Selling an empty house versus staged house (again)
richard904
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Comments (20)Bold colors on the walls of a room with furniture and rugs and window treatments chosen to coordinate with them look great and get compliments. Bold colors on walls of a room with little to no furniture, with every scrape and rub and smear and chip showing, with nothing to relate the color to may look out of place, or bring nothing to the buyer's mind but "We'll have to paint every room!" You might not need to paint every single room, but I'd neutralize the living and dining and family rooms, so the first impression that buyers have is of a move-in ready house. It may just be me, but I always think that bedroom wall colors are more idosincratic and I don't expect to like what's already on the walls. And in my experience, the average bedroom is easier to paint than the larger, more public rooms of the house. Unless they have cathedral ceilings. So that's another point. If you have really large rooms, or rooms with cathedral ceilings or rooms that are in any way more difficult to paint than usual, it might be a good idea to neutralize those, so that a buyer's first thought isn't, "Oh my goodness. Puce paint. That wall's two stories high. We'll have to get professionals in here to paint. What's next on the list?"...See MoreSelling newer home versus older condo....
Comments (16)Patty_cakes, To answer your question, "Yes, I have." I am a native Californian (there's not too many of us around). CA is where I call 'home'. In January '06, I spent a delightful two weeks at the Colonial Hotel in LaJolla visiting old highschool classmates & family. From there, I worked my way north making stops along the way for more family get-to-gethers & visits with old neighbors in Laguna Hills. Next on my visit came Huntington Beach where my parents lived & I spent my teenage years surfing. Pity you can't park on the beach anymore. I continued my junket northbound to the Cerritos area where my father was a several decade business owner. There, I visited with elderly friends of my parents. Continuing on & after a brief pitstop & buzz-by of my highschool, I spent the next 3/4 of a day fighting my way through LA to the Grapevine in the rain & rode shotgun for DH (driving) who was worried about the crazy CA drivers who don't understand that's it's best to slow down in inclement weather. Down off the Grapevine to a much drier Bakersfield where I stuffed myself with Marie Calendar's German-Chocolate pie (reinforcements after the drive through LA). Onwards in the dark, to Fresno where the rain had once again caught up with us. After four rainy & dreary days in Fresno & its surrounds...we decided to visit my childhood home just outside Selma near old Highway 99. The property is now a Federal Superfund Site & I pressed my nose against the barbed wire to peer in the windows & point out to DH the blue chairs I sat in as a younster to open my Christmas presents & where I used to pick grapes from my sister's vineyards. He's always had trouble wrapping his mind around my living on a Superfund site & so I brought him to this place. I will never return so I snapped a few pictures of the, "No Trespassing, Federal Superfund Site, Government Property" sign. I don't anticipate further trips to CA. Family & friends will have to come to CT in the future if they want to see me. Now, as for your selling decision... Why not list them both & the market will answer your question regarding the importance of freeway access versus family-friendly neighborhood of SFHs. I could make a reasonably good hypothesis for either being the easiest to sell but guesses don't count...only the closing check really answers your question. Tricia PS My "intelligent" comment was referring to my answer not your question. I merely stated that you'd not provided enough info to say much of anything meaningful....See MoreHouse selling/staging question
Comments (25)To give you an idea of the power of staging, we were in a hot low inventory market. We were selling our duplex, same time the neighbors were selling as well. Two similar duplex condos of same age and condition -- their unit was considered the more desirable as it had slightly more sq footage with somewhat more desirable layout too. They had a painter come in and paint all the walls a standard "builder's white" and did no other staging. The builder's white was so awful... it made the place look like a rental unit, though it was not ... it had beautiful cabs and countertops, beautiful hardwood flooring, gorgeous trim, etc -- arguably nicer than our unit, but that dang builder's white paint color just ruined it, in the listing photos and in person. Meanwhile our condo had a riot of rich paint colors on all the walls, a cohesive plan but different colors in each room. And dreaded pink pickled cabinets. And pink marble baths. And white painted trim. We thought we'd have to re-paint all the walls since it was ... pretty unique.... but our realtor said no, and helped us stage the place instead. End result: We sold faster than our neighbors, and for substantially more $ per sq foot. And I truly credit this to the staging....See Morestaging an empty renovated house
Comments (7)When we did a full house reno on my sister's former home, we ha the main floor lightly staged and the upstairs bedrooms and gameroom were left empty -- just a few towels and a jar of cotton balls in the bath. The house sold in a day. Honestly, the breakfast room and dining room are pretty obvious, but they looked more inviting with tables and chairs. The beverage bar drew more attention staged. The study and family room avoided the how do you arrange furniture question which I think was helpful because the study was quite large and the family room a little narrow. I believe the house would have sold well either way, but post Harvey construction issues delayed us (no flooding -- just supplies and workers), so if it didn't sell very fast, we were looking at after the holidays. It definitely worked and was worth it to us. More of an insurance policy than a remedy. ETA -- she also sold at a great price. That was one of the reasons the realtor asked her to stage it -- faster sale and higher price to get the most out of those renovations....See Moresharon_sd
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