Unfortunately for truth-seekers and transparency buffs, the real estate business is full of fluff.
Sellers will believe anything that makes it sound like they will get more money for their house – they are literally blinded by greed. Realtors are happy to feed those egos with stories about how their millions of dollars worth of staging will result in more money. I saw one today that said her staging will bring a 300% return – doesn’t that sound enticing?
Today’s buyers are too educated on the market, and would much rather see an attractive price. Sellers don’t have to give them away, just be reasonable – and please don’t think that you are going to get an extra 10% to 20% because your realtor threw some extra-large pillows on the sofa!
Here is my exterior staging package, provided free of charge – and its effectiveness is 100%!
Spend more time and energy on getting the price right! Remember the old adage, “you can spend a million dollars on advertising, but if the price isn’t right, the house won’t sell!”
Was the the freeway noise in the background? Seems kinda loud…
Looks much nicer – good improvement.
What did that curb appeal/spruce-up cost?
here’s my unsolicited two cents…next time, just use simple plants/shrubs, not a hodge-podge of different things – the phrase “dog’s breakfast” comes to mind. A tall spiral juniper in a pot by the front door with 3 small potted plats of the same variety would have been a little more ‘classier.’ Simple boxwoods along the walkway could be nice too.
“here’s my unsolicited two cents…next time, just use simple plants/shrubs, not a hodge-podge of different things – the phrase “dog’s breakfast” comes to mind.”
It looks fine to me. If you’re going to go to the trouble of getting new plants, might as well get something bright and flowering.
the orchid is a bit of a strange choice for outside but definitely a good improvement over before