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What exactly is home staging?
HOME STAGING – PORT MACQUARIE
If you’d have asked someone five years ago if they knew what Home Staging was, chances are they would just shake their head in bewilderment. While the Home Staging boom occurred years ago overseas, led by the USA, it is only just starting to erupt now in Australia. For good reason. Who doesn’t want to sell their property for more money?
Real Estate Agents are now employing Staging professionals as they realise it pays huge dividends. Some agents are still struggling to convince some vendors. However that is fast changing as staged properties invariably sell faster and for more dollars than poorly presented properties.
Staging will showcase your property’s strong points to make sure your home for sale outshines other properties on the market.
The success of selling a property has 4 key elements: 1. Location | 2. Price | 3. Marketing | 4. Presentation.
This is where Staging is introduced – 4 – the Final Presentation: to make a great first impression. Staging (or Home Styling) is what you do after you’ve cleaned, de-cluttered, painted and made minor repairs. It’s all about dressing the house for photography and buyer appeal on inspection days. Vacant properties are not visually interesting. They have no soul.
Home Staging is about illusions. It’s magical. It’s beyond decorating and cleaning. It’s the art of creating moods. Expertly staged properties makes a property for sale look bigger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more loving, and best of all, it stimulates homebuyers to want to buy it. A properly staged property will create a place where the potential buyer (s) can see it being their home. Whether it is studio apartment or a grand family home – an expert Home Stager can work magic.
Home Staged property in Port Macquarie – before & after – staged by DESiGNiNG Divas
DESiGNiNG Divas is the leading professional Home Staging firm on the mid- north coast of NSW, with a large styling warehouse of furniture and furnishing and creative studio in Port Macquarie. You can view some of our recent Home Staged properties in the Port Macquarie region via our home styling Portfolio.
PROPERTY STAGING FOR SALE – PORT MACQUARIE
Home styling – Grant Street – Port Macquarie, NSW 2444
“Just the tonic it needed.”
Designing Divas was asked to stage a property for sale in Port Macquarie – a 3 bedroomed period property. Full of character inside with many wonderful architectural elements which meant we could style with some of our more vintage and quirky furniture and furnishings. I was struggling to find the right piece for a corner of the dining room – then I remembered the art deco drinks trolley we had back at the Diva styling warehouse. Just the tonic it needed.
We really enjoyed staging this Port Macquarie home. The owner and agent were as delighted as we were with the outcome. The owner said “Thank you. You presented our home as classy, light and breezy.” It sold prior to the auction date with over 60 groups visiting the home for sale within the first few weeks. To see how we staged the rest of the property click this link. Property styling Port Macquarie.
HOME STYLING FOR SALE – PORT MACQUARIE
Designing Divas Stage a new home for sale, Lake Cathie, NSW 2444
This new stylish contemporary 3 bedroomed home in Lake Cathie is now available FOR SALE. Built by custom home builders SAVCORP with interior design and styling by Designing Divas – interior design Port Macquarie, mid north coast NSW.
Billabong Zoo renovations
Billabong Zoo – design team
Billabong Zoo, Port Macquarie – interior design project.
This is an extract from a recent interview in Focus Magazine, Port Macquarie with interior designer Michelle Burton.
“It was great working with the owners, as they were clear on what they wanted to achieve (they have been planning this renovation for 15 years!). It was my job to interpret their thoughts into practical working drawings and material specifications, as well as liaising with the architect on some specific space-planning elements. Overall, I would describe the new interior as Contemporary Australiana with a local flavour. Port Macquarie is a popular coastal town, and the nature of this leading regional zoo is to look after animals from all over Australia, as well as caring for exotic overseas animals such as the Lions, Snow Leopards, Cheetahs and Red Pandas. Quite a mix … Which is what you will discover when you walk through the new building. It is now fresh and open to accentuate the lines of the existing architecture, with an interior that now blurs indoor/outdoor – incorporating all-weather finishes and materials readapted to suit indoor use. You will also discover a contemporary colour palette tying all the elements together. I rarely say the over-used term “wow factor”, but I am guessing that many of the zoo’s regular visitors will go “wow” when they step into the new atrium area.
Is the project finished? “Far from it. This is the first stage, and there are exciting new additions planned for 2018. I am looking forward to continuing working with Mark and Danena (their passion is inspiring) and Rob Snow the architect in developing ideas and plans for the next design stage. A great design team!”
PGH Bricks & Pavers inspired by a DESiGNiNG Divas kitchen design in King Creek
PGH has posted a case history of a recently completed DESiGNiNG Divas designed kitchen at King Creek, NSW 2446. You can see the PGH article here. They are also going to include it in their newsletter and feature it Architectural News. Very exciting for us. We had a lovely client on this design project who was open to ideas which changed what could have been a drab kitchen into something dramatic. In the words of the client “I love our new kitchen. In fact all the family are getting the most out of it and friends seem to be coming round more often than usual since it was finished” To see more pictures and info about this King Creek kitchen visit our Portfolio section – click here
Property staging your house to sell – Port Macquarie real estate
Designing Divas offers real estate agents and homeowners a full home staging service for properties thoughout the Port Macquarie / Hastings area. We love this side of our business. We love it when agents call us to say the property has been SOLD. We have styled properties for the following local real estate agents recently – L J Hooker, McGrath, Percivals as well as clients directly who have used their own agents to sell their property. We have also increased our stock of Style for Hire items … so we are gearing up for further growth. More details on the Designing Divas website.
You may also want to read a recent article from L J Hooker. Here are some highlights from this interesting blog:
Does styling boost your sales price?
When, why and how to style your home.
Property Styling your home will boost final sales price from 7.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent, according to a survey of the top agents in the LJ Hooker network in Australia. …
The surveyed real estate agents were strikingly unanimous in their opinion of how much styling can impact the sales price. The real estate agents surveyed represent the best real estate knowledge available in Australia, and consist of 23 members of LJ Hooker’s elite Innovation Team…
Property Styling means to decorate and organize your home and garden to look their best on inspection days.
Vendors can style their own property, but LJ Hooker real estate agents agree it is better to hire a professional property stylist who can view your home with objectivity and has experience …
The benefits of home styling:
• Higher sales price
• Quicker sale
• More bidders, offers or interested parties
To read the full article click Does Styling Boost Your Sales Price?
http://www.ljhooker.com.au/tips-for-property-sellers/styling-your-house-to-sell