Home Staging Stories - I

I have been giving home staging advice before it was called "staging."  One of my fondest memories was the appointment I went on for a Burbank IL real estate listing.  It was a basic split level style home with 3 bedrooms, formal living room, kitchen and down a few steps was a family room. 

A family of 7 lived here and it was time to move on as they were very cramped.  I walked through the home and we went over things that I felt the house needed in order to sell at the price the sellers wanted to get.  There were some repairs that were needed but the first thing that I told them was that they had to clean up the family room.

This room must not have been used for its purpose in years.  It was stacked from wall to wall and top to bottom with furniture, boxes and other stuff.  You could barely get through to get to the things in the back of the room.  It was bad!

Of course, it was something they knew needed to be done and just had to hear it from me.  I left the home waiting for the call back to see the improvements they made.  When they called me they were very excited.

Once they cleaned up the family room it was like having a new house!  They suddenly had additional room for their large family.  They ended up trying to sell the property at a price they needed to get the new construction they were dreaming of but they didn't follow all of my advice and the market wasn't there for the price they needed.  We discussed this in the beginning so they were aware of the possibility that their home would not sell.  Normally, I won't take overpriced listings but these were acquaintances and I was very honest with them.

The good thing was that the house they ended up staying in was much more usable for them and it wasn't as negative as they first thought.  I've also mentioned this story in my website blog on Staging Your Home to Sell. 

If you're thinking of selling your home in the southwest suburbs of Chicago give me a call at 708-536-8200 and I can offer free staging tips that will help get your home sold.

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