CPA JOSS

WARNING: Lots of Befores and Afters below. I only have two goals when staging a house to sell: #1 Completely ready and transform a property into a show-stopping, heart-warming,  offer-producing dream home. #2 Give the owners not only their dream home, but what they thought they paid for at closing, which reflects well on the sellers, listing company, and especially on the REALTOR. I've been doing this for 16 years and have staged hundreds of houses (which equals thousands of rooms !), and this list comprises the main reasons that some houses sit on the market longer than professionally and well-staged and prepared homes. #1 CLUTTER/CLEANLINESS The most common reason I hear for peoples' reasons to move is "more space". So, if you're showing your your house in cluttered, not-enough-storage condition, you're just proving to the buyer that there's not enough room for them either. Simplify it. (Use the AFTERS in this post to give you an idea of just how simplif...

To update the kitchen or not to update the kitchen when selling, that is the question.   The answer is: it depends on how outdated the kitchen is. Here's how to determine if it's outdated. Does it feel like a place you want to cook? Does it look happy and bright to be in? Is it w arm, efficient, clean, organized, neutral.  Maybe fun? This galley kitchen needed refreshing. The genuine oak cabinets, although quality, needed to compliment  and contrast the hardwood flooring.  The counter tops were powdery blue laminate and in need of updating. The solid wood cabinets in here are fantastic! They were painted in Behr's Battleship Gray, satin finish. The walls in the kitchen are Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams. The black dishwasher below was sold on Craigslist, and a stainless one bought off Craigslist for continuity, Beveled-edged 3" by 6"subway tile HERE with dark gray grout became a back-splash, and timeless granite HERE replaced the old laminate. Notice the new penda...

If you're planning on selling your home in or near Greenville, South Carolina, let my husband and me help you. We are The Hoyt Team of Keller Williams Realty . When you hire us to help you sell your home, you get my hands-on staging services FREE as part of the deal. No other agents/team offer this. Our tagline is: Buying and Selling made Simple. As a Staging Expert, I insure that a house puts its best foot forward immediately upon listing it. Appearance IS everything and no one can convince me otherwise. This darling family home I'm sharing today was: De-personalized (so buyers could imagine themselves in it) De-cluttered (so buyers could focus on the home's features) Unified (one paint color is used throughout the home) Rearranged (to show off the best potential of use of space) Organized (so buyers could experience and ease of living in the home) Mega-cleaned (smells and spots are immediate "turn-offs") Re-paired (a buyer wants to buy a like-new home, eve...