Common Untruths – Why You Don’t Think You Need to Hire a Jacksonville Home Stager
You’ve had your first real estate consultation with your agent who advises you to get your Jacksonville home staged so it sells faster and for a higher price. He gives you the name of a professional home stager who is a part of his real estate team. You sit there ruminating about why you don’t want to stage your home. All of these reasons keep popping into your mind. You tell the realtor you will mull over his suggestion to hire a Jacksonville home stager before making a final decision.
1. “It’s too expensive.”
There are several home staging options to accommodate any budget. You may simply need a one or two- hour consultation which is more budget-friendly than actually bringing and arranging rented furniture in a vacant home. You don’t necessarily have to have furniture in every room, if your home is vacant. Accessory-only staging is a less expensive alternative. If you will be living in the home, a stager may be able to use your furnsihings to stage your home.
2.“My Jacksonville home already looks beautiful. It’s been professionally decorated.”
Keep in mind that home staging and interior decorating are different. The latter has been done with your specific personal taste in mind. Home staging addresses the preferences of a larger buyer pool based upon who is most likely to purchase your home.
3.“Buyers will be getting a deal because I’m lowering my price to accommodate for all of the home improvements they will need to make.”
Today’s buyers don’t want to make a lot of home improvements and start thinking that a house requiring lots of improvements may be a “money pit”. They want a move-in ready home. The more you can make that a reality for them the better chances you will have to sell your home. A home stager can advise you which home improvements you should make to realize a faster, more profitable sale.
4.“I didn’t stage my last Jacksonville home and it sold.”
Today’s buyers watch more interior design TV shows and search for Internet home design sites like Houzz. 98% of them search for homes online before contacting a real estate agent. They are more cognizant of the current decorating trends. They have higher expectations of what they want in a home. Their preferences lean towards a bright , open, well-organized, uncluttered home which clearly shows the functions of the main living areas. If your home doesn’t look apealing online, home buyers will continue their search.
5.“ My Jacksonville house will look larger if it’s vacant.”
Believe it or not, that’s the worst thing you can do to sell your home. Studies show that only 10% of home buyers can visualize their furniture in a vacant home. Having it staged with furniture will help them realize what it would be like living in your home with their existing furniture. According to real estate and home staging statistics, staged properties sell 87% faster than unstaged homes. A faster sale will mean that you will not be paying taxes, utility bills, and association dues for months on a home you no longer want to live in. It’s definitely better to use furniture to scale to make your home look larger.
You would be foolish not to take advantage of the benefits of home staging. The longer your home sits on the market, the lower your price will go. Buyers will sense that you are now desperate and will take a lower offer. When it comes to staging, don’t be ”a penny wise and a pound foolish”! Hire a Jacksonville home stager.
Interiors Revitalized is a full-service home staging, model home merchandising, and interior design firm located in Jacksonville Florida. In addition to Jacksonville, we serve the St. Johns, St. Augustine, Orange Park, Fleming Island, and Fernandina Beach areas. Contact us today at 904.625.2214 to discuss your home staging or interior design project. We’ll make that first offer your best offer!
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