Posts Tagged ‘Home Stagers’

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Showhomes Home Staging Beats Franchise Expansion Goal for 2010PR-CANADA.net (press release)The home staging franchise which uses live-in home stagers to help Realtors sell vacant houses is on target…


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Showhomes Home Staging Beats Franchise Expansion Goal for 2010Earthtimes (press release)The home staging franchise which uses live-in home stagers to help Realtors sell vacant houses is on target to…


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17
Jul

Home Staging – Why It Works

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Here is another in my series of articles from Home Stagers who have learned how to drive traffic and back links to their sites by article marketing.
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Home Staging – Why It Works With the popularity of home staging television shows, many are wondering if staging works in the “real world.” Home staging is more than [...]

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17
Jun

Staging Home Christmas

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Staging diva pany offers a course for aspiring “home stagers” and great staging … stagers specialise in home staging empty home stagers wish you a very …

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Debra Gould asked: There are so many small things home stagers can do to a property that will dramatically shorten the time it spends on the real estate market while increasing the final sales price…


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4
Dec

Home Staging Training By Design

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Allegra Dioguardi, Interior Designer and president of Styled and Sold Home Staging is now offering training and mentoring for aspiring and seasoned Home Stagers alike.
http://www.stagingtrainingbydesign.com
Allegra is a Parsons School of Design graduate. And her sense of design is the missing element in many home stager#8217;s education. It#8217;s one thing to declutter and establish some focal [...]

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26
Jun

Not All Staging Bananas Are Ripe Ready

   Posted by: admin    in House Staging

a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hr_IDHKlvc0/SBkpJ576s3I/AAAAAAAAAng/7NKndKXwCgA/s1600-h/Staging+Bananas.jpgimg id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195228895296271218 style=FLOAT:left;MARGIN:0px 10px 10px 0px;CURSOR:hand; alt= src=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hr_IDHKlvc0/SBkpJ576s3I/AAAAAAAAAng/7NKndKXwCgA/s320/Staging+Bananas.jpg border=0//aSo my home selling pets, would you like to pick a house stager but are not sure which in the bunch to hire? Plus does the fact that when you think about it, it seems like there are more and more people becoming Home Stagers almost overnight?br /br /Well, you are right; it can be a tough to know which stager you should work with, especially since staging is still relatively new in most a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hr_IDHKlvc0/SCSwdJ8Sk4I/AAAAAAAAAoA/v0HKOs27Tuk/s1600-h/COR+WINNER.jpgimg id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198473884823884674 style=FLOAT:right;MARGIN:0px 0px 10px 10px;CURSOR:hand; alt= src=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hr_IDHKlvc0/SCSwdJ8Sk4I/AAAAAAAAAoA/v0HKOs27Tuk/s320/COR+WINNER.jpg border=0//aparts of the USA. You are also right if you noticed that there are many new bananas rapidly joining the staging bunch.br /br /To make a wise and informed pick, you need to understand that unfortunately a “professional stager” may just be an average green Jane or Joe who just fell out of a training tree. Many are transformed into “professionals” because they sat through a one, two or three day foundation training workshop. That’s it, as little as one day, and WA LA a new staging banana with a title tacked on.br /br /So be wise, home staging credentials that hype “trained,” “certified” or “accredited” can be a bit deceiving… especially considering that it can take as little as one day to be trained and graduated from foundation training programs. This is not to say that there are well qualified real estate stagers who have been professional trained. But remember, above everything, the ripeness of EXPERIENCE trumps all else… even “credentials.br /br /Unfortunately, the home staging industry is an unregulated wild bunch. Because this so… sellers are at risk, especially in this tough selling market. Actually, picking a green stager could cost you some green. So while staging looks mighty tasty, to those of you who are looking for some hope and help, don’t blindly accept the fact that a stager, with a horde of initials after their name, is experienced and fully yet knows what to do to maximize your homes staged appeal.br /br /So how can you pick out a ripe experienced stager? Well, it is not the difficult, if you keep in mind that home staging is an “image” industry.br /br /Considering it is a stager’s job is to create a good first visual impression of home seller’s property, then a good stager needs to do the same for themselves. A good stager knows the importance of and how to present a good visual first impression of their company and their work.br /br /To start to weed out amateurs from the experienced, first consider looking closely at the stager’s portfolio for examples of their work. Also, make sure that you ask the stager if they ACTUALLY staged the properties they show in their portfolio… believe it or not there are some foundation training programs that give green stagers a set of “starter” portfolio photos. Finally if you have any doubts, you can always ask the stager for testimonials from past clients and/or references.br /br /So that’s it, considering its a jungle out there, this is pretty easy. That is all you need to know and do to be a good home selling monkey and pick the ripe stager.br /br /Staging It Forward…br /Mebr /br /br /span style=font-size:85%;span style=color:#ff0000;POST SCRIPT of THANKS:/span Thank you to Rich at the emThe Official Active Rain Blog/em for seeing the merit in this post and selecting it as a WINNER in the Carnival of Real Estate. /spana rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://activerain.com/blogsview/496429/-Top-Ten-Ridesspan style=font-size:85%;CLICK HERE/span/aspan style=font-size:85%;: To read The Top 10 Rides in the 89th Carnival of Real Estate./spandiv class=blogger-post-footerimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31544353-3321577880597659218?l=realestaging.blogspot.com’//div

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pI have been working with strongbuilders/strong of strongnewly-constructed homes/strong for some time now.nbsp; The houses that are being builtstrong in /strongstrongNassau/strongstrong and /strongstrongSuffolk/strongstrong counties/strong here on strongLong Island /strongare spectacular!nbsp; They have wainscoting on the walls, tongue-n-groove moldings, tray ceilings, spa-like baths, top of the line stainless steel appliances and a myriad of other special features.nbsp; Once completed, the house is only lacking one thing and that is lsquo;personalized appeal’ which is achieved through strongHome Staging/strong.nbsp; This specialized form of staging creates an environment which is specific to the buyer and one where they can identify themselves with the house and actually envision themselves living there!/ppFor decades now, builders have employed a special selling technique in the form of strongModel Homes /strongand have paid large sums to Interior Designers to come in and furnish every room in order to give the house a lsquo;home like’ feel.nbsp; Today’s builders, however, have discovered that the same effect can be achieved through strongHome Staging/strong, but at a fraction of the cost!/ppSome builders prefer to stage only the lsquo;impact rooms’ such as the Entry, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Great Room (usually combined).nbsp; They would rather rent furniture and have the Stager supply the accessories as opposed to purchasing the furnishings.nbsp; For builders who can recycle the furnishings in their other newly-constructed houses, it is more cost-effective to buy everything and either use it again in another house, or let the home buyer purchase whatever might appeal to them.nbsp; At strongStaged 2 Sell NY/strong, we are adaptable and can either stage all the rooms or a portion of such.nbsp; We always work within the seller’s budget./ppI recently staged just such a strongModel Home/strong in strongHauppauge/strongstrong, /strongstrongNY/strongstrong (/strongstrongSuffolk/strongstrong/strongstrongCounty/strongstrong)/strong for strongForestbrook Homes of St. James.nbsp; /strongThe house is the model for a new community call Horseshoe Estates and is located off strongBlydenburg Road,/strong which isstrong just minutes from the L.I. Expressway/strong.nbsp; This house is ideally located - even the airport is within a few miles!nbsp; This builder creates quality homes and every detail has been attended to.nbsp;/ppIt was the builder’s decision to purchase the furnishings as opposed to renting.nbsp; This was a very wise decision on his part because for less than $10,000, he was able to buy all the furniture and accessories (including area rugs, artwork, window treatments, lamps, and all other props) for those impact rooms AND pay for the strongstaging/strong!nbsp; When I shopped, each piece of furniture and every other item were specifically chosen not only for this house, but also for his other houses, many of which are much larger with substantially higher ceilings; this way he can choose to use everything in another Model or just sell part, or all, with the house./ppI would like to show you photos of each staged room; by the way, I always stage at least one bathroom and it is usually the lsquo;Powder Room’ on the main floor./ppimg title=Staged by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/4/6/0/7/ar122075179970643.jpg height=600 alt=Dining Room Horseshoe Circle Hauppauge NY width=800 style=float:left;/nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/ppnbsp;img title=Staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/6/5/2/2/ar122075215822565.jpg height=600 alt=Living Room Horseshoe Estates, Hauppauge, NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppimg title=Home Staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/4/5/3/1/ar122075224113542.jpg height=600 alt=Kitchen Dining Area Horseshoe Estates Hauppauge NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppnbsp;img title=Home Staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/3/2/1/2/ar122075232921239.jpg height=600 alt=Great Room of Horseshoe Estates Hauppauge NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppnbsp;img title=Home Staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/3/2/3/8/ar122075242583237.jpg height=600 alt=Kitchen amp; Great Room Horseshoe Estates Hauppauge NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppnbsp;img title=Home Staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/0/5/0/4/ar122075254940508.jpg height=600 alt=Half Bath Horseshoe Estates Hauppauge NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppimg title=Home Staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/6/3/6/2/ar122075262026365.jpg height=600 alt=Entry Hall Horseshoe Estates Hauppauge NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppThese new houses are being billed as This NEW Luxury Community offers two standing model homes as well as 13 additional places to build your own! Our models feature full brick fronts. 5/6 bedrooms, 3/4.5 baths, 2 car garage,9 ft first floor ceilings, hardwood flooring,custom trim and molding,designer kitchen cabinetry,professional appliances,fireplace,full basement, in-ground sprinklers (front), central alarm, central air conditioning and central vacuum systems. Beautiful paver driveway and walkways! This prestigious Community backs the Hauppauge Hamlet Golf Course! LOW,LOW TAXES of $9996.00! Visit our current model located on lot#9! Directions - Rt 347 East to Mt. Pleasant Rd. South - turns into Blydenburgh Rd. - Entry to complex on Left!nbsp;nbsp;/ppFor more information or a showing, please contact the realtor, strongCatherine Lindstadt of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate of Northport, NY @631-266-6113/strong.nbsp; Catherine and I will be co-hosting strongOpen Houses in September/strong, so please call her for more information./ppstrongpstrongVal Allocco, a certified (HSE), professional Home Stager, is thenbsp;founder amp; ownernbsp;of Staged 2 Sell NY which was established in early 2006 and serves all of Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) as well as the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.nbsp; She is also the Metro New York Chapter President of ASHSR (American Society of Home Stagers and Redesigners)./strong/ppstrongVal has taught Adult Education courses on Staging Your Home To Sell and has also been a featured speaker at numerous Home Selling Seminars on, and around, /strongstrongLong Island/strongstrong.nbsp; She is available for seminars and other real estate related presentations and can be reached at 516-982-2671./strong/ppstrongPlease visit a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.staged2sellny.com/www.staged2sellny.com/a for more information and examples of our work./strong/p/strong

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pFor those who are looking to sell a strongVacant/strongor strongNewly Constructed House/strong, here in strongNew York/strong and on strongLong Island/strong, here is some pertinent information regarding strongHome Staging/strong and strongRental furniture/strongnbsp;vs. Purchased home furnishings:/ppWhen I visit a newly constructed or vacant house for the purpose of providing a proposal for staging with rented furniture, I begin by touring the house and taking pictures of the rooms that need to be staged.nbsp; Normally, only the impact rooms (Entry, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Great Room or Family Room) need to be furnished in order for buyers to see the purpose and potential of each room and have a point of reference as to what size furnishings the room can hold.nbsp; In the case of older houses, however, many times the bedrooms are very small and it is difficult to visualize the size and amount of furniture that the room can hold.nbsp; In those cases, I always suggest that at least the Master Bedroom be staged with a Queen-sized bed and dresser or chest of drawers.nbsp; As you can see in the photo below of a house that I staged in strongOyster Bay, LI,/strong a staged room actually shows larger than if left empty!/ppimg title=Master Bedroom Oyster Bay Cove Long Island before staging by Staged 2 Sell NY src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/7/3/3/5/ar122088468653375.jpg height=600 alt=Master Bedroom before staging in Oyster Bay Cove Long Island New York by Staged 2 Sell New York width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppimg title=After staging by Staged 2 Sell New York amp; Long Island src=http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/3/5/6/2/ar122088511226537.jpg height=600 alt=Oyster Bay Cove, Long Island, Master Bedroom after staging by Staged 2 Sell NY width=800 style=vertical-align:middle;//ppOnce I return to the office, I download the photos and begin planning what each room will require in order to highlight the architecture and focal points of the space.nbsp;nbsp; A lot of care and thought go into this process; not only do I need to choose unique and appropriate furnishings, but I need to be mindful of the cost for each.nbsp; I am able to lsquo;shop’ for the most competitive pricing because I work with all three big rental companies in the tri-state area./ppWhen all the necessary furnishings have been chosen, I present the client with a written proposal which details each piece of furniture and the monthly rental cost per item.nbsp; State tax and Damage Waiver fees are added to the overall monthly fee, as well as a one-time delivery/set up/pick up fee.nbsp; The total monthly cost to rent furniture is usually a bit of a jolt for most clients because they find it hard to believe how all those small lsquo;per item’ monthly rental fees can add up!/ppI realize that the monthly furniture rental fees mightnbsp;have a little bit of ’sticker shock’nbsp;for some people, and that is understandable.nbsp;The good news is that the rental fees are paid on a monthly basis and can be charged to a major credit card. What I ask my clients to take into consideration is what the overall investment will be and then to think about how much the first, or next price reduction on the house will be (not to mention that after the first few weeks on the market, a house becomes ‘market worn’ and will receive fewer showings by other agents)./ppThen I ask them to consider this:nbsp; More than 80% of today’s home buyers start their search online and if the photos depict empty rooms, or even worse show only exterior pictures of a house, chances are that the viewer will move on to the next listing.nbsp; The most memorable houses are those that make an eye-catching impression which entices buyers’ interest. Staged roomsnbsp;help buyers to visualize the true potential ofnbsp;the house.nbsp; When buyers tour the house,nbsp;rooms that are strategically furnishednbsp;help them to connectnbsp;to the home on a personal and emotional level; they will remember thatnbsp;house throughout the home searching process.nbsp; Remember that once a potential buyer has toured a home and has not made the necessary connection to it, you have lost that ‘audience’….they will not come back again because they have already formed a negative opinion./ppThe strongnewly constructed houses/strongnbsp;of today’s market offer all kinds of amenities and quality craftsmanship and yetnbsp;they are difficult to sell…just look at how many there are on strongMLS/strong in strongNassau and/strongstrongSuffolk Counties/strong here on strongLong Island/strong!nbsp;/ppWhen a vacant, newly constructed house is strongstaged/strong, potential buyers are more apt to connect to the home on a more personal level; they can actually envision themselves living there!nbsp; As part of my staging, I always include specific ‘props’ for different rooms, such as an open book with a pair of reading glasses perched on top and strategically placed on a coffee table in the family room…or faux vegetables in a bowl next to an open cookbook in the ‘prep’ area of the kitchen…or annbsp;’interrupted’ game of Scrabble in the den.nbsp; Without being too ‘viewer specific’ (everyone prepares meals, plays games and reads books), I want the buyers to see that this could be ‘their’ room…’their’ HOME! nbsp;It is that connection that will ultimately sell your house!/ppWhen it comes to the strongbuilders/strong, if the idea of spending a few thousand dollars on strongrental furniture/strong does not strike them as a good business investment, I tell them that perhaps they might want to consider doing what some other strongLong Island builders/strong have done, and that is to buy the furniture and then either reuse it in other strongmodels/strong or sell it with the house (quite often the buyer loves the way the room looks and asks if they can purchase some, or all of the furniture).nbsp;nbsp;The overall cost to purchase the furnishings usually works out to be in the same ballpark as 3 months rental fees for the same amount of furniture and accessories./ppstrongVal Allocco, a certified (HSE), professional Home Stager, is thenbsp;founder amp; ownernbsp;of Staged 2 Sell NY which was established in early 2006 and serves all of Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) as well as the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.nbsp; She is also the Metro New York Chapter President of ASHSR (American Society of Home Stagers and Redesigners)./strong/ppstrongVal has taught Adult Education courses on Staging Your Home To Sell and has also been a featured speaker at numerous Home Selling Seminars on, and around, Long Island.nbsp; She is available for seminars and other real estate related presentations and can be reached at 516-982-2671./strong/ppstrongPlease visit a rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://www.staged2sellny.com/www.staged2sellny.com/a for more information and examples of our work./strong/p

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