What is Home Staging?

Home Staging (also known as real estate staging) is the art of affordably preparing a home for presentation through the artful arrangement of existing furnishings in order to maximizes its appeal to potential buyers.  In general:

• A staged home makes a great first impression.

• A staged home shows like a model home.

• A staged home is more universally appealing.

• A staged home causes buyers to linger while they imagine their own furnishings in this new space.

How Can Home Staging Help You?

• Staged homes sell faster

• Staged homes generally earn more profit

• Staged homes have a competitive listing

How Does Home Staging Work?
What Does it Cost?

Depending on your home’s features, our team will spend from 2-6 hours staging your home.  During our visit, we artfully arrange your existing furnishings and accessories to create warm and inviting spaces that will appeal to a wider audience.  We help you identify what you might consider packing away for your move.  Buyers who are reflecting on the 4 or 5 homes they viewed today are more likely to remember those in which they:

• Were able to imagine their own furniture

• Lingered a bit longer (likely to do this in a more inviting atmosphere)

• Were not distracted by who currently lives there (family photos will only reduce the number of minutes a buyer is able visualize themselves living in your home)

• Were not distracted by existing décor (buyers are more influenced by what they see, than by how they imagine what could be)

• Were not distracted by clutter or poor traffic flow

Home staging is billed at $100/hour. We add $30 dollars per hour for each additional staff member. Depending on the home, McDonald’s team may offer staging as part of the marketing plan for their sellers.  Certain restrictions apply.  Call for details.

When Should A Home Be Staged?

• Before the home goes on the market

• Before a Realtor tour (Realtors have more confidence showing the homes they feel show well)

• Before an Open House.

For help with either staging or listing your home, please contact Mary McDonald at REMAX Unlimited Northwest in Cary, Illinois, at (847) 989-2462 or visit her website at www.buycaryareahomes.com. 
 

 

The RE/MAX network has raised over 52 MILLION DOLLARS for the Children's Miracle Network and we co-sponsor the Susan G. Komen "Race for a Cure", the fight against breast cancer.  All this while selling more homes in Chicagoland than any other real estate company!