STAGED HOMES FOR SALE ?

Flatbush · ‎07-18-2015

What do you think when you go into a house for sale and it is staged? Would you rather see the house as it was really lived in, but clean of course ( w/o the clutter, or mostly personal items around ) ?

I don't care for the staged houses, it looks rather unreal but mostly, that seems to be the norm.

BTW, how long has this been the custom? Anyone know?

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

The only house we ever got was not staged.It looked really nice.

the only time I wouldn't mind if it was staged would be if it was new housing. I guess you have to have a model home for that to envision it all.

I know about 20 years ago we had never heard of staging (except for new building).

I don't think its necessary to me anyway.

That's a good question @Flatbush!

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

nyc1 · ‎03-19-2010

Personally I'd prefer the house be empty!

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@nyc1 wrote:
Personally I'd prefer the house be empty!

@nyc1 So do I. That’s how our house was when we looked at it. Empty. Nothing to hide.

nyc1 · ‎03-19-2010

@proudlyfromNJ Ours too. Was able to vision things my way with our things.

granddi · ‎03-16-2010

A little off topic but pertains to house with or without furniture.

We looked at a beautiful home with lovely furnishings. The great room was very large and we remarked that the rug (size) must be custom. While standing on rug, covering the hardwood , hubby said this feels odd.

The realtor pulled up the rug to reveal a 3x6 ish piece of plywood. Our guess is a foundation leak requiring cutting out the floor. Our realtor and the listing agent explained that the owners probably wanted to save a little on the floor since it was to be covered by an area rug. Ugh...not buyin' that. I think it is something an inspector would have missed.

aubnwa01 · ‎03-09-2010

When I sold my house up in WA 15 years ago, my realtor had just attended a staging school. It was the 1st I'd ever heard of staging & I think it was still a relatively new concept at that time.

She & her partner partially staged my house, because I'd already gotten rid of a lot of things in preparation to move to a different state & had some empty rooms & just had the furniture I was keeping (most of which I wished I'd gotten rid of because it asn't right for this house).

It was just before Christmas & I had zero decorations, so they came & "Christmased" up my house & it looked like a Christmas store threw up in my house! I had never decorated that much in my entire life! The house didn't end up selling until the 1st of March, so they had to come & undecorate it after the holidays were over.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

This is really popular in our area. Three years ago our neighbors (she was a realtor) basically moved out of their house for 3 months. It was completely redone, inside and out. When I saw pictures of the inside I didn't recognize anything. It sold right away. There was a bidding war and the selling price was far above what it was listed for.

Another neighbor gave up a professional career to start a staging business with one of her friends. They have plenty of business!

speedy girl · ‎06-03-2018

I recently sold my parent's home and the agent insisted it should be staged and that she always pays for it. So I did agree and I must admit it looked so nice. The house sold the first day so maybe it helped, I don't know.