Staged & SOLD In Three Days With EIGHT Offers. Find Out Why ...

This Ravenna neighborhood house in Seattle, WA was staged and received eight offers in three days and was sold for more than the asking price.

The 2012 Greater Seattle Area real estate market has started in a strong way here in the Greater Seattle Area and those of us here at Seattle Staged To Sell are just THRILLED for our clients!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?They have been meeting their sales goals and sometimes, even surpassing them.

Staged and SOLD with eight offers

From our initial visit, we knew this house would appeal to many different groups of people, but we didn?t anticipate getting EIGHT offers. ?Let?s review what we had to do to get the house ready for the market.

First, we met at the home with Michael Ackerman, the listing agent, as well as the home sellers before they moved to California. After a careful walk-through, we created a list of projects that needed to be done before the staging took place. ?Since the home sellers were going to be out of town, we stepped in and managed the project.

Therefore, addressing the major issues of the home before it went on the market vs. having them to be called out at inspection was the first step to success. This not only made a stronger first impression, but it also avoided giving the home buyers ammunition to bargain down the asking price for all the work that needed to be done. We contacted Ready-Set-List to take on the major repairs. Below is the?list of the all it had to take place before the house came on the market. ?

• Replace the entire back porch as the wood was completely rotten?
• Refinish the wood floors and add the missing trim
• Paint numerous walls
• Repair and replace several broken windows
• Remove a broken mirror on the closet door in one of the bedrooms
• Re-grout the bathrooms and add the missing trim to the cabinet
• Take down the dog fence?
• Remove the broken shades
• Paint the exterior window trim and fence
• Clean out the garden beds and potted plants
• Shampoo the carpets
• Clean the house and the windows
• STAGE
• Have HD Estates take professional photos and video?

Our staging strategy for this home:

• We used ?the rich red glass lighting above the sink as our inspiration and carried this color throughout the house with our accessories and wall art selections. We love to create a flow for our staged homes with our color choices.
• The dining room had few challenges and was also a pathway to the kitchen and a bedroom as well as the staircase going up. We decided that a round table with four chairs suited this space best. We added a buffet to better define the area while creating a comfortable footpath for the traffic flow.?
• Even though the master bedroom had room for a dresser, we decided not to bring one since it would have blocked the windows with the amazing views of the Green Lake. Instead, we opted out for a trunk and an upholstered bench.
• We wanted to showcase the second bedroom as a teen room and/or a guest bedroom. We used a queen bed and added a chunky chair to showcase the size of the room and to make it more fun. We just took off the legs of the chair to avoid another window blockage.?
• We also chose to create an additional elegant seating area for the entry instead of just using a bench.
• The office/lounge area had the best views of the lake. Because of the winter season, the trees were not in bloom. We chose pillows that had red blossoms and this really gave the feel of how these trees would look ?in the spring and summer months. See if you can spot the picture below. ??As always we also defined and staged the unfinished basement to showcase ALL of the square footage of this home. We don?t believe in ?forgotten spaces?.

We used the red glass kitchen light above the sink as our inspiration and carried the red throughout the house.

It took a collaborative effort to transform this house and make it ready for the market. ?Here is the link to the video of this house made by HD Estates:?

http://hd-estates.com/CraftsmanInRavenna/

Sometimes people think that results like this: ?Staged & SOLD in three days with eight offers? depends only on luck. Yes, we all could use some luck with nice weather for the open houses and a great turn out, but as you can see, lots of work went into this house before it went on the market. And it all started with?motivated and informed home buyers who were willing to invest in their home by having it professionally staged and photographed, teaming up with a star agent, and being willing to pay for the necessary repairs. This situation is truly an inspiration for other home sellers out who are seeking similar results.?

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Source: http://www.seattlestagedtosell.com/2012/02/13/staged-sold-in-three-days-with-eight-offers-find-out-why/

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