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Outdated Bathrooms - What can be done

By Isabel Gomes

Home Stager with Gomes Design

November 20, 2007 05:40 AM

I had a client who had their house on the market for over 1 1/2 years. When I walked in she wanted to know what was outdated. The house was 24 years old and well maintained but never renovated.

The following bathroom had canary yellow fixtures. Any potential buyer would see tons of $$$$ flying out the room. As usual budget was a concern. My recommendations was to resurface the tub and tiles, change the toilet and a new floor. Even though it cost $450 Cdn. just to resurface the tub it made a huge impact. I feel this is a good use of money. The house sold the first showing.

BEFORE

Yellow bath

AFTER

Yellow bath After

Here is another in the same home.

Small Bath

Small Bath After

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Rosario Lewis

DDR Realty - Newburgh, NY

GRI, SRES - DDR Realty - Orange County, NY

Nice work! That old canary yellow always looks a little soiled, don't you think?

Nov 20, 2007 05:46 AM

Jackie Peraza

Perceptions AdverStaging(TM), LLC - Framingham, MA

Home Stager - Framingham, Massachusetts

Isabel - examples like these leave me speechless as to why a listing real estate agent would not immediately contact a local stager to partner with them on their listings. They are leaving money on the table and not servicing their clients to the best of their abilities the first time out.

You have provided outstanding proof that large sums of money are not required to get the home sold. Congratulations!

Jackie

Nov 20, 2007 05:50 AM

Gail Reeves Reid

Re/Max Realty Specialists - Mississauga, ON

Good job. I can hardly believe it was the same home.

Nov 20, 2007 05:51 AM

Mark Horan

Resident Team Realty, LLC & Toni's Property Management LLC - Saint Cloud, FL

"The Resident Chef" - Resident Team Realty LLC &

Thank you for the great Ideas. I will be looking next week at all my listings to see which ones need a face lift!

The Resident Mark

Nov 20, 2007 06:04 AM

Kathy Passarette

Creative Home Expressions - Mount Sinai, NY

L.I. Staging/Decorating

Nice job! Was that wallpaper or tile in both bathrooms? As soon as I saw the wood toilet seat, I knew what you were dealing with!

Nov 20, 2007 06:15 AM

Charlene Storozuk

Dezigner Digz - Burlington, ON

Home Stager - Burlington Ontario

Excellent job Isabel! It's amazing the difference isn't it? I'll bet that agent wishes he or she had called you much sooner. Congratulations!

Nov 20, 2007 07:54 AM

Fernando Rosado

West Palm Beach, FL

561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950

Isabel ~ that bathroom wowed me what you accomplish ...that before is scary and outdated. You did great girl!

Nov 20, 2007 01:02 PM

Juliet Johnson

Vizzitopia - St Johns, FL

Jacksonville Photography & Digital Marketing

Hey, Isabel, nice job. Amazing what some white will do in a bathroom. And what a terrific stat for your portfolio. don't forget (as I often have) to get quotes for the testimonial section on your website, etc.

Nov 20, 2007 02:18 PM

Lisa Sherman

Interior Aura - Salem, OR

Home Stager, Interior, Redesign & Decorating - Salem Oregon

Very nice transformation... and money well spent! Looks great!

Lisa Sherman ~ Interior Aura

Nov 20, 2007 05:13 PM

Kim Dillon

Creative Eye Home Staging - West Chester, PA

When you said have the tile resurfaced, did you mean replaced? I've heard of resurfacing tubs, but not tile. Can you give me more information? GREAT JOB!

Kim Dillon, Creative Eye Home Staging

Nov 20, 2007 10:35 PM

Kristina Leone

Lionheart Home Staging, LLC - Minneapolis, MN

Amazing! The changes completely transformed this room! Excellent recommendations!

Nov 24, 2007 01:48 AM