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Welcome to First Impressions Home Staging.
Why Have Your Home Staged?
When you list your home on the market, you have to think of it
differently - no longer as your home, but as a house - a product.
Stores have been using visual merchandising techniques for hundreds of
years and now homeowners are also realizing the advantages, in the form
of home staging.
Home staging gives your home vast market appeal to a broad spectrum of
buyers.
The techniques used by Canadian Staging Professionals™ minimize flaws
and accentuate all of the positive features of your property. Interest
is generated resulting in a higher offer to purchase in a shorter amount
of time. Statistics continuously prove that home staging works.
It's A Buyers Market....
There's no question that Essex County’s real estate market is lagging.
With buyers facing a myriad of choices, prices have fallen. And in the
unstaged home, potential buyers, if interested at all, will tour your
home, mentally deducting thousands of dollars from your asking price for
every perceived flaw that would actually cost hundreds to fix. The
result is no offers or at best, 'low ball' offers.
The good news is that staging your home will give you the competitive
advantage you need in any market - especially a buyers market. As
Canadian Staging Professionals, we are educated and experienced in
knowing what potential buyers will see as negatives and can help you
eliminate or minimize them as well as enhancing the positive features.
The impeccability of the staged home sends a clear message to the buyer
that you are serious about your asking price, while the appealing
esthetics generates great interest.
The result of your small investment will produce worthwhile payoffs in
the end.
How Much Does Staging Cost?
Most homeowners wisely choose a
staging budget that is far less than their first price reduction would
be, as a preventative to such a future scenario. But I can certainly
work with whatever budget you have in mind. Even on a low budget,
creativity and expertise can go a long way in making big changes.
To see this in action, spend some time watching a few episodes of
television shows that demonstrate the staging process. Sell This House,
Designed To Sell and The House Doctor are a few that prove just how
dramatically staging can drive up the price of your home.
Often times, a fresh coat of that perfect paint colour combined with
careful placement of furnishings and accessories may be all you need to
drastically change the look of your home to spark great interest in your
buyers.
The initial investment starts with a consultation, lasting one to two
hours. During this time, your home will be closely examined with the
critical eye that we know your potential buyers will have. After that,
you will be offered a list of recommendations. Some homeowners do all of
the work themselves, some hire out some of it and many leave the entire
process to the staging professional. Another option is to work with your
stager.
It's Never Too Late To Stage...
If your house is already on the market, you may feel that you are reading this too late in the game. Rest assured, this is not true. While it's ideal to have your home staged before it's listed, the benefits of staging can certainly also be achieved after it's been sitting as well. If your home is currently sitting with no reasonable offers, and it's not overpriced, you need to have it staged. One the work is completed, your real estate agent can just change the marketing plan. Instead of advertising it as 'reduced' it can now be advertised as 'recently staged', which is actually much less costly than a price reduction as well as the obvious benefit of generating interest anew in your property.
