Name

SHARON CHARBONEAU- Upstaging BC's West Coast

Company

UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES

E-mail

Contact SHARON CHARBONEAU- Upstaging BC's West Coast (UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES )

Website

http://www.upstagingyourhomes.com

Office Phone

(604) 885-6680

Cell Phone

(604) 885-6680

Alt. Phone

(604) 885-8506

Fax

(604) 885-6684

Address

BC'S WEST COAST - HOME OF THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS, DAVIS BAY, SECHELT, BC, V0N 3A2

Description

We delight in taking "drab" to "FAB", placing 'UPSTAGED' houses ahead of the competition in the real estate market! Selling? Leave nothing to chance: book an UPSTAGING consultation today!

The Evolution of UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES

Sharon has successfully bought and sold 4 homes on the Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast in the past 14 years.  As a result, she is familiar with the role of realtors, as well as the stressors buyers and sellers undergo throughout the buying/selling process. 

She has used her life-long love for colour and design successfully staging and re-designing her own homes, as well as the homes of friends and referrals over the years.

Becoming a home stager & re-designer is a career change Sharon has made after a 30 year career as a Human Resources professional, trainer and mediator in Ontario, Alberta and B.C.  It was time to do something even more creative, and Sharon wanted to share her love for and skills in decorating, painting, renovating, gardening, researching design ideas and sourcing unique fixtures and decor in order to create attractive and inviting living spaces for others.

Sharon studied home staging and other related fields.  Sharon is a graduate of Debra Gould's internationally renowned Staging Diva training program in 2008: in 2009, she became a graduate of PRES and a certified PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTAGE STAGER. Sharon is also a member of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)  

Her portfolio of work is impressive and growing: it is available to view on her website www.upstagingyourhomes.com

Ever changing examples of Sharon's passion for colour and her upstaging skills can be seen at "Ooh-la-la!", her retail outlet in Mosaic Market, Davis Bay, on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.

Here, Sharon displays and sells her finds from the work of some of our talented Coast artists, her travels, and "green" furnishings & decor that have been re-furbished.

 

HOW UPSTAGING HELPS SELLS HOUSES

THE FACTS:

• For Sale listings have mere seconds to make a positive impression on the 90+ % of potential home buyers shopping online
• Buyers develop their shortlist of "must see" houses from the photos on MLS and realtor sites that make an immediate positive impression
• If photos are slow to load, blurry, cluttered, poorly lit, potential buyers immediately move to the next listing or another site : they won't wait around or strain to see the photos, or try to understand which room is being shown 
• If the property has no curb appeal, potential buyers will drive on.  They don't want to view houses that show poorly due to uncut grass, weeds, garbage cans, cluttered garages and driveways, unlit walkways and driveways
• Sellers who are living in the property while it is on the market must maintain the property in a viewer-friendly condition at all times.  The longer the property is listed the more stressful this becomes.

UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES has the same objective as Home owners and Realtors - to sell quickly and at the

best possible price

 

 

HOW DO WE HELP HOMEOWNERS AND REALTORS SELL THEIR PROPERTIES?

UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES works with realtors and sellers to ensure that properties look their best before the listing photos are taken and downloaded onto public sites.  

If the marketing is attempted with poor photos or not enough photos, it has lost a large target market that shops for a new home online.  The result can be that it will sit on the market longer unsold.  

This is a costly mistake which can so easily be avoided by making an investment in the property up-front rather than dealing with price reductions because the property did not appeal to potential buyers.

 

THE COST OF STAGING A PROPERTY IS FAR LESS THAN THE FIRST PRICE REDUCTION

 

HOME OWNERS & REALTORS - WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW: 

Review your listing photos and ask yourself:

• Do the current photos optimize the listing? Are there a minimum of 10 photos showing the important rooms to buyers?  
• At minimum, MLS photos for a listing should include: 

• anything that is mentioned in the listing
  • the entry - an outside shot and a close-up of the front door
  • the kitchen
  • at least 1 bathroom
  • master bedroom
  • eating area - dining room and/or separate area from kitchen
  • fireplace - this is a focal point and a popular feature with most buyers
  • view - another focal point of great value - buyers want to see what view is available 
  • front and back yards....including shots of the garden(s).  If this is an important feature of the property, ensure photos of the garden in full bloom are included in a listing during off season.  A potential buyer needs to see why the garden is considered a feature of the property
  • highlight architectural details that make the home unique
  • the photos should make it easy for buyers to understand the layout of the house

• Are the photos current, and in season? (with the exception of garden photos as discussed above)

• Are the photos labelled so the potential buyers know what room they are looking at?
• Do the photos present the property well lit, in focus & without any distracting clutter, people or animals?
  
• Is there a focal point in each photo to catch the buyer's interest?
  

• Are you getting signs of interest in properties as soon as they are listed on MLS? Calls for on-site viewings?
  

If you cannot answer yes to all of the above questions, it is time to contact UPSTAGING  YOUR HOMES

We do a "Stage & Shoot" to ensure a property looks its best on-line, where the majority of buyers are searching for their dream home. To ensure the photos stand out and capture the attention of browsing home buyers, we work with a professional real estate photographer.

We don't want anything left to chance and neither should you!

 

SAVVY HOME OWNERS AND REALTORS HAVE UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES ON THEIR TEAM

 

Contact UPSTAGING YOUR HOMES today to book our 'STAGE & SHOOT' service

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY CLIENTS!