House Staging

Preparing your house to become someone else’s home.

Staging Your House to Sell

Once the decision is made to sell your house, your goal is to get the best price possible in the shortest amount of time. The in-depth approach to House Staging used by Fresh Cape Designs will help you achieve this goal.

When you value your house by presenting it in a fresh, updated manner, buyers will value your house by presenting you with a good offer.

What Is House Staging?

House Staging is decorating your house to sell—which is different than decorating your house to live. The goal is to make your house appealing to the greatest number of buyers by having it stand out from other houses at the same price point.

Fresh Cape Designs will look at your house through the eye of a potential buyer, then offer a fresh perspective and solutions on how to “stage” it in a way that these buyers can best see how your house could become their home.

The Top Reasons to Have Your House Staged:

You want to get the best price possible so you have maximum financial resources to move on to the next chapter of your life.
If a house appears too personally attached to the homeowner, potential buyers may have trouble picturing themselves living there.
If a house looks tired, cluttered, or in disrepair, potential buyers will immediately start making deductions from the listing price, if they remain interested at all.
The “Pottery Barn Generation” (the new generation of home buyers) wants the home they are buying to be smart, casually elegant, and move-in ready.

The Phases of House Staging

I Evaluation

We will:

come to your home/listing and meet with the Homeowner and/or Realtor to determine the best approach to staging the house for the target selling market.
thoroughly evaluate the home’s strengths and areas of needed improvement.
provide a Staging Proposal and Quote.

II Updating and Repair

We will:

manage the successful completion of agreed upon projects.

III House Staging/Decorating

Our services include:

de-cluttering to create an open, inviting look.
rearranging existing furniture, art, and decorative accessories.
adding new furniture, art, lighting, and decorative accessories.
putting all the finishing touches needed to make your house appeal to the greatest number of buyers.