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Through the eyes of a home stager; a property transformation, no furniture rental required

Reblogger Beverly Femia
Real Estate Agent with BlueCoast Realty Corporation

A staged home is by no means a redecorated home but it is often a rearranged and re-accessorized home!

I’ll evaluate your home and furnishings and help you represent yourself better to buyers. 

You’ll see the difference and, when you do, you’ll know others will too!

 

As a reminder of the affect on the buyer, this helpful post is worth sharing with you!

Compliments of Beverly Femia - Coastal Area Living in Hampstead, NC 910-279-9794    www.CoastalAreaLiving.com

Via -  Karen Otto, Home Stager, Plano, TX 469)964-0516

Original content by Karen Otto

Today's client had completed some of the staging recommendations we had discussed during our 2 hour home staging consultation on Monday. In fact when he called to confirm further home staging services for his Mckinney, TX home with Home Star Staging he asked if I could reduce the rate based on the amount of work he did. From what he told me, I was able to estimate an hour less of time to complete our portion of it. I was very happy that he felt motivated and empowered to do some of the work prior to our staging appointment and he, as many home sellers are today, was on a budget.

Using almost 95% of the seller's own furnishings (no furniture rental required!), Home Star Staging offset those items with a few budget friendly accessories from our inventory. He kindly left us to our work today and when he came home he returned to a very different house!

Home staging transformation family room before and after by Home Star Staging

After taking a tour of his newly transformed home he admitted that before I came he thought,

" I didn't know what else you could really do since I'd already done a lot."

With our team we actually did a lot MORE than he realized we could or would.  It was a classic furniture and decor swap from different rooms of the house. 

After seeing the transformation my client said,

"Now I know you know what you're doing and why staging is important!".

That just made my day!

I explained to him that I understood his feelings and I was grateful that he called us back.  During the staging consultation I try to provide every detail I can to help a client stage a home themselves if they choose however once we're onsite to complete the plan, staging can evolve and becomes an organic process, and often things will change from what was originally planned. The work he had done was great, but it was not staging.

Seeing a home through the eyes of a home stager is much different than someone who is not and even with recommendations to work from it often takes the skill and talent of a professional to do the job right.

As I was about to leave one final question came from my client, he wanted to know once he moved if we could come and do this at his new place...of course!!

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Home Staging Dallas - Karen Otto

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Beverly Femia

The Femia Team


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Comments(2)

Liz Murray
Renaissance Home Staging & Redesign - Chandler, AZ
Professional Home Stager

I just read another blog you wrote regarding home staging.  As a home stager in Arizona, I find that with so many properties on the market that are distressed, properties are now real estate orphans, with bankers thinking their properties are worthless. 

A home with a welcoming lived-in feel, invites the buyers to stay awhile, and ultimately give you a better offer.  If bankers want to move properties faster, they need to stage them.  The buyers are out there, but they just don't want to "settle".

 

 

Oct 30, 2011 03:52 AM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Thank you for reblogging this post Beverly !

Nov 11, 2011 04:14 AM