Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - North Shore News - A15
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Service starts with consultation From page 14 Once the property has been prepped, stagers will come in and do their magic. Furniture will be rearranged to best suit each room, opening up spaces. It’s possible that art will be re-hung and accessories moved to create focal points. Ideally, stagers will arrange furnishings to highlight the property’s best features and attempt to downplay the weaker aspects of the home. Typically, one to two days is all that is required and the property would be photoready for advertising. As far as pricing goes, to have a team of stagers come into your home for the day would depend on the size and scope of the project. An initial in-home consultation is the best way to get an idea of the costs and time involved. The fee for a “pre-staging” consultation starts at $100 plus HST, with the session taking about an hour to complete. It’s important for homeowners to understand that stagers will come into your home with an objective eye. One must think of staging as a part of the marketing plan for selling their property. It is not a decorator service as many
NEWS photo Mike Wakefield
REDESIGN and staging specialists like Lisa Roy, owner of Spacelift, use their interior design expertise to get a house ready for sale. would think but rather a strategic service offering a perspective from a majority of buyers and what they would
like to see inside the home in order for them to envision themselves living in the space. barb@lunter.ca