Tuesday, December 11, 2007

All In One Staging & Redesign Kitchen makeover



Here is an example of adding some color to make room elements POP. Before the cabinets blended into the background, Now just by adding some color, this kitchen was the focal point of the home.
Here you see Sandra MonteMayor our expert Stager of All In One Staging & Redesign lending a hand painting after a client called us for help. This house has been on the market for almost a year. Kim the owner of the home found us on the Internet to help her sell the home. Sandra showed up for a walk through consultation and spent a couple of hours walking the home taking pictures and notes of ways to get her home sold. Well as you can imagine Sandra All In One Stagings expert Stager spent quit a bit of time in the kitchen, explaining ways to bring out some of the homes focal points so potential clients fall in love with the home and have to have it.

We at All in one Staging & Redesign put together a action plan for the home owner to tackle to make her home more attractive. The home owner called her Realtor to take new pictures of the home to put on MLS as she was not even done with the work we put together for her. Well a call came into the office explaining she had one day to make all the changes and upgrades, because her agent was going out of town that weekend. So we quickly put together a team to come over and help the home owner paint the kitchen and do a make over for it, and paint the bathroom as well also making that over on that Saturday & Sunday. Well we pulled it off.

All In One Staging & Redesign has a mission plan that we our bringing customer service back one customer at a time. And do our best to make each and every client happy with are work. And this is just another case of us dropping everything to help one of our clients out.

The final Price for us to do all this work was lower then you would expect (well this home owner is a perfect example). she wrote a great thank you note to us which we put on our website at http://Allinonestaging.com so feel free to stop by and read other satisfied clients letters to us and see how we might be able to help you to.

Thank you,
Regards, Brian Bloom
All In One Staging & Redesign inc,
1-630-292-2710

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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

Monday, October 29, 2007

All In One Staging And Redesign inc, Selling houses Fastest in Bartlett IL & Chicago IL

All in one staging & Redesign in Bartlett & Chicago IL have been extremely busy helping Real Estate agents and For Sale Buy Owners sell there houses faster then ever in this slow market.

As Home Stagers in Bartlett IL & Chicago's Northwest suburbs, we would love for you to stop by at www.Allinonestaging.com to see the testimonies of satisfied home owners and Realtors we have helped.

You could be the next with a SOLD sign on you house!

Thank you
All in One Staging & Redesign inc.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Selling a house? Make sure you Stage it first...


By now the word is starting to spread about Home Staging and it's importance in the buyer's market we are in.
To recap what staging is, it is the process of making your home more appealing by minimizing it's imperfections and bringing in furnishings to make the listing feel like a well kept home so potential buyers make an immediate connection and fall in love with the Home so it can sell Faster and for More Money.
The folks at All In One Staging and Redesign have been doing their very best to make sure not only does the house sell 50% faster, But for up to 10% More money. That can literally mean thousands of dollars for you the FSBO and Realtors alike.
If you are thinking about selling your house, Please take our advice and don't wait to Stage your home if it is not selling as fast as you were thinking it should have, business is NOT as usual in this slow market. You and your agent have to make sure your listing outshines the competition in your neighborhood and price range from the start, and Home Staging is the only way to accomplish this. Don't be fooled either in who is qualified in the art of Staging. All In On Staging and Redesign is certified by the top Home and Real Estate Staging association( ASP).
Before you let someone Stage your home make sure you see they have ASP or ASPM included in their name like ours so you know you are getting the Best of the Best! And Stage your home before placing it on the market because you only have one time to make a First impression, Let us at http://allinonestaging.com/ Make that first impression that will drive people back to your house to make a top dollar offer.
Thank you, and Best Wishes
All In One Staging inc. ASP IAHSP owned and certfied.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Getting the word out about Home Staging

Home Staging the phrase was patented by Barb swartz back in the 70's some say in the 80's but never the less it is a phrase that basically means to get your house in showing condition (like a model home) so when appraisers and potential buyers looks at the listing they will see all your homes bright spots and fall in love with the house and figure you have kept the home up in great condition from the start which in many cases it is true.

Staging is Hugh out in the west like California and is slowly moving east hitting the Midwest like Chicago. Now there still are many many people who never heard of the phrase Staging, So it is up to the Qualified Home Staging Professionals like All In One Staging inc, to start pounding the pavement and handing out flyer and joining your local Leads2Business groups to start educating those sellers who really need our Help to Sell their house & for the Realtors we also need to educate them that we can get their listing sold Faster and for More Money.

I have noticed and heard a lot of people say well I can do what they are doing on T.V, what I tell them is the are only showing you a glimpse of what it takes to become a certified Staging expert. Those shows don't show you how first off you need to be licensed and insured before any home owner should even allow you in their home and that takes money and the money don't stop there, you have to hire a lawyer, an accountant, a web designer, get certified which means go to a accredited Staging school/course and that cost about $2,000 to $3,500 dollars... Wait there is more, you still need to buy props, buy enough furnishing for at least two vacant houses and just look around at your place and think you need 3 more of everything you have in your home, you still need some where to place all of these item right? where are you going to work out of? you need to rent a store front for your business and then there is the question of how do you expect to get all these props to the houses, you will have to buy a truck a van a trailer or pay a moving company to move your props every time you have another account and the list goes on and on with business cards ect.

What I am trying to say is Home Staging is hard work and for the average person to try to stage their own home it will not look anywhere as nutralized as someone who went and learned how to stage a home so the widest potential variety of buyers will like what you have done.

And as far as the HGTV watchers wanting to start their own business just read the above and think twice if you are ready.

Thank you,
Best Wishes Brian Bloom http://Allinonestaging.com