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Selling Your House? It's Not About You Anymore

By Sue Argue

Home Stager with Staged First Impressions

May 21, 2007 03:33 PM

My 83 year old mom has this really awful red baseball hat she wears a lot that protects her nose from the UV rays. Combine that hat with her sunglasses, her white with sunscreen nose, and wow, she's funny. It's ok, I love her dearly, and I don't have to wear it!

Everyone's tastes are different. Everyone's needs are different.

The images here are courtesy of Lands End.

The upper four shirts may or may not appeal to you. The blue button down men's oxford or the little black dress with pearls are looks that are clean, simple, comfortable, versatile--and appeal to most people. Professional home staging achieves this look in a home so it appeals to just about everyone.

Do you care if your house is clean? Everyone's "clean tolerance" is different too. My kitchen counter always has school papers, cafeteria menus, baseball schedules, coupons and gorgeous 4th grade artwork on it, and I'm ok with this. But my friend Gail goes beserk when she's visiting me, "How can you stand this chaos?" To each his own, right?

When you're trying to sell your house, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU ANYMORE.

If buyers don't like your wallpaper, your clutter, your clean tolerance level...you are going to get less money for your home at closing. Don't be stubborn. You can live in your NEXT home as you please!

One more time-- Looks that are clean, simple, comfortable and versatile. Professional home staging achieves this look in a home so it appeals to just about everyone.

Staged First Impressions, New Hampshire 's home staging company, strives to educate homeowner's on the benefits of home staging. An informed client feels more relaxed and can make better choices.

If you have a question about home staging and you can't find the answer here, please contact me, and I'd be happy to help you in any way I can.

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Sue Argue

Staged First Impressions - Hampton, NH

NH Home Stager

Kristal Kraft,

thanks for the photo table HTML. It works :)

May 21, 2007 03:40 PM

Yvonne Root

rooms b.y. root - Prescott, AZ

Home Stager - Northern Arizona

Sue, I'm not arguing with you over this one. A perfect post with a perfect message! Rock on!

May 21, 2007 03:47 PM

ASHEVILLE REALTY REFERRAL RESOURCE 828-776-0779

REAL ESTATE REFERRAL NETWORK - Asheville, NC

CONTACT janeAnne365@gmail.com

Sue~

You got my attention. I read what you had to say. I loved the image I got of your Mom!...and what you say-makes SO much sense. THX for sharing...I've bookmarked this to share with my clients...

May 21, 2007 04:12 PM

Kathleen Lordbock

Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN

Keller Williams Realty Professionals

That is how I get sellers to move stuff out -" You can store it now so it won't get damaged and put it out in your new home. Your new place will be all about you!!"

May 21, 2007 04:50 PM

Bob & Carolin Benjamin

Benjamin Realty LLC - Gold Canyon, AZ

East Phoenix Arizona Homes

Good post.

Carolin Benjamin
Bob and Carolin Benjamin
The Benjamin Team
Keller Williams Integrity First Realty
Gold Canyon Arizona

May 21, 2007 07:44 PM

Karen Otto

Home Star Staging - Plano, TX

Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Very simply stated and easy to understand - could you be a stager?. No hurt feelings involved either. I can actually see you handing this out to your client's as a "cover letter" of sorts and a source of marketing material for your business. It's very well put and something any buyer can understand without feeling judged by you prior to your arrival at their home for a consult. You are creating wealth for your client by explaining the process - who can't love that?

Love it! (and the image of your mom's white nose...ah memories of Miami Beach before South Beach....)

May 22, 2007 12:45 AM

Marci Toliver

438-4642 - Mauldin, SC

Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging

Sue, this was an excellent analogy! Great post!

Let me call Maureen and tell her this deserves a cookie!

May 22, 2007 06:27 AM

Maureen Maureen

Orangeburg, NY

OK Marci - You asked for it:

The Academy would like to award Sue Argue with this COOKIE AWARD for being the home stagers little black dress.

May 22, 2007 07:09 AM

Sue Argue

Staged First Impressions - Hampton, NH

NH Home Stager

Maureen, it's all about the cookies you know. It's the only reason I blog. And oh my...the little black dress nomination as well? Why, this is all just toooo much. Marci, how can I ever thank you enough?

May 22, 2007 09:35 AM

Sue Argue

Staged First Impressions - Hampton, NH

NH Home Stager

Thank you for the Localism feature :)

May 22, 2007 11:05 AM

Marci Toliver

438-4642 - Mauldin, SC

Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging

Sue, I would have given you a wink- !

But for this I had to call on the AWARD of AWARDS!!! I had to nominate ya!

May 22, 2007 11:10 AM

Sue Argue

Staged First Impressions - Hampton, NH

NH Home Stager

Wink back at ya ;)

May 22, 2007 11:31 AM

Joan Whitebook

BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH

Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

Sue -- It's not about you anymore is right - it's called what's in it for ME!. I think you hit the nail on the head. I think your mom sounds like a delightful person. She will have to take a picture in her baseball cap!

May 22, 2007 12:52 PM

Joan Mirantz

Homequest Real Estate - Concord, NH

Realtor, GRI, CBR, SRES - Concord New Hampshire

Sue I think you found either a second tag line...or a line for your business card!

It's not about you anymore! I love it!

May 22, 2007 04:34 PM

Sue Argue

Staged First Impressions - Hampton, NH

NH Home Stager

Trouble is Joan, no one wants to hear that!

May 22, 2007 11:11 PM

Kathleen Lordbock

Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN

Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Sue - It seems like we are all getting comments from a variety of women (or one busy gal) from other countries pushing various things from shower curtains to credit reports. I say go away.

To John Veler from Fizber - It looks to me like Fizber makes money selling just forms and then the sellers or buyers are on their own. That includes proper pricing, marketing, staging, negotiations, filling out those forms in a proper manner, showings, pre- approval of buyers (you really do not want to find out they do not have funding at the closing table 60 days later).

Over 85% of FSBO eventually go with an agent - after wasting their time and money.

PS It is not proper form to advertise your services on some one else's blog - write your own.

Sue - thanks for letting me use your white space.

Jul 18, 2009 01:46 AM