Many REALTORS® today offer "free" staging services when listing a home. When potential clients ask me if I offer this, I inspect the property thoroughly to see whether staging is necessary. Often times just some decluttering, repositioning or removal of furniture and a good cleaning will suffice.
After 26 years in the business, I have a pretty good sense of what it takes to offer up the "wow" factor. There is a big difference between fluffing and staging. Fluffing would entail adding some key decorating items, bright pillows, throw blankets, fresh bedding, etc.
Staging can be adding furnishings to a vacant home to give it a friendly, lived in feel. Or removing wallpaper, painting, changing light fixtures, landscaping, etc. Definitely more big ticket items.
A seller has to realize that de-personalizing a home is not intended to offend them. It is just creating a blank canvas to help a buyer picture themselves living in the home.
Statistics prove that homes that are staged do sell faster and for a higher price. Here is a great article on staging that I found interesting and would like to share.
Yours in Real Estate
Jenny
Kotulak
Broker RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc. Brokerage
905-878-7777
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