Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money by Barb Schwarz, Mary Seehafer Sears (With)
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- Pub. Date: February 2006
- 224pp
- Sales Rank: 100,754
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 2006
- Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 224pp
- Sales Rank: 100,754
- ISBN-13: 9780471760962
- ISBN: 047176096X
Synopsis
The way you live in a home and the way you sell it are two different things. That's the premise of Staging*, a concept that teaches you to look at your home through a buyer's eyes and make adjustments to improve its appeal and value.
In any real estate market, Staged homes sell faster or sell for more money—or both. With Home Staging, you'll learn how to play up your home's strong points and improve its presentation. By rearranging furniture, trimming overgrown bushes, painting a room, and clearing out the clutter, Home Staging will help you spotlight your property for a fast, profitable sale.
Filled with organizing tips and checklists, plus before-and-Staged photographs that dramatically show how Staging can transform your home inside and out, Home Staging has all the answers you'll need when looking to increase the sale price of your home.
*Staging is a federally registered trademark of StagedHomes.com
Biography
Mary Seehafer Sears is one of the decorating industry's most sought-after creative minds. A former editor at House & Garden, Country Living, and Child magazines, she has written more than a dozen books about gardening, style, decorating, and family traditions.
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Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Moneyby Anonymous
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December 09, 2007: Schwarz claims to have invented the idea of staging a home for buyers about 35 years ago. With that much history on the subject the book should be a lot better. Much of the information is common sense nowadays (like cleaning the house before selling it). She does offer some decent budget-saving tips on decorating, and a fairly extensive checklist for prepping a home for sale. Before and after pictures are somewhat outdated looking though, and she promotes her own business too much.
Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Moneyby Anonymous
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August 13, 2007: Had had my house on the market for almost 3 months with only a few 'nibbles', and was getting little assistance from our real estate agent. Bought this book, took her instructions to heart, and got a contract on the house within 1 week after implementing Mrs. Schwarz's strategies. A lot of practical information on how to set up each room to sell. I thought had 'decluttered' my home already, until I read her book, great ideas on removing furniture, how to improve look of various rooms, without spending a ton, etc. I really felt like it made a difference. Has before and after pictures of rooms she has staged to give you an idea of how much it might improve the look of the rooms by following a few simple strategies. I have no design background, or natural eye for this sort of thing, and the suggestions in this book really made a difference to me, and I felt like it help to get our home sold quickly when I was starting to get nervous (already had closed on another house). I have recommended this book to several friends already, and I am a big fan. If I ever have to sell a house again, this is my primary resource for getting it sold quickly.
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