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Is Your Home Capturing the Buyers Off the Internet?

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Home Stager with http://atlantahomestaging.net

Is Your Home Capturing the Buyers Off the Internet?

In the case of this home (see before picture below), we have a completely vanilla kitchen (minus my bin of accessories, of course). The cabinets are white. The appliances are white and we have a light-color countertop. If left empty, it's likely the buyers, when searching the Internet, would likely find nothing appealing about this kitchen.  

If you're selling your home, your objective should be to make the "short list." The short list is comprised of the homes they've viewed off the Internet that are "worthy" of seeing first-hand.

Once a buyer settles on a location, price and size of the home (for example, quantity of bedrooms), they will next look for those that are most appealing. Herein lies the greatest opportunity for a seller. If your home is vacant, dress it up. Trust me. As a professional home stager in Atlanta, I've had the good fortune in having helped hundreds throughout metro Atlanta to help sell their home quickly.

Here's an example of a home we staged last week in Roswell, Georgia:

Kitchen Before Home Staging:

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture Kitchen

 

Here's how the home now looks on the Internet:

 

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture Kitchen

Staging your home, whether your hire a professional or do it yourself, will absolutely make a difference as it relates to capturing the buyers off the Internet.

 

Posted by

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

 TOP 10 Professional Stager of the Year in the

United States 2013  - RESA


This Atlanta home stager understands what it takes to separate your home or listing from the others on the market. Armed with a massive inventory, we can add the furniture and accessories befitting the style of the home as well as the demographics of the buyer. We also provide our after pictures at no additional charge. 

 

Atlanta Georgia Home Stager Kathy Nielsen

 

Our Atlanta home staging services have helped hundreds of sellers secure a contract quickly. Visit our website at http://atlantahomestaging.net to see first-hand the solutions for selling your home, listing or flipped property. Contact us today to schedule your appointment by emailing Kathy at Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com or by calling 678 522 8392. We've got the furniture and accessories your home needs!

 

 

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Comments(14)

Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

The difference is huge.    Great job!

Jul 28, 2010 02:25 AM
Sally Weatherley
EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Kathy - Home staging definitely does help the seller to make a buyer's "short list" - great point.  The above kitchen is a great example of why you would want to add a shot of colour into an otherwise non-descript kitchen.

Jul 28, 2010 03:53 AM
Barbara Heil-Sonneck
Design2Sell - Atlanta, GA
Home Staging Atlanta

Hi Kathy, looks very nice, from blah to yah!

Jul 28, 2010 04:00 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Kathy, I couldn't agree more. A Realtor sent me some pictures of a home he was having trouble with ... they should have never hit the internet. It was no wonder the house was attracting the wrong kind of attention.

Jul 28, 2010 07:25 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Kathy- Clean... YES!   Uncluttered.... YES!   Spacious.... YES!   Wow factor...NO!   Sometimes a home can go the other way and be too uncluttered and bland.  Your staging added the oomph it needed!!

Jul 28, 2010 07:50 AM
Leanne Allen
Center Stage, LLC - Burlington, IA

It's amazing how much warmer this kitchen looks in the second picture with just a few accessories and better lighting!  No one could deny that these two photos would produce completely different responses from online shoppers!

Jul 28, 2010 08:16 AM
Karen Dembsky
Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA - Peachtree City, GA
Atlanta Home Staging

we just can't preach enough the value home staging brings to the Internet presence and "Short List" 

"Pick me, love me, choose me"

It all starts on the Internet!  great staging, as always, Kathy.

Jul 28, 2010 02:40 PM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Kathy,

Fantastic Staging...you made a real difference with the color you added to the all white kitchen.  I love the saying: "The short list".  Well staged homes with fantasic photos really stand out and become that irresistible product that buyers can't wait to make an offer on.

Jul 28, 2010 08:23 PM
Marian Lake Walker
Staged 2Gain - Inverness, FL
Home Stager Florida, Home Staging Central Florida

When selling, that white kitchen can appeal to a large segment of the market, yet online shoppers see that kitchen over and over again in their searches--next! You gave them a reason to stop for a look at this one.

With so many choices, that's what it takes to make it onto the "short list." 

Thanks Kathy!

Jul 29, 2010 02:55 AM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

Kathy -- the all-white kitchen says to buyers looking online ... "I'm boring, a little dated, and just like a lot of other unexciting homes around here." 

However, after your professional staging, the kitchen says "Come take a look, you'll love entertaining your family and friends in this great home."

Mission accomplished!!

Jul 29, 2010 07:29 PM
Diane Williams
Pell City, AL

Great job in staging the kitchen, it brings life and warmth to a boring washed out area.

Jul 30, 2010 01:16 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Fabulous!  You added warmth and appeal and now the photo refuses to be ignored!

Jul 30, 2010 06:50 AM
Carol Zingone
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Florida Network Realty - Jacksonville Beach, FL
Global Realtor in Jax Beach, FL - ABR, CRS, CIPS

Good point - too many times we rush to get pictures up and sometimes they don't do the listing justice.

Jul 31, 2010 03:46 AM
Anna Dovger
Add Value Home Staging LLC, 281-704-6607 - The Woodlands, TX
Home Staging -The Woodlands, TX

Kathy, kitchen looks warm and inviting. If I would be a buyer Iwould definitely put that house on my list.

Aug 01, 2010 03:18 PM