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What If You Can't Afford to Update Your Home to Sell? Home Stager Minneapolis

Reblogger MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Real Estate Agent with Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty DRE# 00901962 Lic.1985

I love how the stager took what the owner had and made it work within the budget. A lot of times this is the difficulty for many sellers if they just can't wrap your head around the budget for staging. It's hard for them to understand that staging cost is less than their first price reduction. This is some really good example of taking a difficult dated luck and making it work

Original content by Shar Sitter

What If You Can't Afford to Update Your Home to Sell?

Realtor's and Home Stagers alike will tell you to update your home whenever possible, especially in the key areas like the kitchen and bathrooms.

But what if you just can't do it? 

My recent client lived in her home 45 years and had done nothing to it. She had moved to a Senior Living Complex and needed to sell her home but had very limited resources to do any updates. 

So what should you do??

First, bring in a professional Home Stager and an Experienced Realtor to help you determine what is the best use of your funds. 

Prioritize that list, do what you can but all in all make is sizzle and make it appeal to the buyer!

In this home, the buyer was most likely going to be a first time homeowner thus someone young. If you can't do much....make the retro look hip and cool!

This 1950s rambler was tired. Very, very tired. Very few actual updates were done but they knew they needed to LET IT SING!!

Old brick, old paneling, old drapes.


LR Before


LR Before


So??


LR After

 

LR After

 

Old cabinets, yellow counter tops, old paneling.

Kitchen Before


DR before


So??

 

Kitchen after

 

DR after

 

Remember these built-in planter boxes that were sooooo cool in their day? Fake greenery stuck in there is not going to cut it for a young buyer.

 

fireplace before

 

fireplace box before

 

But hey...hip cool twigs will!! 


Fireplace after

 

fireplace after

 

Use your limited budget wisely. Do what you can but most of all..... Make Your House Sizzle, Pop and Sing!

Sounds like a group from the 50's! Perfect. 

 

Make Your House Show At It's Full Potential no matter how many updates you can afford!

 

 Originally Posted in: Rooms With Style Blog. 

Premier Home Staging and Redesign Firm Serving the Entire Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN Area

   

Rooms With Style

       
 

Shar Sitter

Website: http://roomswithstyle.com/

Portfolio:  Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis, MN

Email: Shar@roomswithstyle.com

Although each house is unique there is one common goal...using our expertise to get your home sold as quickly as possible.

 

 

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Her designations have included: Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR), Accredited Consultant of Real Estate (ACRE), Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (ALHS)Accredited Staging Professional (ASP)Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE),  Property Marketing Expert (PME), Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist (RECS), and Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES).

Michelle is an internationally-published freelance writer with over 1,200 traditional articles published in print and online, co-author of two books on Silicon Valley-specific real estate as well as over 68,000 blog posts on Blogger, ActiveRain, Examiner, FaceBook, Realtor, Trulia, RealBird and others. She enjoys reading, traveling, animals, nature, family, dancing, staging, consulting, coaching and praying. Check out her blog at www.activerain.com/results or visit her online at www.michellejudycarr.com. For RE$ult$ ... Just Call ... (408) 252-8900.

 

Comments(3)

Diana Foster
BKG brokerage - Braselton, GA
Realtor- Helping you find the perfect home!!

Wow!! What a difference. The before and after shots are awesome. Thanks for posting.

Jul 28, 2012 02:39 PM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

That is some difference! Gold chairs have got to go! Great post by the way.

Jul 29, 2012 01:56 AM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Thank you for the reblog Michelle! BTW....this house sold in 11 days with multiple offers! 

Jul 30, 2012 12:27 PM