SQUARE FOOTAGE ADDS VALUE AND SELLS PROPERTIES

When staging a property a professional home stager will find useable square footage.  Square footage adds value.  A stager will do this several different ways.  Decluttering is one way to show the useable square footage of a home.  Perspective home buyers will need to see beyond "you" when they view your home.  They will need to see the uses of the space, not how much stuff you have. 

Often times when I am preparing a property for sale I look at each room and determine how I can set the scene to show all the square footage and uses of a space without determining for the buyer how they will use the space.  This can be done through furniture and accessory vignettes.  For example:  if there is a corner in a great room that is away from the entertaining/conversation area a small table with a lamp is enough to help the potential home owner "see" a use for the space without determining exactly how to use the space-only that there is space to use.  Pillows in a window seat with a book placed along side is also another way to define more space with use.  The more useable square footage the more value is added to the property.  This must be accomplished however without adding clutter or limiting the imagination of the viewer.

See below a loft area in a condominium I did.  This was a fairly large space and was considered a walk through area.  By staging the area with a vignette we were able to show the potential buyer that this space was useable.

Even though the vacant, before picture is no longer available, I believe it is very clear on how to create useable space.

In the example below  this property had a substantial area by the stair case that was not being used.  With a vignette staging created useable square footage where there was none before, stimulating the imagination of the potential home owner and how they would use this space.

At StageRight Home Staging we are dedicated to customer service.  Our services include consultations for home staging as well as actual staging services.  We stage occupied and vacant properties, we provide move in decorating, staging to live (redesign using your own stuff), home organization and downsizing services, color selection and project management for remodels and upgrades.  We are Accredited Staging Professionals, members of RESA (Real Estate Staging Association) as well as both the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Board of Realtors. StageRight Home Staging developed a program that has been approved by the State of Michigan for continuing education for realtors.

StageRight has a preferred REALTOR™ program for realtors with whom we collaborate on-a-regular bases.  We hold quarterly Lunch and Learn programs for agents in our service area to keep them up on our industry, what works, what doesn't.  We write a monthly newsletter, I teach Staging to sell and Staging to live classes at the local community college at their Life Long Learning Center (Kellogg Community College),have written a weekly article for our local paper titled Ready for Market.  We are a Family Partner for Habitat for Humanity as well as supporters of the Pet Friendly efforts of the Humane Society of South Central Michigan.  As the owner I am a regular blogger trying very hard to encourage staging throughout south west Michigan. 

As a retired operations vice president with a background in design I am prepared to help you market your property.  Whether you are a real estate agent or a home owner getting ready for market StageRight Home Staging can help.

Warmly,

Carole Morgan RESA-PRO

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