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I have a townhome and need to have it sold ASAP. How much would a stager normally cost? Do they charge by hour
Comments (23)I've been in this business for some years, so I'd like to address some comments above. Yes, $100/hr is the industry standard rate for staging, although pricing can vary. Occupied homes preparing to sell should start with a staging consultation, often paid for by the realtor, so it's well worth it to find a realtor who believes in staging & hires a stager for every listing. A staging consultation generally takes (+/-) 2 hours, so ~ $200 to find out what to declutter, how to rearrange your furniture, what to fix & clean & paint, what items to buy/rent to complete a show home look. It can involve weeks of homework for the homeowner to get the home show-worthy. Vacant homes usually require a site visit by the stager to do a proper estimate on staging costs and furniture rentals. Site visits and estimates are usually free of charge and then the project is charged out as a package price. Not every room is necessarily staged, depending on budget, so almost any budget can be accommodated by staging priority rooms rather than the entire home. My staging costs generally range from $1,800 - $5,000 and even up to $12,000 for high end luxury homes. This cost is usually for the first month only, which covers design planning, sourcing furniture & accessories, coordinating all aspects of the job, installation & design labor, & all moving costs. After month #1 there's a significant discount for furniture rentals only, usually ranging from 50-65% off. I understand the rationale behind stagers charging a percentage of the home's price. Some stagers have worked out their pricing formulas so well that they can predict & estimate staging costs based on the price of the home or the square footage of the home. This is an extremely efficient method of estimating and I could save myself a month or more of detailed estimating time over the course of a year if I could use a formula that would work consistently 95% of the time. In the end, you usually pay for what you get. A bedroom with a blow up bed & bedding is what I call "barely there" staging. Kind of like shopping at bargain basement discount stores... it's there but not very inspiring or exciting. Then there's quality furniture & expert color and design expertise that creates a dreamy show home and elevates BUYER DESIRE so potential buyers can hardly resist putting in an offer. Now that's effective staging because some expert stagers have learned color & marketing psychology, not just decorating techniques! Does that clarify some of your questions about the staging industry? Here's a Before & After of a very humble townhouse that sold in 1 day for $13,000 over asking price after I staged it....See MoreDoes my living room need some life to it?
Comments (160)The final (ish ;) results! Very happy for everyone's input, terrific advice and compliments. I really took a lot of opinions on board. - You'll note I switched the chair and bar cart. - Put our son's tree back in its original spot. It felt too big on the mantle, and the caution about possible damage from using the fireplace was excellent advice! - New mirror above mantle feels much calmer. Mercury accent pulls the taupe and butter colors and floral etching "mirrors" the pattern in the sofas. - Vases can hold flowers and can change seasonally for pinecones, seashells, etc. But I like them as "ghosts" empty, too. - Replaced fireplace tools with chunkier ones. - There's a basket with books and mags next to the fireplace. - Live plants make a big difference! Also bought a great paddle leaf fern for the dining room corner. - Reframed a couple of the art pieces so it feels more cohesive. - Bought one floor lamp, which I like a lot! Not sure I need a mate for other sofa...Or if I don't need the lamp on wall shelf behind sofa now. Thoughts? (Will let Hubby make final call on that one :) @pcmom, Susan and Angel who suggested moving panels in family room lower? Did that. Also much better! Thanks again to everyone. I highly recommend this exercise to others :)...See MoreHow much tile does a house really need?
Comments (29)No, I just mop the tile floors in the bathroom every so often but I don't do anything additional to the grout. Epoxy doesn't absorb things, so dust and dirt just sit on top and wash off when mopped. That's totally different from old-school cementitious grout which is very absorbent, and therefore stains easily. The one thing to know about epoxy grout: it doesn't come in a pure white. Ours is a warmish silver. If you have bright white tile and you want pure white, epoxy won't be the answer. Since we did our bathrooms, there are now many more grout types (urethane based, maybe others?) on the market than just the old cement based grout and epoxy types. If I was looking at tile, I'd do some research on what's available now. Check out the "Tile forum Advice board" for threads on grout etc. We did our kids/guest bathroom with their help, it's a very friendly, helpful forum....See Moreneed 19" tv in kitchen designing how much brick backsplash is too muc
Comments (24)I disagree on the TV @M Miller. My current kitchen has a very small TV that I use all the time - it's probably around 19" or so, but I'm away from that house right now so I can't be sure. I don't like watching TV on a computer, tablet or phone - period. I'm definitely old school that way I guess. I'm really not sure where they should place their desired 19" TV, but if it were me, I'd definitely be actively working to find a place for it. In the kitchen mentioned above I have it on a little table/cart, visible from both our peninsula seating and partially visible from the work area. I'm not using it for recipes or cooking - it's mostly on for morning news or background entertainment if I'm working alone. As a matter of fact, I'm still working on where I'm going to put a small TV in the new kitchen we're building. Although I know it would have been wise to make the decision when the room was gutted (as it currently is) but there are still too many unknowns (for me) on how I'm going to want to use the space. I'm thinking on a piece of furniture again, so maybe that's what I would suggest....See Morecalistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
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