My Services but not My Stuff

Leanne, you will probably have to incur on truck rental (if you don't have one) and insurance for the truck, The other thing to consider is the liability when you have people working for you. Are you using a company or hiring them directly? If they get hurt during the job, you may be liable for their medical expenses and more. Just be careful how you do it so it doesn't become a nightmare.

Insurance is what I would consider are the services you getting bonded in some way.  That is all I can think of at the moment.

I would almost let the agent hire a moving company, and just charge a staging fee, unless you are charging the hourly rate for your time to include dealing with the movers, etc.

It does possibly leave you open for problems with the agent if there is damage to furniture.  I guess having plenty of insurance on all aspects is the key here.

I think Cindy has a great point.....if your moving his furniture then are you responsible for any in route damage.  If he moves it...then I would charge a set up fee for the "staging".

Others make great points here Leanne. Make sure you still have a staging services contract with the owner of the house and/or the owner's representative (in this case it may be the Realtor since they're paying) and I echo the insurance.  Just curious as to why the Realtor is working with another stager who moves his items but is now price shopping.  Was he not satisified with the other stager's work or was it a matter of price.  I'd ask him, you may find out more info which can help you assess whether or not this is something you want to get involved with.

Leanne....one think I've found is once I set a rate with someone that is an expectation they have as a baseline rate and it's hard to move that UP and if other agents hear about a lower price...."I want that rate too" will be their feedback to me.  I would start with my going rate. In this case he's not price shopping so I would sell my professionalism (keeping my 2 cents out of his business with sellers) and my fee if my fair and going rate that everyone pays!

Hope that helps....good luck!!!!!

Assuming the furniture is suitable for a variety of homes, I see that as an excellent way in which to save the seller money. As for how to bill for this type of service - I would suggest a flat fee covering both ends (first house and second house). Of course, the amount would have to include rental of truck, labor, accessories (I've assumed you're brining those in), staging fee (at the second home). Are you considering charging a rental fee for the accessories? 

Kathy

Be cautious you do not establish precedent with the lower rate.  Yes, sometimes I do that but am careful that it doesn't become the standard fee for that client.  Remember, he came to you.  Don't forget to charge for the time spent facilitating this move, that should be in addition to all the other time spent preparing his property for market.  Obviously he knows the value of staging and like all of us he is taking care of a line item as it relates to a bottom line.  Does he have his own accessories?  It seems to me that all of his properties will be looking alike, eventually that could become a distraction, unless the look can be varied with complementary accessories.  He came to you for a reason, GOOD JOB!

WARMLY,

Carole