When I first heard of staging I thought "okay - she is going to come in and direct where some furniture goes - it will probably take her a couple hours"... I was very wrong... Deb brought in furniture she owned, picked out other furniture we needed to rent, brought pictures, vases, bedding, and way more than I am able to detail in this review... she even cleaned where the maid missed... the time and effort she put in was unbelievable -- she was here day after day breaking an actual sweat ... she worked hard!
Guess what, my house was on the market for 3 days and the first offer was higher than what I told myself I was going to be happy with! And it was with a buyer that had no contingencies and closed in 30 days!
It was lucky my mother & realtor stressed the importance of staging - because I would have never paid the cost... I had a mindset that it was dollar per square foot and location - I now am a firm believer that the staging made a significant difference in the purchase price and timeline of the sale.
Another thing I learned was that I lived for years in my house and only got to see how things could have been when I was selling it... that is depressing... I would have been so much happier if I would have hired her when I first moved in!!!
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