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What a Difference a Consultation Can Make!

By Judy Heinrich

Home Stager with Judy Heinrich Home Staging

January 14, 2009 07:30 AM

The first step every seller should take BEFORE putting their house on the market is to hire a Professional Home Stager for a staging consultation. This is the most affordable, cost effective solution to getting your house market ready. A good home staging professional will provide you with a "roadmap" to prepare your home for sale. For the DIY seller, the consultation is a valuable resource to guide you in the right direction. If you are a seller that wants a little more hands on help, a home staging professional will be happy to do the actual work needed to make your property stand out from the competition!

Here are a few examples of what can be achieved by motived home sellers after a Walk & Talk Consultation provided by Judy Heinrich Home Staging, LLC.

Staged Living Room

Judy Heinrich Home Staging, LLC - providing professional home staging services to the greater Richmond, Virginia area. For more information on preparing your home for sale, please visit www.judyheinrich.com or phone 804-271-2604.

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Diana Young

Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties - Edmonds, WA

Hi Judy, The "after" photos are such a dramatic improvement! I'm glad you were able to get the "before" shots, especially to show the homeowner how all their hard work has paid off. Great job!

Jan 14, 2009 07:43 AM

Wendy Timmons

Move Home Realty - Temecula, CA

Temecula Realtor

It looks great Judy! It looks so much more inviting, as I am sure the sellers will agree!

Jan 14, 2009 08:59 AM

Judy Heinrich

Judy Heinrich Home Staging - San Diego, CA

Diana - I'm glad I have before shots as well, but even happier to have some after since I seem to always miss one or the other!

Wendy - I think each of the sellers (they're different houses) would agree... especially since they all sold quickly!

Jan 14, 2009 09:22 AM

Kate Hart

Hart & Associates Staging and Design - Radnor, PA

wow awesome work! I like the walk and talk- great job.

Jan 14, 2009 09:51 AM

Judy Heinrich

Judy Heinrich Home Staging - San Diego, CA

Kate - Thank you... I love doing that type of consultation. Its such a cost effective service for clients!

Michele - I'm a real stickler when it comes to painting! I've been having such great luck getting sellers to paint... I think they're finally understanding the importance of it.

Jan 14, 2009 11:35 PM

Michelle Finnamore

Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON

Preparing your property for sale

Hi Judy, this goes a long in explaining to clients that there is a Home Staging plan for every budget. Love your click throughs to your site.

Jan 15, 2009 03:24 AM

Marci Toliver

438-4642 - Mauldin, SC

Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging

Judy, I hadn't been in the RAIN! in such a long time! This looks great!

Jan 16, 2009 01:25 PM

Ana Hitzel

AccentPositives Home Staging - Corona, CA

Professional Home Stager Inland Empire

Judy great job, love the bedroom!

Jan 16, 2009 03:33 PM

Judy Heinrich

Judy Heinrich Home Staging - San Diego, CA

Michelle - Exactly! A consultation is affordable - everyone should at least start with a consultation.

Marci - I haven't been around much either, glad to see you check in once in a while. Hope you're doing well!

Ana - Thank you for the comment. They worked really hard on that bedroom. I was so proud to see it when I returned for the picture.

Jan 16, 2009 11:35 PM

Sandra Hughes

Redesigned Spaces - Northern Virginia - Fairfax, VA

Redesigned Spaces - Fairfax County, Virginia

Judy - they followed your direction well. At the very least, a home seller should hire a professional for a consult!

Jan 17, 2009 02:47 AM

Leslie Olson

Leslie Olson Interiors - Austin, TX

Interior Design and Redesign - Moved to Austin!

Judy -- thanks for the post! I agree a preliminary consultation should be fundamental before a house it put on the market. Homeowners can hire a Professional Stager directly, or Realtors can include the staging consultation as part of the overall marketing plan for the home. (I also include the option of a follow-up appointment on the day that the MLS photographs are to be taken, to assist in staging the pictures if needed.) Sometimes it's hard to see our own homes as a product to market, and it helps to have a second pair of eyes (as well as a diplomatic coach) to give recommendations for preparinging the home for sale. It's one of the parts of my staging business that I love the most! Leslie

Jan 19, 2009 03:34 PM

Pangaea Interior Design Kitchen & Bath Design, Remodeling

Portland Oregon - Portland, OR

I don't know if you do this, but one of the things I do to really help sellers see their rooms through the eyes of a buyer is to take the before photos while I'm there. I write a comprehensive written set of instructions for each room and then attach the photos next to the instructions for that room. The photos seem to put the room and it's clutter or crowded feeling into focus very effectively.

Speaking of focus, I love your first set of photos. in the before, everything is just spread out with no sense of focus at all. The after photo is terrific! Great job!

Jan 19, 2009 03:57 PM

Karen Otto

Home Star Staging - Plano, TX

Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Great transformation Judy and you are so right - a home staging consultation with a professional home stager gives you a lot of bang for your buck. If followed sellers can get the same results as if we did it for them - and for cost conscious consumers, this is a perfect option.

Jan 20, 2009 08:50 AM

Robyn Guinn

StageAZ - Phoenix, AZ

Home staging, Arizona

Great job Judy, I love B4 and Af pictures. Happy they both sold!

Jan 20, 2009 02:45 PM

Lisa Roy

SPACELiFT HOME STAGING, Greater Vancouver - Vancouver, BC

I like the term "walk and talk" it is exactly that. We didn't quite know what to call them but what you came up with is quite catchy. Nice pics by the way!

Jan 20, 2009 04:00 PM

Judy Heinrich

Judy Heinrich Home Staging - San Diego, CA

Sandra - Thanks Sandra... I agree!

Leslie - I do love the consultations too! And I'm finding more and more agents are using it as part of their listing package... very smart!

Pangaea - I use to do that but have found that my Walk & Talk consultation to be so successful that I can't even remember the last time I did a written consultation! I prefer the walk through type and sometimes will even stage a room while I'm there depending on the property.

Karen - You're so right... seller's can get great results... especially when they follow all of our directions!

Robyn - Pictures are worth a thousand words!

Lisa - I have to give credit for the term to Karen Reynolds here on AR. I saw she called them that and thought it was perfect so I asked her if she would mind if I used the term and she said yes! BTW, I like your business name... when I first started staging back in 2004 in San Diego my business name was SpaceLift! I had a partner back then...she's still staging a little.

Jan 20, 2009 10:59 PM

Debbie Fiskum

Perfect Transformations Home Staging - Denver, CO

Perfect Home Staging - The Home Decor Genie

Wow! Home Staging makes a BIG difference! Good job!

The Home Decor Genie, Perfect Transformations Home Staging, Denver

Jan 22, 2009 04:01 PM

Isabel Gomes

Gomes Design - London, ON

Interior Decorator, Stager - London, Ont

Judy. The befores are great.

Jan 24, 2009 09:17 AM

Judy Heinrich

Judy Heinrich Home Staging - San Diego, CA

Debbie - Yes it does! Thanks for your comment

Isabel - I'm hoping you meant the afters are great! :)

Jan 25, 2009 12:29 AM

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