Home Staging for the Best Price

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Services to Fit Every Need

I specialize in using what you already have to transform your home into what a buyer is looking for (home staging). I offer professional home staging services in Michigan: Saugatuck, Douglas and surrounding areas and Florida: Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and surrounding areas

Consultation and Customized Staging Action Plan

In this intensive in-home consultation, I will be creating a customized Staging Action Plan to set your home apart from any competition and get the best price possible! I follow an 8-step design process in each room that ensures maximum return on investment (ROI) for every staging dollar spent. This service is designed to give you all the objective, expert advice you need to do the staging work yourself.

You will walk away with all the answers, set up in an easy to follow format. These options with provide you with choices based on my expert recommendations and your budget. I will work with you to make the most of your budget and ensure the best possible home selling price.

Base Price $250

Power Staging and Makeover

Half Day

Feeling overwhelmed with preparing your home to sell? This staging service is all about rolling up our sleeves, following the detailed Staging Action Plan and working together to start staging the main areas of the home right away. You won’t believe the difference a few hours can make just using what you already own!

This service can take up to 4 hours in the home and 2 hours planning/prep time and includes staging the main areas of your home. The result will be a beautiful home, ready for professional photos!

Ultimate Power Staging Makeover

Full Day

Do you have a larger home? Maybe you have a lot of collections? This service simply extends our time together to include a day of rolling up our sleeves, following our detailed Staging Action Plan.

This service can take up to 6 hours in the home and up to 3 hours planning/prep time and includes staging the main areas of your home. The result will be a beautiful home, ready for professional photos!

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Staging

How to stage and sell for the most $$

Three Phases to Home Staging

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Maximizing What You Have, So That it Appeals to Buyers

You will be amazed at the dramatic transformations I will be able to accomplish in a single Staging Day using what you already have! Successful home staging must make financial sense and I am experienced and trained in making the most of your current belongings in order to turn buyer traffic into offers. We will start with a Consultation in order to assess your space.

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Recommended Purchases or Rentals as “Investments” in Selling Your Home

Working within your budget, I will only recommend renting or making purchases that will MORE than pay for themselves in the speed and dollar amount of sale. Over 95% of home buyers are online searching for homes BEFORE they visit a home, so I want to make an excellent first impression with realtor photos and compel them to come to your home.

03.

Simple Yet Dramatic Cosmetic Updates and Changes for ROI

Depending on your budget and timing, I may suggest paint, electrical and other cosmetic improvements that will result in a high return on investment. I will tell you which rooms and improvements are “worth it.”

68%

of Staged Homes sold for at least 9-25% MORE

85%

of Staged Homes sold for at least 6-25% MORE

100%

of Seller's Agents believe staging has a positive impact

Staging FAQ's

Although professional staging is a relatively new industry, people have been "fixing up" their homes to sell for decades. These days due to HGTV home buyers have an "expectation" and are willing to pay quite a bit more for a home that is "model home" looking.

If you could get 10% more on the sale of your home, how much would that be?

What is home staging?

Home Staging is the preparation of a home to sell by a professional who specializes in this form of design and has been certified and trained on the art of home staging. Many definitions you have seen no doubt stop after the word “sell” and that is part of the big misconception and devaluation of home staging. A professional home stager has the resources and can objectively view the home as a product and highlight its assets while downplaying its flaws. The home seller cannot view their home objectively, while many successful Realtors do not have the time or trade resources to properly stage a home.

How much does home staging cost?

For as little as a few hundred dollars you can have a detailed list of what you can do to maximize the value of your home!

Why can't I stage my own home?

Home sellers are usually incapable of successfully staging their own home. Why? Because our homes are like our children, we don’t always see all of its flaws. We’ve gotten used to the way it looks and in fact it is difficult emotionally to change it. If you can’t view something objectively then you are unable to market and package it effectively. Not to mention most home sellers don't "stage" homes everyday for a living. That’s what HSR Certified professionals are for and that is where the greatest returns come in.

Why do I need to stage?

Even if your house sells quickly in a good market, it doesn’t mean it sold for the amount it would have sold for had it been professionally staged. Remember, HSR Certified professionally staged homes sell on a conservative average for10%+ more in a good market (see the Latest Home Staging Statistics).

Can't home buyers use their imagination and look past my decor or empty rooms?

Only a mere 10% of home buyers can actually visualize the potential of a home and most of these folks are "investors" or "flippers" who will hammer you on price. In our Consultation walk through, I will identify those "price eroding" factors of your home, so that you can do the simple fixes that maximize returns.

This is also why having a vacant home professionally staged is so important. Buyers cannot visualize size and scale so furniture helps to give them a frame of reference.

HSR Certified Stagers average 10% more for their clients

Staged Homes Sell Faster

According to a study of over 13,000 homes by the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA), professionally staged homes sell much faster averaging only 23 days on market!

Staged Homes Provide Return on Investment

With an average investment of 1%, approximately 75% of home sellers saw a 5-15% over asking price return on investment!

Staged Homes Sell for More Money

In that same RESA Study of 13,000 homes a majority 85% sold for 5-23% over list price!

8-Steps In Each Room So Buyers Fall In Love

Coastal Staging and Redesign believes that successful staging is the art of using marketing and design techniques to create an environment that buyers can “aspire” to. “If I buy this house, I can live like this.” At Coastal Staging and Redesign we use the art of “positioning” to create several “emotional connection points” throughout the home so that when a buyer steps into the house they “feel home.” This is it. This is the one.

What does “feeling home” look like? For Coastal Staging and Redesign, it’s a combination of eight things we analyze in each room in order to create a lasting impression for the homebuyer:

First Impressions

I will walk through your home room by room, taking note of my first impressions, what grabs me, what glares at me, and what gives me a feeling of home.

Eliminating Clutter

Buyers like to see clean, open and spacious spaces. It is important to pack and thin out the items in each room.

Emphasizing the Positive Elements of the Space

Finding your beautiful focal points, I will emphasize what I love about the room and hide or distract the negative aspects of the rooms.

Lighten Up

Focusing on lighting and color, I will make each room into a bright, warm and inviting space buyers can respond to. Paint and light fixtures are key elements to buyers.

Home Buyer’s Appeal

In order for a buyer to “feel home,” they need to think of it as their own. I'll depersonalize the space while retaining the warmth and fun of photos.

Obligations - Cleaning and Repairs

The dirty work speaks for itself but is often overlooked because you’ve lived there for so long. Let’s get rid of any potential inspection issues and the buyer’s mental repair list by doing it ourselves.

Modernizing

This involves updating your style and building simple accessories out of what you already have to create clean lines and form. I'll recommend critical purchases or rentals, not only as valuable investments in the staging process, but also to modernize and refresh your home's appeal.

Emotional Connection Points - Creating the “Wow Factor”

This is the fun part and is a huge focus of my positioning strategy. I’ll show you how to build in these subtleties in order to make the buyers subconsciously desire to live here and “feel home.” The “emotional connection points” are where marketing strategy really comes in to play.