If there’s one thing I’ve learned from binge-watching Selling Sunset, it’s that staging is a very important, preparatory step for selling residential real estate, and it becomes even more significant if we are discussing premium homes. It is not as if homes without staging won’t sell, but there is definitely a chance that homes that have been staged well will sell faster, and at a better price. The problem is, homeowners generally do not know how to go about it, even if they think they do. We are going to share four crucial tips for staging a home, each of which will help you sell the property with greater ease and possibly, even at a higher price than initially expected.
You Need a Virtual Stager Who Knows How to Stage Luxurious Properties
A virtual staging company might have vast experience in home staging, but they still won’t be of much use to you if they do not have sufficient experience in staging luxurious apartments and houses. For that, you need professionals who either exclusively, or primarily, cater to high profile clientele. To virtually stage a luxurious home and catch the attention of prospective, high-profile buyers over the internet, visit bariondesign.com/. This will prove to be particularly helpful when you have already moved away from the place, leaving it too empty for a proper photoshoot. Without photos, you shouldn’t list your ads, be it via online, or offline channels.
Combine Virtual Staging with Traditional Staging
If one or more of the potential buyers request a visit, you should either be able to replicate the virtual staging décor with the help of a traditional stager or tell them outright about the vacant apartment. It would be most ideal if you did take the former option though because combining traditional staging with virtual staging is the best way to impress potential buyers. To them, it will feel like a picture coming to life.
Virtual Staging is Still More Important than Traditional Staging Today
Traditional staging with real décor elements is costly, which diminishes the value of your home’s sales price with every day of rent paid. To prevent this, virtual staging should be used to create the media necessary for digital ads and listings. Real-life staging sessions should be reserved only for showings so that the cost of renting luxurious furniture and other décor elements can be kept to a minimum. Also, you may want to group potential buyers to reduce staging costs further.
Targeting with Design
As staging is all about making your property look as alluring as possible to the target customer groups, it is important that the homeowner properly identifies their property’s potential buyers. Although we are discussing luxurious homes in general, not all luxurious homes belong in the same price group or category. For example, both a two-story, eight-bedroom villa, and a 2,000+ sq. ft. duplex apartment in the middle of a busy city are classed as high-profile, premium homes, but the potential buyer groups for each will be quite different. The home stagers should keep that in mind, and stage a property for the prospective buyers specifically.
Selling your home this year or next? Making a good impression when selling property is vital. Use these tips to help you stage your home and get the maximum asking price.
*This was a collaborative post but my love of real estate shows is 100% my own.
Fabulous article Remie x