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Pasadena Home Staging A Beautiful Michillinda Park Pool Home

June 4, 2010

Tuesday we staged a beautiful Pasadena home in the Michillinda Park area after being called in for a home staging consultation the previous week.

Though occupied, there was very little furniture in the living room and the dining table in the formal dining room was very casual. We completely refurnished the living room and dining room and accessorized the 3 bedrooms, kitchen, family room and 3 bathrooms. In addition we staged the guest house.

For more information about this beautiful Michillinda Park area Pasadena pool home, contact the listing agent, Dick Davis at (626)233-8377

Home Staging In Downey, CA – Staging Luxury Homes

June 3, 2010

Today we staged a luxury home in Downey, CA. The listing agent called me just before I went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. When I told him I couldn’t stage his luxury home until after I returned, he said “I don’t care. We want the best home stager. We’ll wait for you!” Normally, I don’t travel as far as Downey to stage homes, but with a lead in like that, how could I say no?

When we arrived today to stage this beautiful home, there was still work ongoing. The painters and electricians hadn’t quite finished. Cabinet doors were off, chandeliers weren’t hung, etc. and the grand piano hadn’t been delivered by the time we left. We staged around them, but weren’t able to finish 100%. I’ll be going back to take more photos and do the final touches. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peak of a couple of rooms:

Here’s the living room before the grand piano was delivered. It will go where the little stool is in the background. And yes, that’s my mobile phone on the cocktail table )

Here’s one of the bathrooms

Here’s a close-up in the master bath.

No expense was spared in the details and construction of this home. Everything is the best…including the home stager!

I’ll post more photos once the work is finished and I’m able to return to take more photos. Stay tuned.

Playing It Safe When Your Los Angeles Home Is On The Market

May 19, 2010

It’s important to play it safe when your Los Angeles home is on the market.

You will have all manner of people- real estate agents, potential buyers and looky-loos- trooping through your house during open houses and showings. While I like to assume the best about people, I also think its important to play it safe.

Here’s 5 tips for safety while your home is on the market:

Lock up or hide all prescription medications. They are usually expensive, easy to sell on the street and are a prime target for thieves.
Lock up or hide personal papers or bills. Don’t leave your social security number or account numbers in plain sight for identity thieves. Its no one’s business how much you owe or how much money you have in your checking account.
Lock up or hide jewelry, cash or collectibles. That signed baseball, silver Tiffany dinner bell, or diamond tennis bracelet are very enticing to someone with sticky fingers.
Don’t leave extra keys in plain sight. Its an open invitation to a thief to come back later and help themselves when no one is around.
Lock up or hide any firearms or weapons you may own. Hiding them in a drawer next to the bed or in your sock drawer is not good enough. Lock them in a safe or remove them from the house.

Yes, your listing agent will take every precaution to make sure your home and possessions are safe and secure, but they can’t be everywhere at once. Often theft teams will use one person to engage the real estate agent, while other members of the team case the house.

Follow these tips and play it safe when your Los Angeles home is on the market.

Los Angeles Home Staging Works |A $225K Condo & $7M Luxury Home

May 18, 2010

I’m here to tell you, home staging works no matter your price point!

Here’s 2 homes we staged in the past 2 months:

Listed at $225,000, this Pasadena Affordable Housing condo (64 Mar Vista #115) sat on the market for almost 3 years before staging. We staged it in March and it’s now about to close escrow, 60 days later! We’ve destaged this unit and staged another to help with a faster sale on that one too.

Home staging works in pasadena for a faster sale

Pasadena home staging works for a faster sale!

We staged this Beverly Hills luxury home, listed for $6.9 M in April. They received an offer after the first week on the market! I’m going to repeat myself: $6.9 M with an offer in the first week.

Beverly Hills Luxury Home Staging works for a faster sale

The Pasadena condo was vacant and unoccupied. The Beverly Hills luxury home was occupied – the home owner was living in the home after we staged it . It doesn’t matter. If you are thinking of putting your Los Angeles, Pasadena, Arcadia or San Marino home on the market, and you want it to sell quickly, hire a professional home stager. Home staging works for a faster sale, no matter your price point!

Important Facts To Help Sell Your Los Angeles Home

May 17, 2010

Here’s some important facts to help sell your Los Angeles home.

This weekend I went to a real estate conference (RainCamp) at Loyola Marymount University and I learned the following:

87% home buyers are using Internet to search for homes
94% of 24-44 year olds are using Internet in their home buying process
37% of home buyers found their home on the Internet

How can you use these home buying statistics to help sell your home in Los Angeles?

List your home with an internet and social media savvy real estate agent.
Have your home professionally staged so it looks great in person and in on-line photos. Professional staging allows you to make your best first impression on the internet.
Have your home professionally photographed after its staged. Some listing agents include professional photography as part of their marketing because they recognize the difference it makes. Point & shoot photos from a snappy pix camera won’t create a compelling desire to see your home
Make sure your listing agent posts 10-20 photos of your home on the MLS (each MLS limits the number of photos allowed, so number of photos may be different)