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Home staging tips, tools, & transformations
Move-In Ready Home Staging
Home staging becomes a family affair as we make a friend’s Bedford, NY, home move-in ready.From time-to-time we have the pleasure of hearing about a home staging project from the point of view of the homeowner. This month, however, we get the inside skinny from one of...
Removing Home Buyer Distractions
Removing home buyer distractions is what great staging is all about.After staging, Peggy lists her family home of 35 years for sale in mid-May. Within a few days, an offer just below asking price is received. An open house is held that weekend and generates yet...
Carmel Vacant Home Staging
Carmel vacant home staging helps buyers see the best this home has to offer, leading to a faster-than-expected sale.Carol and I meet at an open house that I’m helping to host for Pulte Home’s community, The Retreat, in Carmel, NY, a few years ago. We meet again a few...
A Tale of Two Home Stagings
A tale of two home stagings—a primary residence and, three years later, an inherited home.When Don decides to sell his Rye Brook, NY, home, former staging client and veteran Realtor, Colleen Gallagher refers him to AtWell Staged Home. Three years later, after...
Hastings-on-Hudson Home Staging
After a failed first attempt to sell, Hastings-on-Hudson home staging leads to six offers and an over-asking final sale price.Can a home be staged in just a matter of hours using only what exists in the home? It certainly can, and we do it all the time. Jim and Jill...
Hybrid Home Staging in Heritage Hills
Hybrid home staging, merging small amounts of rental furniture with a home owner’s furnishings and accessories, creates a lived-in look for a vacated home.Many people enjoy living in Heritage Hills so much that it’s not uncommon for residents to relocate within this...
Why Home Staging Is Important
Home Staging is important for maximizing your home’s value and minimizing its time on market.Mary knows that her home’s price puts it at the high end of the White Plains real estate market. She also knows that she’s planning to list at a time when the market is slower...
Planning Ahead for a Profitable Home Sale
Planning ahead for a profitable home sale, these home sellers start their staging a year in advance, leading to 6 offers within days of listing and a final sale at almost $100K over asking.Since 2008 I have been working with Realtors and clients, and early on I...
House Flipping 101: Staging to Sell
Staging to sell is essential to the fast sale of this Katonah, NY, house flip.Most experienced agents know the importance of staging a vacant home and Maryanne is no exception. She learns firsthand the value of staging when selling her own home, in Somers, NY, a few...
Pelham Home Staging: Showing Potential
Pelham home staging shows the potential of this large estate and leads to a full-price offer 3 days after listing.In Pelham, just a short walk from the train station, are twins. Well, twin homes, I should say, mirror images of each other, sharing a common driveway....
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Selling an Inherited Home: What You Need to Know
Having purchased, staged, and viewed so many homes and estates over the years, I’ve compiled a few lessons learned to help you when selling an inherited home.
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Can a home be decorated to either dwell or sell in just a day? The answer is, start with what you already have.
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So when I first heard that staged homes sell faster than unstaged homes, it seemed to make sense, but I still wondered, How do they really know?
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Home staging will transform your home into the one that buyers can’t resist. For a competitive advantage, stage your home to sell
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It is always better to delay the listing of your home than try to trickle out fixes and updates while the home is on the market.
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An Inconvenient Truth about Selling Your Home
4 tips to minimize the stress and inconvenience that comes with selling your home.
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Singer Susan Boyle proves that first impressions and looks count—probably more than we like to admit.
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