With all the "do-it-yourself" HGTV television shows that are readily available to be watched, is a professional home staging consultation and staging day still required?
Home stagingis still a relatively new concept in many areas of the East Coast. Most homes that I am called into lately are very beige and usually de-cluttered to the point of being unremarkable ~ which is also a huge problem is you are trying to sell.
A professional home stager is trained in using proven design techniques such as visual flow. Visual flow is created by using consistency in your design, repeating shapes, colors, textures, and patterns within a space and throughout a home to keep a potential buyer's eyes moving from one room to another. The use of accessories is also very important in home staging and proportion and scale come into play here. Accessories that are smaller may be placed together on a staging tray but a larger object may be able to stand on its own.
Color is also an important element in home staging. It is always better to use a more neutral color scheme on your walls ~ such as beiges, sage greens, warm whites ~ when you are trying to sell your home and use texture, layering, and lighting to enhance the room. Art and accessories are a great way to bring color trends into your home and it will help to create that WOW factor. A color scheme should be consistent throughout the home, this also includes the accessories and art.
According to Home Gain's latest survey of 1,000 Realtors (November 2009), home staging has a 586% return on investment. Home staging was listed as the second home improvement item that Realtors recommend for home sellers.In other words, if a home sellers spends $300 - $400 on professional home staging, their home will sell for $1,500 - $2,000 more. Cleaning and de-cluttering was at the top of the Home Gain survey, to take a look at the survey please click here: http://blog.homegain.com/home-improvement/homegain-2009-top-12-home-improvements-survey-results/
The Home Gain survey results are fantastic. In 2007, the Home Gain home staging return on investment results were 343%, so it appears home staging's value has almost doubled in the past two years.
In this economy there are three things that sell a home:
1. Price - This is set by your Realtor
2. Location
3. Presentation - This is where your professional home stager comes in.
Why take the risk with your most valuable possession? For a quicker sale and to make more money, call in a professional home stager.
Kate
Kate's Home Staging and Redesign serves the Rockland County and Orange County area of New York, Bergen County and Passaic County of New Jersey. Kate is an affiliate member of the Passaic County of Realtors. Kate's Home Staging and Redesign is now offering Full Digital Services to sell your home quickly. In other words, we will bring in the accessories, we will stage your home, we will re-take all the digital pictures, and then we will load these pictures into a virtual show to help sell your home. The virtual show is being offered to all our clients FREE of CHARGE to help SELL your home.
Contact Kate today to see how a home staging consultation can help sell your home, for more information please visit http://www.kateshomestaging.com or call 845-538-3623. A staged home can sell for up to 10% more.
