Home Staging-Preparing your home for the Internet

84% of home buyers hit the Internet to screen houses before stepping foot in the door.  It is imperative to prepare a home (cleaning, de cluttering, de personalizing, and staging) before pictures are taken.  Curb appeal, large bright living spaces, and neat appearances will keep your home on the buyer's "must see list".  Buyers don't want to waste their time with a house that looks 'mediocre' online.  So before they even step foot in the door give them the "WOW" factor online.  Hire a professional stager, a photographer (in some cases the stager will offer this service) or take your own photos, and be ready to start showing!

Posted Oct 15 2009, 10:32 AM by Amanda Alligood | Digg It

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Karen Otto,ASP,RESA-Pro, Home Star Staging wrote re: Home Staging-Preparing your home for the Internet
on Tue, Oct 27 2009 8:47 PM

So true Amanda, buyers don't need to leave the comfort of their home to want to see yours if it doesn't show well from the internet. It's so important that online photos show well and staging can make that happen.

msl007 wrote re: Home Staging-Preparing your home for the Internet
on Thu, Nov 5 2009 3:19 PM

So, what do you do when you are hired to stage a home by a relocation company, take professional level photos for the client, but the realtor refuses to take or use updated photos and is still showing vacant home photos, or shows photos that do not highlight the architectural features of the home, or the spaciousness of the home?  Don't they get paid when the house actually sells?

There is no advertising with the "after" photos - just photos that are dark and vacant? No advertising on any of the websites that buyers would actually look at -  I am perplexed and worse, my client knows that the internet is crucial for buyers to preview the home.

Lisa Bond

The Stagehand Home Staging and Redesign Services

www.thestagehand.info

1-888 STGE NOW!

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