What is home staging?

A: Home Staging allows you to market your home to the largest audience possible by maximizing your home’s potential while minimizing the flaws. This can be as simple as reducing clutter and reorganizing the space, or as complex as bringing in all new furniture and accessories, or somewhere in between. Each home is unique and will require a different variety of services but all start with an initial consultation, providing a full home evaluation including notes for improvements and updates. We help to clearly define all areas of the home to eliminate those distractions that will keep buyers from seeing and remembering the great features of your house

Q: What happens after the consultation?

A: You will receive the full evaluation notes from the consultation immediately following. If you have requested pricing for additional home staging services or staging rental items, you will receive these within 24 hrs unless otherwise advised. You may then decide if you wish to implement the suggestions yourself, or employ Elevated Spaces Staging and Redesign and/or Elevated Spaces Staging and Redesign Preferred Vendors to assist with preparing the house for sale. Once the necessary recommendations have been completed, your Professional Home Stager can return to set up any requested home staging rental items.

Q: Do I have to implement all of the recommendations provided?

A: You don’t have to do any of them! However, the more you complete, the better your chances of selling your home, faster and for a maximum return. We understand that some of the recommendations may not fit with your timeframe and/or budget, but we suggest that you aim for a minimum of 75% of all suggestions. Elevated Spaces Staging and Redesign has been hired to provide their expert opinion regarding the best way to showcase your home and are therefore required to provide you with all of the information necessary for a successful sale. We’ll help you to prioritize the highest impact items to get the most out of your investment of time and money.

Q: Why should I spend money on a house I am selling?

A: Your home is generally your biggest investment. Investing in home staging will help to maximize your return on this investment. A few dollars on home staging will go a long way by ensuring that you sell your home faster, and for more money. All statistics show that the investment in staging your home is always less than your first price reduction. Did you know that only 10% of buyers have the ability to visualize a space? This is just one of the reasons that home staging is so important in today’s real estate market. Buyers are looking for a “move-in ready” home and will pay more to get this. We are selling an experience, not just a home.

Q: What if I don’t like the staging items that you bring in?

A: Selection and placement of artwork, furniture, and accessories is at the discretion of Elevated Spaces and it may not be to your personal taste. While you may voice concerns with any selected items, Elevated Spaces Staging and Redesign shall have final say on this. You have hired us for our skills and expertise, and we will ensure that the staging items will be chosen and placed to best showcase your home. We all have the same goal in mind – to sell your house!

Q: Why should I stage my vacant property?

A: Home Staging is an important step for preparing any home for sale, but especially applies when working with a vacant property (i.e. unoccupied and unfurnished). Vacant properties are especially difficult to sell, as potential buyers often cannot properly visualize the home's potential. Staging a vacant property doesn’t simply mean furnishing the home, it’s about creating a lifestyle, and selling the experience of living in the home. With professional Home Staging, we strive to evoke the emotional response required to encourage buyers to provide a qualified offer. We can provide furniture, artwork, and accessories to suit every style of home, along with our expert home staging services and advice, to provide you with the best solutions for each space of your home.

Did you know? Vacant spaces are often viewed as smaller than they actually are by prospective buyers!