When Home Staging Pays Off

Though some homeowners will consider enlisting a professional home stager a hassle, prior to doing it, most come to a different conclusion once the property is prepared for showing. What they see is a home decorated in the perfect colours, scale furniture and accessories for the space. Nothing will look out of place, just the ideal furniture, arranged to precision. The results are often so strong, it is evidenced in the amount the house ultimately sells for, and the speed in which a deal is struck.

Another frequent benefit we hear from sellers who go through the staging process is that they had a room that they would never in a million years would have thought to do what the stagers did. Sometimes it is because the space is an odd shape, or the view is distracting, but what they get is an area that flows with the other rooms, and enhances the overall appearance. Bottom line is that studies show people who do walk thrus of homes on the market only spend three to six minutes looking around.  So every second of what they see counts a great deal. It is critical to get things right