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Vacant Staging....What a difference PART 2

By Teresa Meyer

Home Stager with Cincinnati Home Stager

June 07, 2007 11:42 AM

Lately...I've been working with alot of new construction homes that have an angled fireplace. Builders love to build them with vaulted ceilings because it makes the room feel much bigger than what it actually is. This also creates a problem for potential buyers. Since the angled fireplace is a new feature (at least here in Cincinnati), they don't know how to arrange their furniture and work with the space. If buyers walked into this vacant room...they may become lost and frustrated trying to imagine how they would arrange and decorate the space.

Staging a vacant makes all the difference! Now buyers can walk into this room and get a very good idea of how to use this space with the angeled fireplace. It's warm and inviting and you know what?....It feels like "home".

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Philip McClendon

Manor Realty - Grass Valley, CA

I can first hand say you are so right on staging. I had a vacant home in California up for sale almost 9 months of which the mortgage alone for those months was over 20K. After we finally staged it to the max we got an offer two weeks after. This was in last years market! Just shows if I spent a little money up front on staging I wouldn't have been out that much money at all.

Thank you ohh staging queen!

Cheers to your success!

P.S. Can your company do business in GA?

Philip

Jun 07, 2007 12:24 PM

Leo: Benchmark Mortgage,CT Home Loans CT First Time Home Buyers,Refinance Loan

Benchmark Mortgage,Connecticut Mortgages,CT VA and FHA Loans - Brookfield, CT

Wow very nice! What a good looking stage!

Jun 07, 2007 01:03 PM

Marci Toliver

438-4642 - Mauldin, SC

Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging

Teresa, Alot of builders are doing the slanted room, too! I mean angled fireplace!

Jun 08, 2007 07:02 AM

Oh btw- this is a great transformation!

Jun 08, 2007 07:03 AM

Sharon Simms

Coastal Properties Group International - Christie's International - Saint Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS

We have so many vacant homes on the market now, and they all need staging. It's not easy to rent appropriate furniture here, though.

Jun 08, 2007 11:10 AM

Suzanne Bennett

Sold By Design - Saint Petersburg, FL

Sold By Design- St. Petersburg

Teresa, I have seen a lot of construction in my area with these angled fireplaces. I agree that buyers have a difficult time envisioning furniture placement with these features. I like that you staged a flat screen above the fireplace. I've been in a few owner occupied homes with angled fireplaces and they have the furniture arranged around a huge T.V. entertainment center..often times right next to the fireplace. I've actually recommended to a seller to remove the entertainment center from the room and rearrange furniture around the fireplace as the focal point. When selling..some of these sacrifices are necessary.

BTW: I also like your slipper chairs. (see my post about Putting life back into an empty living room)

Jun 09, 2007 01:22 AM

Vacant Staging....What a difference PART 2

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