WAYNE, PA – Most Americans only have one home to sell and typically that home is not a new construction or vacant home. In today’s market home sellers are more and more aware that they need to use a professional home stager to make their used or resale home appeal to the most potential buyers. Since budget is often a concern, home sellers are hesitant to hire professional help and either does not stage their home or attempts to do it on their own.
Fortunately for home sellers Hart & Associates Staging and Design’s Virtual Real Estate Staging Services provides a new and affordable home staging solution for every home seller’s budget. Unlike other virtual home staging companies which photo shop digital furniture into vacant rooms and do not actually change the home the buyer will visit, Hart Staging focuses on resale or furnished homes and advises clients on what to do in their homes, using their things, to get the results they want. The process is simple: clients visit a website, fill out a client profile, select the staging plan that works for their budget and upload pictures of the rooms they want staged. Kate Hart, an award winning home staging expert, then delivers them a custom proposal by the next business day. Clients can then email follow up questions and send Hart pictures of their rooms once their staging assignments are completed.
Traditionally home sellers will meet with a home staging professional in their home or hire a staging team to do the physical hands on staging. In addition to staging, home sellers often invest in repainting, new carpet and updating their homes. Hart feels her plan allows home sellers to keep more dollars in their pockets to put towards any needed updates. She explains, “People move for many reasons, death, divorce, loss of job, a need to reduce living expenses. By helping clients online we can service them on their time and within their budget. My goal is simple- to give clients expert advice about what to do to prepare their home for sale and to help them save money for any updates they need to make that will add more value to their homes.”
Virtual staging is not a new concept for Hart. She began offering virtual staging services as a convenience for her clients in 2005 however did not realize how this online innovation could help more and more Americans sell their homes until the recent economic downturn. She explains, “In the beginning I used virtual staging to assist clients of mine that had sold their homes and moved to other parts of the country and wanted me to give them advice about their new homes. Our new Virtual Real Estate Staging Services now allows me to help any home seller, in any home town, sell any home.” Hart understands virtual home staging cannot replace a professional visiting a home in person and offers clients a free staging guide that addresses the factors she cannot assess online such as cleanliness, odor, and lighting. If a client determines they need a staging professional to come to their home, Hart can match the home seller with a local home stager through Select Home Stagers, her network of staging professionals. For more information and to download a free Property Presentation Plan visit www.hartstaging.com or www.virtualhomestagingservices.com
