impressive when the SOLD sign is placed on the lawn within a few days of listing.

You do not have to deal with sensitive issues such as odor, housekeeping issues and bad decor with your client, potentially damaging your relationship with them.

Overall, houses that show well, sell fast and draw multiple buyers will make you more money!

Contact me to help you make more money!

Who pays for the staging?

You may want to offer staging as a Value Added Service to some clients and pay for the initial consultation yourself. I know agents who have won clients because of this service.

Just having a stager to recommend to your clients gives the perception that you are providing a Value Added Service, even if the client is responsible for paying for the consultation.

Contact me and we can make a special arrangement for servicing you and your clients!

Testimonials

Look at What Clients and Realtors Have to Say:

Thank you so much. We sold the house last night to a young couple for over the asking price. It took 5 days. We are very very happy.
Thanks for your guidance and input. It made a huge difference. I've given you a glowing recommendation to Vivian and Mark (the realtors). I told them how helpful your specific suggestions were and how your excellent communication skills helped clarify what was needed without making me feel defensive.
I only wish I'd had you come through a month or two before listing.
Donna Mitchell, Hamilton, ON

It was a pleasure to have you in our home. Your suggestions and professionalism were amazing. We would never have thought of your suggestions on our own. With your vision and creativity, we were surprised at how some small changes made such a big difference: like how rearranging our existing furniture enhanced different rooms in our home or like changing a few fixtures brightened and modernized our home. With a little hard work and minimal money, the entire house looks larger, cozier and more inviting. We couldn’t believe the difference in our home and how fresh it looks. We almost don’t want to move anymore.
Even if you are not moving, Katherine's ideas will make you feel like you’re in a new home and will make you fall in love with your home all over again.
Sherry & Terry Drozda, Binbrook, ON

I want to let you know that our home got sold within 2 hours! We are in the final stages of processing the sale. Thanks a lot for your advice. I think it made a big impact in making the house presentable to the buyer.
Ashok & Jayanthi Jain, Mississauga, ON

Thank you for all your hard work, expertise and style! Our Sellers' really appreciated your helpful, constructive and itemized suggestions. By making the changes you recommended they ended up selling their home in competition for more than we had been listed for before you came in with your Home Staging Magic!
Thanks again,
Mark and Vivian DeBruyn-Smith, Re/Max Escarpment Realty Inc, Ancaster, ON

Thank you for all your recommendations. Not only was your advice effective in improving the look of my home, it minimized some dated features in a very inexpensive way. Although I have decided not to sell my home at this time, I am happy with the changes you suggested I make, as they will allow me to continue to live comfortably in my home without doing any costly renovations. Thanks again. Your ideas are great.
Keith Opatowski, Thornhill, ON

We are so pleased with your results. We cannot believe the difference in the attention our house received once we started working with you. Thank you so much for your help with selling our house.
Anthony & Julie Traversa, Rockwood, ON