Don't you just love those awesome two day makeovers on HGTV? Don't you just love the wonderful decorating ideas that cost next to nothing and make a huge difference? We all do, but there is so much more to the story. The recipe has some vital ingredients....mainly a motivated Seller, a cooperative Agent and a concientious Stager.
All these ingredients can only come together if everyone is on the same page and all are educated as to their roles. Each must know their place in the mix and how to blend with the whole. We Stagers are not miracle workers but we can make success more likely if we take primary responsibility for this education.
Sellers must realize they can't achieve something for nothing and Agents must help Stagers impart this to their Sellers. Get rid of the junk, clean up and MAINTAIN it so that all the wonderful results of a good Staging job don't go down the drain along with the dollars. I guess that is why they call it "sweat equity".
That is why Staging to live is so imperative. Stage to who is in the home as well as who will be looking at the home. It can be done.
The completed Staging job is not the end of the story. When the Stager walks out the door, Sellers and Agents must keep "cooking" until the stew is done. Stagers need to follow up even after the check has been signed. It is a lesson I have learned more than once.
"The End" doesn't appear until a buyer signs on the dotted line.
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Great Post Ana! I have often wondered what the occupied homes that I staged look like a few weeks after staging :-)
Excellent post, Ana. The "maintenance" of a staged home on the market is so critically important. And you're right, it's not over until the signature is on that dotted line.
Kathy
Great post, Ana. You are so very right.
And great graphic!
~Michelle
Thank you Wanda, Kathy and Michelle. :)
Spot on!! Great post! Marked it as should be a feature.
Thanks Cathy :)
Ann, great post. As stagers we need to help our clients by making our staging easy to maintain and provide some tips for the client on how to keep it easy to maintain.
Thanks Joanne and much success in your going green! :)
Ana
Ana,
Great post! I love the part "Sellers and Agents must keep cooking till the stew is done. As you said till the signature is on the dotted line. Great pic too!
Thanks for stopping by Linda. I thought stew as a good word because the way things go around here a lot, I feel like I'm in one!