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This is an example of home staging at its best! These before and after photos will make just about anyone smile! I worked with Realtor Brian Talley to stage and prepare this home! After a two hour consultation this family went to work and made it happen! The home was extremely cluttered with very large furniture! We decluttered, removed furniture and left just enough decor behind to make it pop! The home feels twice as big and looks very sophisticated! It was a major project and a group effort, but the result is remarkable! Congrats to everyone involved!
*Photography by Austin Simple Staging
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The following are five reasons to show why, especially in today’s market, it’s more important than ever before to stage a vacant home:
* Homes that show well are the ones that are warm, inviting, and make an emotional connection with the buyer. Vacant homes rarely accomplish this goal.
* Without furniture, there is no frame of reference, making it difficult for buyers to tell the scale and size of the room. Will the master bedroom fit a king size bed? How about the great room – it looks too small for a sectional. When buyers have to start questioning . . . they normally walk away.
* When homes are vacant, every flaw is exposed. Normal wear and tear, a chipped tile or small crack will be magnified. This will cause buyers to focus on the negatives . . . rather than the positives. A professional stager knows how to redirect a buyers focus, emphasizing the positive features of the home while visually diminishing, but not hiding the negatives.
* Only 10% of buyers can visualize, so when they walk into your home, 90% won’t actually be able to visualize the home’s potential.
* A vacant home will send a message to buyers that the seller is desperate to sell. Right or wrong, knowing the seller has already relocated gives the buyer a distinct advantage when negotiating, often submitting a lower offer.
The fundamental thing to consider when deciding whether to furnish a vacant home is price. And statistics have shown that the ‘price’ of leaving a home vacant can be a lower selling price and a longer time on the market. You must ask yourself if this is a price you can afford to pay?