A Staged Seattle Homeowner Occupied House SOLD In ONE Day ...

Every home can benefit from home staging and this Seattle homeowner occupied home is a prefect example of this.

Carl, the homeowner, was ready to sell his Seattle house and move in to his new condo and he was excited about his new downsized living. ?His realtor had advised him of the benefits or home staging and since he was eager to move, he was more than willing to have his home staged.?

When we get these kinds of projects, our biggest goals are:

• What existing pieces can we incorporate into our designs to save money for the home sellers
• What can we do to make life easier for these homeowners who live in their homes and have to keep their homes show ready, while their home is on the market for sale. The comfort of homeowners is important, otherwise they will not be able to keep up with the ?staged? look and design

The master bedroom of this homeowner occupoied home had these challenges:

• The bed was blocking the big beautiful windows
• The bedding was old and had seen better days
• The dresser placement was wrong
• A piece was missing
• The walls were blanked?

Solutions: Redesigned the room, added new bedding and wall art pieces, and brought a chair from the basement to fill up the corner

By Redesigning the existing furniture and adding new bedding and accessories from our inventory, this home now was ready for Seattle real estate market. When home buyers look online to find their homes, which picture do you think would entice them to come and take a closer look??

The way homeowners live in their homes and the way they should present their homes to the home buyers are very different from each other. ?This living room had these challenges:?

• The furniture placement was not inviting or offering a cozy conversation area
• The TV blocked the window and the view all of the tangled wires were super distracting
• A rocking chair blocked the fireplace
• The built-ins were unorganized and cluttered
• The walls were blanked and lacked interest

We moved the existing sofa to the basement. Brought in a more modern and smaller love seat and coordinating chairs and accent pieces to create a conversation area around the fireplace. Now the TV was not blocking the window and by removing the speakers, we managed to reduce the size of the tangled wires to the minimum. The book shelves were de-cluttered and we added interesting and colorful accessories. ?Home staging made all the difference for this occupied home for sale.?

Bathrooms are very important to the homebuyers and they will be looking at every detail. This is true even more so for small bathrooms. As a professional home stager, I help homeowners who have to live in their homes while their homes are on the market to get organized and STAY organized by creating management system. ?This bathroom had these challenges:?

• Cluttered
• Too many personal items
• Old and tired towels

A bit of de-cluttering, organizing, and freshening up went a long way to shine this small bathroom.

For many people basements becomes forgotten places for homeowners and since when you are selling your homes you are actually selling the square footage of your home, there should be NO FORGOTTEN places. This basement had these chanllenges:

• This space had become a catchall place and the function of this room was left to imgination?
• The fireplace and the windows, which were the main focal points of this room were lost

We turned this forgotten place into an inviting second living space for this home seller by using the existing ?sofa from living room, adding couple of chairs and accent pieces with accessories from our own inventory to softening the space, creating interest, and defining it for the home buyers.

This Seattle house was SOLD on the first day and the home owner could not be happier. This homeowner is busy packing to move into his new home, knowing that his house was sold for the top dollar in the least amount of the time. ?

Every home, whether vacant or homeowner occupied can benefit from home staging. ?This is why 2011 HomeGain survey showed home staging with a 399% ROI.

Related posts:

Hiring A Professional Home Stager

Forgotten Spaces?

Home Staging Myths

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At Seattle Staged To Sell, we partner with home sellers and realtors to stage homes and prepare them for today's market.
When you are ready to list your home, we are ready to stage it for you.

Call us today at (206) 334-0266 to schedule your initial complimentary staging consultation.

Source: http://www.seattlestagedtosell.com/2012/07/16/a-staged-seattle-homeowner-occupied-house-sold-in-one-day/

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