staging an empty renovated house
JoJo Orourke
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Comments (12)I am a professional home stager up in Anchorage, Alaska, so thought I would chime in. First, agree with the above comments on the slideshow. There are too many pictures, loads too slowly, then the interesting pictures go by too quickly. Since the home is now empty, you might want to consider staging a few items of furniture and decor, an empty house does not sell as well. Then re-do some of the pictures in the slideshow with the staged rooms. Some of the pictures are fine (bedroom, dining room) but others have too much clutter ( kitchen, library). Take the opportunity of the empty room to picture an uncluttered area, with just a few beautiful pieces. Actually, I am looking for a winter home in the NC/SC area, your listing intriques me! A few questions: Is the river navigable to the inland waterway? Is the home within walking distance of the town? Here is a link that might be useful: ReFeathering Home Staging and Design...See MoreStaged or empty?
Comments (28)Staging works because the vast majority of people cannot imagine what an empty space might look like furnished. Period. That's a simple fact. I live with two of these people, so I know! (My DH and MIL) We recently sold my MIL's house in San Francisco for $1.022M. Now, she had decent stuff but way too much of it. Moved it all out or junked it; brought in a stager. I could have done the staging myself using half her existing furniture, certainly. But the stager we used had beautiful, traditional furnishings exactly scaled to make the rooms look even bigger (and they weren't tiny to begin with). The overall effect was exactly right; even my MIL admitted her house had never looked so nice before. In a rapidly slowing market we sold it in 5 weeks. Three other houses that went on the market at the same time, similar architecture/similar or even cheaper pricing but sold empty, sat on the market for 4-6 months before being sold. I agree that most of the GW posters here, and on most of the GW forums, are a more sophisticated group. However, it's doubtful any of them are around to view your house and make an offer. If you want to appeal to the greatest range of buyers, then stage it....See MoreSelling an empty house versus staged house (again)
Comments (24)Both places I bought were empty. One was a sponsor apartment that had been rented out in NYC. When I was looking then whenever possible I asked for a floor plan and would decide if I even wanted to see it based on floor plan. I tend to think of myself as practical and I am right handed (so left brain) so maybe there is something to the personality idea. As for my house, I first saw it with furniture and that is how I remember it. We refused to bid as much as they wanted and walked. Several months later the relo company bought it and it was empty and we bought it from them. Although I remember the POs drapes (very nice but were not left!) but I remember not being impressed with her cabinets in the living room and I do remember how much I liked it empty (although it tends to look a little too long that way) To be honest i would rather have an empty room than a card table unless it was nice one. I do agree about small bedrooms, we have a small one and it is amazing what you can fit in there, at one point we had a Twin bed, Two cribs, a changing table and Two dressers and the room is 10 x 14. When I go to sell I will move the cribs to opposite walls (they like being on the same wall now) to make the room look wider...See MoreAlcohol included in home staging?
Comments (36)Thanks everyone... In the end, I decided to keep everything as is, because although it's "staged," and somewhat depersonalized, it's still in line with how we really live. I guess I can't worry about what may or may not offend every possible buyer. Some people may be "offended" by a house which seems too "bookish" or snobby, too. As it turns out, I guess I can't even anticipate who our most likely buyer would be. I was absolutely sure that we would get young people and probably families, from New England, but as it turned out, the people who came yesterday (first showing) were older and recent transplants from the south. I figured older people wouldn't want two stories and a large acreage. The showing apparently went very well (they stayed for at least 45 minutes) and I have no inkling they were offended, if they were....See MoreJudy Mishkin
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