Real Estate Staging FAQ

1. What can home staging offer me?
Realtors are seeing the difference in staged homes for real estate market.  Sellers are pleased with the results; their homes show much better and generally sell faster and for top dollar. Real estate home staging can be achieved through different levels of staging services offered to home owners to achieve their goals in selling their home. Every property is unique with different needs, and a professional real estate home stager can help identify those needs. Staging Etc interiors offers a free price estimaten to help you get started.

2. What is the different home staging services that Staging Etc Interiors offered?
Staging Etc offers interior home staging services for both furnished and unfurnished homes throughout Greater Vancouver.

If the property is furnished or partially furnished, our home stagers can help organize and prioritize the process of preparing your home for sale based on budget and deadline. We'll give you a detailed list of recommendations for either Staging Etc to take on some preparation tasks, or for you to do the ground work yourself. Once the ground work is completed, we can rearrange or add furniture, mount wall art, and add accessories to complete the look and achieve the 'wow' factor!

If the property is empty, we offer a turn-key home staging solution. We offer Complete Home Staging or Partial Home Staging options, depending on the needs of your property. We will select items from our inventory of furniture, art, and accessories to give your property a desirable finished look.  In addition, we will also organize and manage the whole project process from start to finish.  Get it show ready with our home staging services!

3. Does home staging really make a big difference?
Buyers typically respond well to a staged or a tastefully decorated home rather than a vacant or cluttered property. This is because most buyers can't see the potential of a space, and need an initial positive impact created for them right from the moment they enter a home.

All buyers enter a property looking for reasons to like or not to like that property, so it is very important to decrease any potential negative reactions, and give more reasons for buyers to take interest in your home. If a buyer doesn't like what they see in the first viewing of your home, it's very unlikely that they will take a second look.

4. Is it too late to stage my home if it's already on the market?
It's never too late to make a good impression. Ideally, homes should be staged before being listed onto the market in order to get that first impression impact. It is important to note that the longer a home takes to sell, the more costs home owners will incur over time, so make your decision while contacting your realtor. The cost of marketing the property, mortgage interests, strata payments, maintenance fees, hydro bills, insurance and taxes, will all add up. I n addition, the longer a property sits on the market, the likelihood increases for a further price negotiation and reduction.

Price reductions normally start at $10,000 minimum, so why wouldn't you consider home staging if the costs to stage your home equates to only a fraction of a price reduction? It's never too late to get your property in top shape for a quick real estate sale.

5. I already have furniture, so why would I spend more money to get a home stager in when I can do it myself?
There is much more to real estate home staging than just de-cluttering and moving around a few furniture pieces by you. We have 5 years of home staging experience in Greater Vancouver, and have gone through hundreds of homes to ground our knowledge in order to share with you on what works for your property.

It's difficult for a home owner to be objective about their own home and address potential issues for home buyers. Professional home stagers will bring a fresh critical eye to the property and spot issues that could make or break the sale of your home.

6. What is the difference between home decorating and home staging?
Home decorating is personalizing a space tailored to the specific home owner, whereas home staging de-personalizes a space for mass market appeal with the objective of selling your home.

When showing a home for sale, it needs to show off its fullest potential to a wide-range of buyers. We identify areas for clearing the clutter and personal items so that potential buyers can visualize themselves living in the home.

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