by Alexandra Vogel | Oct 3, 2018 | Latest News
Are you looking to sell your Sarasota home? With so many amazing homes on the market, you’ve got to show buyers that yours is the one they want.
How exactly do you do that? By helping your home look its absolute best! That’s right, i’m talking about Home Staging.
By having a professional Home Stager stage your home, your home will look and view at its best, amongst all Sarasota luxury homes. How is it done? Keep reading to find out.
Benefits of Home Staging
When you stage your home, you don’t just show off the house. You’re showing off an entire lifestyle that can be lived inside that house. Show potential buyers the house’s full potential by helping it look its best.
If you’re looking to sell your home quickly, staging is the perfect answer. Staged homes sell quicker and achieve higher prices.
Tips for Staging a House
Home Staging your home may sound like a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Start with some basics:
- Get rid of all clutter
- Remove furniture that makes rooms look crowded
- Clean walls, especially in kitchen areas that get dirty often
- Keep items off of counters
- Dust, sweep, and vacuum thoroughly
- Clean all bathrooms until they shine
- Remove strong smells as much as possible (tobacco, food, pets, etc.)
Once you’re done with basic cleaning, you can start on some small fix-up projects:
- Repaint walls that could use a facelift
- Replace light fixtures with nicer ones
- Replace family photos with unique art pieces
- Install better lighting if the house is dark
- Remove furniture
If you really want your house to look its best, let a professional stage your home for you. Letting someone else stage your home will really cut back on your stress and workload, too. Focus, instead, on the other details of moving and selling your home.
Sell Your Home Quicker!
Staging your home is only one way to sell it quickly. A great-looking house will only sell if people know about it.
Make sure you take all photographs when your house looks its best. Put that staging magic to good use!
Stand Out among Sarasota Luxury Homes
Sarasota luxury homes are stunning in and of themselves, but staging really takes them to the top. If you’re looking to sell, Home Staging is the way to go.
Try these simple tips, or have a professional stage your home for you. Potential buyers will love the effort and you’ll be rewarded for it.
I would love to help you stage your luxury home, please contact me to arrange a consultation.
by Alexandra Vogel | Aug 27, 2018 | Latest News
Whether you’re selling your home, moving into a new one, or need help to de clutter your home, you need home staging.
But if you’ve never used home staging before, you’re probably wondering if its even in your budget.
How much does it cost to stage a home? Keep reading to find out!
Deciding What Level of Home Staging You Need
The first step in figuring out how much Home Staging costs is deciding what type and level of staging you need in your home. There are a variety of types of staging to choose from.
Staging to Sell
If you want to get your home staged to sell, there are two main types to choose from.
The first would be for homes that are lived in. This staging includes cutting down on clutter, putting personal items in storage, and adding key pieces to make your home look more attractive to buyers.
The other type of staging that you might need when trying to sell your home is full-house staging. This is necessary when trying to sell a vacant home.
With vacant Home Staging, a professional Home Stager will to add furniture, decor and accessories, to key rooms and area. This type of staging helps potential buyers visualize what a home would look lived in.
Staging a New or Lived-in Home
The next type of staging is for new or lived-in homes that aren’t being sold.
If you’re moving into a new home or apartment and dreading the unpacking process, a home stager can handle everything for you. From unpacking boxes to turning a house into a home, a home stager handles everything!
You can also call in a home stager if you’ve lived in your home for years. Use their services to clean up a basement, organize your garage, or otherwise declutter your home.
Choose Between DIY or Total Home Staging
Once you’ve decided what type of home staging you need, the next step in figuring out what it’ll cost you is deciding whether you want to do the work on your own or leave it to a pro.
If you’re looking to add a few key details to a home to prepare it to sell or you need to declutter a small space, you can likely do the work yourself. But it’s a good idea to get some help figuring out exactly what you need to do to stage your home properly.
If you need major staging, like unpacking your entire home on a timeline or getting a house ready to sell, it’s best to leave the heavy lifting to a professional.
While DIYing your home staging might seem cheaper, it will take you far longer, and require skills and an understanding of how to stage a home properly that you might not have.
How Much Does it Cost to Stage a Home
Because there are so many different types of home staging available, there are many answers to the question “how much does it cost to stage a home.”
But whether you’re saving yourself the hassle of unpacking, decluttering so you can enjoy your home, or staging to sell, home staging is an investment that always pays off.
When it comes to staging Sarasota luxury homes, I know exactly what it takes to get your house looking and feeling like home. Contact me today to see how I can help you stage your home!
by Alexandra Vogel | Aug 16, 2018 | Latest News
New homes in the United States sold at an average price of $363,300 in June 2018. While it does represent a decrease from the month before, it’s still a good deal for many sellers.
But how’s the case for existing home sellers?
The market still looks promising, with the median price in December 2017 going up to $246,800. That represents a 5.8% increase from the year before.
But aiming for this price shouldn’t be the sole priority of sellers, they should also aim to sell homes faster otherwise, they risk having their property stuck in the market, which can contribute to a further decrease in selling price.
In Real Estate, while price is king it is a home’s overall presentation that has the power to either positively – or negatively affect how quickly a property sells and at what price point it sells at.
Enter Home Staging – A beautifully staged well presented home, can, and often does, result in increased online interest, more booked viewings and significantly better offers.
Professional Home Staging has the power to change how buyers feel about awkward room layouts, a poor location or even the fact that there aren’t a lot of the buyer’s ‘must have’ items from their wish list.
So, read on to find out how staging your home can make sell it faster!
1. It Appeals to Your Target Market
Home staging is all about neutralization and de-personalization. Home stagers turn homes into a place that appeals to the widest dynamic of buyers’ wants and needs.
For instance, your space is big enough to accommodate individuals or couples, but too small for families. Then a professional Home Staging expert will portray your property for young singles or partners.
In any case, a stager would get rid of anything that’s too personal. Remember, even if you treasure your huge and pricey doll collection, not all people like them. So, expect the home stager to remove it from your property during the staging process.
2. Highlights Your Home’s Strengths
Home Stagers employ certain strategies that put the spotlight on the best architectural features of a house.
For example, your living room has large windows that look out to your well-maintained garden. In this case, an experienced stager would make this area even more inviting with the right furnishing, window treatment, and lighting.
3. It Downplays Weaknesses
One of the major weaknesses in many homes is a shortage of space. That doesn’t mean your small home won’t sell fast or for a good price anymore.
A Professional Home Stager can stage a house and make its cramped spaces appear larger. It’s all about downplaying this weakness and improving upon it, such as with strategic placement of mirrors and better lighting.
A Home Stager will also recommend removing assets that may have a negative impact on potential buyers. Aside from the doll example above, another is a taxidermy collection. Not all people are into it, so it’s best to remove it before you let prospects inside your home.
4. It Makes Buyers Envision Themselves Living in the House
Apart from collections, a professional Home Stager would also ask you to pack other personal belongings. These include your awards, certificates, and family pictures. The aim is to make buyers imagine themselves living in your house, and not feel like they’re intruding.
5. It Can Get You the Best-Selling Price Too
A study found that Staged Homes sold within an average of 22 days. That’s 5.5 times faster than how “unstaged” counterparts did, which sold only after an average of 125 days.
But that’s not all. Staging can also help you get a much better selling price than leaving your house without the proper preparation. The National Association of Realtors says that even investing only $100 for home staging can give you a return of $400.
Home Staging Sells Homes Faster and Lets You Sell without Regrets
These are only some of the ways Professional Home Staging can sell homes faster, but they should be enough to make you consider such services. Besides, you don’t want to feel like the 30% of home sellers who regretted not “preparing” their home before they sold it.
Simply put, Professional Home Staging is both a home owner’s and realtors best and most powerful marketing tool.
by Alexandra Vogel | Jan 30, 2018 | Latest News
4 Beds | 6.5 Baths | 7,509 sq. ft.
9230 Blind Pass Road
Luxury Home for Sale in Sarasota, FL | A4203975
The crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico and sunny Sarasota skies are the ideal backdrop for this Siesta Key beach house. Located at the southernmost point on Siesta Key with endless Gulf views from every room, this home beckons the free spirit who wants to live on the water with unsurpassed privacy and seclusion. To the south is a nature preserve, to the west is the Gulf, and to the north and east are a handful of homes along the gated, private road.
Mindful of its seaside location, the entire home is anchored to bedrock by rugged pilings, and built of poured concrete and concrete block with reinforced-concrete floors. Inside, tasteful Turkish limestone floors, stylish architectural details, high ceilings and wall-to-wall sliding glass doors create a lovely and well-layered home that befits its stunning waterfront location.
Living areas include a sizable bonus room on the first floor; formal living room, formal dining room, kitchen, family room, butler’s pantry and office on the second floor; and loft on the fourth floor. The third floor is set aside as the family’s private retreat with master suite, three guest suites and laundry room. All bedrooms have sliding glass doors to a wrap-around balcony overlooking the Gulf. The master suite includes a foyer with two walk-in closets, 23 x 23 bedroom, sliding glass doors on two sides and sumptuous master bath. This home also has an elevator, Gulf-front pool and deeded dock by the bay.
Quietly removed from the ordinary, yet within easy reach of in-town amenities — just one mile to Turtle Beach Marina, 3.3 miles to South Siesta Village and 4.5 miles to Sarasota Pavilion. Living here welcomes you to paradise every day!
Call me at (941) 600-9984 to stage your Sarasota Luxury Home!
