Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Home Staging With Pets





  • This is Macy, All In One Staging & Redesigns guard dog. We also use her to visit the elderly in Retirement Homes, Hospitals, Child daycare and our Christmas cards. But the biggest thing we use her for is Love, she is our family member.
    So we know how hard it can be when we go for a walk through Staging Consultation for occupied Homes, when we run into the problem of overwhelming pet odor, and have to tell the owner in a kind but constructive way that something has to be done about the smell.
    When Selling a home, All the senses come into play~
    sight= All the clutter and over sized furnishings ( you have to remember your selling the square footage of the house not the furniture)
    Smell= you want the house to smell fresh and clean ( Not like your Pet)
    Sound= You don't want to hear the outside rutgus ( unless you choose to)
    Touch= You want to make sure EVERY THING is clean to the touch (We have a white glove standard when we get calls to Declutter)
    Taste= When we at All In One Staging do open house preps (we always bake cookies that will stimulate your Smell sense and Taste because we offer the cookies to the clients)
    So When you decide you want to move, you can see that there is a lot of things to consider besides just cleaning up a bit and start packing your bags. We are in a buyers market now, and you have to do a lot more just to get people to come to An Open House for Sale.
    What can you do to make sure you Sell your house fast, One of the most effective way is to hire a Home Stager, They are experts in Making sure your House has what it takes to Sell Faster & for More Money, Also make sure you find a Realtor who knows the importance in Staging Their listing Before they put them on the market.
    I hope I shed some light on how to Sell your house faster and for more money. some times even if you think your house is clean, as you can see there is so much more that a Home Staging expert can help you with, and for a very reasonable price.
    Thank you
    Regards,
    All In One Staging & Redesign Chicago's North West Suburbs Elite Staging company

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Persistence Pays Off Big, Real Estate company's getting to know the importance of Home Staging!

Last night I opened one of our All In One Staging emails after refinishing some Drexler Heritage furniture we bought from a little old town furniture store. Well to my surprise I see a email from a Top Real Estate Company in the Midwest, well Nationally actually, we had been trying to work with for months.
We had been trying every thing to get a chance to work with them, like leaving our portfolio with Donuts with them, Making individual jelly bean packages connected to our flyer's, to emailing them quite often with pictures of houses that we had Staged for another Top Real Estate Agent All In One Staging & Redesign works with on every house before they list the home.
Well our persistence Payed off! The Real Estate company told us that they had a company meeting that week to talk about Staging their listings. Well other Stagers had also dropped their portfolios off to them in the past, so they had a few to compare from. Well All In One Staging & Redesign had the best prices and quality workmanship they seen and that is why they picked us!
I just wanted to let you know that Persistence does pay off! To the newbies here, you have to pound the pavement as they say, and don't expect to hear YES a lot, because it just won't happen. You just hold your head up high like we did, and say Thank you for your time and we will keep in touch in case you do change your mind.
Some Realtors will say they already work with a Stager, Well you say Kindly, Great so you know the importance of Staging a home in this buyers Market then, and if your person is busy or can't make a job, Please keep me and my portfolio in mind.
Anyway I just wanted to share this bit of good news, and never give up. Staging will soon be as important to a Real Estate company as home inspections. Think about it who wants to walk through a messy house, or a house that is just a blank canvas hoping the buyer can imagine their furnishings in these empty rooms?
Well hope the best to you too, and happy Staging!
All In One Staging & Redesign inc,
Sandra Montemayor/ ASP IAHSP HOME STAGER
Brian Bloom/ Project Manager

Friday, November 9, 2007

The Price of Home Staging in the Midwest $$$

We at All In One Staging & Redesign would like to just like to point out a few ways to pick a good Home Stager in the Chicago land area. We don't want you to make the wrong choice because the price only.

We have Top Realtors that we work with and the testimonies to prove our relations with them, Make sure the Stager you are looking for has the same.

We our ASP certfied from a Top Staging courses that specalizes in the art of Home Staging, Make sure they have some credentials.

We are insured and have a currant Illinois business licence, Make sure they do to. (very important)

We have a website http://allinonestaging.com/ so you can see the testimonies along with other services we offer, Make sure you are not hiring someone who thinks they can do what they see the programs on HGTV or A&E are doing.

The programs you see on TV only show you a glimpse of what it takes to even began to Stage a home. They only have 30 minutes to show you little clips, not all the behind the scene work that has to be done in order to make your home look the way they make it look like.

If you do watch those shows, and I admit I do, they are entertaining. But pay attention to the break down of the cost, they say you can do a vacant for under $300-$400.00 dollars, that is just for the items they bought, they never show the labor cost so just figure labor is about another $300-$400.00 dollars. Some Stagers charge $150.00 an hour, we at All in one staging charge far less for the same quality workmanship.

Just to give you a idea of what an ASP article said about Midwest Home Staging Prices is it goes for between $1,200 and $3,500 dollars on avarage depending on the size. And it is worth every penny to most because you have a vacant house sitting empty but still having to pay thousands every 30 days.

So this is just another tip we want to give out to those interested in Home Staging. All In One Staging & Redesign specializes in written consultation, this will save you hundreds because we give you a DIY blue print that will show you how and where to place your furniture make your house a model like home. And if you need some help, we would come by to fine tune and work with you to get the job complete. Not only that, we would also place your home on our ASP listing page that receives 7 million hit a month from people looking for well Staged Homes.

So feel free to stop by our website and see how we can help you for a budget minded price.

Thank you, and Regards
Sandra Montemayor~ ASP, IAHSP Home Stager in Chicago/Bartlett IL. & surrounding areas