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2010-04-30 2:00 PM

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Subject: using a stager before listing your house

Curious who else has done this?

 

Our realtor STRONGLY recommended we use a stager before our house went on the market.  So yesterday had a "stager" in the house.  She's really an interior decorator but does these side gigs.

Out of pocket, cost us $200 for her being here for 5 hours, moving furniture and staging all 4 usable floors of our house (basement and attic).

So far, the single best decision we've made.  In 5 hours, she transformed our house and made it feel like a showroom.

If anyone is selling their house in the next while - I highly recommend this exercise - money well spent IMO.

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the fun part was trying to explain to my boys (ages 4 and 7) why they are not allowed to touch anything until the house is under contract...

2010-04-30 2:16 PM
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Subject: RE: using a stager before listing your house
I did it with my last house after it was on the market for almost a year and I switched agents, and the house sold very quickly after that. And, oh yeah, after another 10% price drop.

Made the house look like an art museum but it wasn't so comfy to live in.   
2010-04-30 2:31 PM
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Subject: RE: using a stager before listing your house

Meh - I'm tight-@ssed enough to not spend the $200.  Figure I'll get by with the usual . . .

clean horizontal surfaces

lots of light

remove most furniture

paint the kids rooms white

etc

2010-04-30 2:33 PM
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I haven't done it, but I bought a new couch at the recommendation of a real estate agent. I was going to buy a new couch anyway and was going to wait until I moved into the new place, but the real estate agent told me that the place would sell better if I bought the couch now, so I did.

Also I remove all things that cause clutter and strip my place down to the bare essentials when selling. It helps that my parents' live nearby, so I can just move boxes to their place in the meantime.

2010-04-30 3:01 PM
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My wife took a course on staging from some community center. Cost her about $50-75. It was informative, but not really earth-shattering.

When we sold our last house, we did everything for it, all the repairs, all the cleaning and painting, all the landscaping. We did quite well in the sale, too.

There's tv shows that talk specifically about staging ("Sell This House" on HGTV).
2010-04-30 3:02 PM
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Subject: RE: using a stager before listing your house
blairrob - 2010-04-30 3:16 PM I did it with my last house after it was on the market for almost a year and I switched agents, and the house sold very quickly after that. And, oh yeah, after another 10% price drop.

Made the house look like an art museum but it wasn't so comfy to live in.   


That's what I was wondering. I've seen staged house. They look nice, but look staged. Can't imagine trying to live in a house like that during the sales process.

Condor; how is the live-ability?

2010-04-30 3:03 PM
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Get real estate agent that does the staging themselves. Ours looked great after the staging but I refused to drop my house price to compete with the forclosures in the area so we did not sell because we did not need to.
2010-04-30 3:36 PM
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Did the stager tell you to get rid of the cans or did you come up with that on your own?

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=205898&posts=3&start=1
2010-04-30 3:36 PM
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Subject: RE: using a stager before listing your house

mrbbrad - 2010-04-30 4:02 PM
blairrob - 2010-04-30 3:16 PM I did it with my last house after it was on the market for almost a year and I switched agents, and the house sold very quickly after that. And, oh yeah, after another 10% price drop.

Made the house look like an art museum but it wasn't so comfy to live in.   


That's what I was wondering. I've seen staged house. They look nice, but look staged. Can't imagine trying to live in a house like that during the sales process.

Condor; how is the live-ability?

 

considering the stager left yesterday and the house went on the market today - so far it is liveable.  :-)

 

would rather live slightly un-comfortably for a little while and get the house sold.  Plus, we used the opportunity to already pack up about half the house and have it in storage in our second shed anyway.

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