Advice gets results!!!!
Sometimes just being hired for an opinion to help sell a property is success. An agent called me on behalf of his clients who had moved away already, across the country. The house had been on the market for 3 months. The clients were hoping for a certain price but the home wasn't showing well enough for the price they wanted. It was even more difficult when the house was empty. You could see all the flaws and lack of updates for this price range. I spent quite a bit of time preparing my report and I e-mailed it to the homeowners. They took all weekend to mull it over and discuss it with the agent. I had many recommendations ie. painting, replacing the pink carpeting, cleaning the other carpeting, painting the oak cupboards etc. Since they were across the country they didn't want to get into too much work so they decided to lower their price by a substantial amount of money. The house sold within the week. SUCCESS in selling the property!!!
This is not a picture of the house since I didn't do any staging, but I liked it.
Karen Hubert
www.centerstagedesign.ca
Karen,
You did exactly what you should have in that situation. The agent who used you should be thankful and will hopefully reward you with additional referrals in the future. Good Luck!
Good point Karen. You helped the seller appreciate that the price must reflect the work to be done. The bonus to the realtor is that you did the educating!
Wendy Casey - Vancouver, BC
You done good! ; ) Educating the seller is a big part of the staging industry ~ you did a wonderful job of getting the point across and getting the house sold. Congrats!
PS I like the picture too!
Karen,
There's an old saying in this business "Price fixes everything".
Granted, we'd rather improve the condition and get the best price but you gave the sellers and the agent the info to make an informed decision. That's the best we can hope for.Good job. Maybe this is a whole new niche for stagers.