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15 Meaningful Home Improvements for Sellers
Mannie Tantawy, a certified home stager in Woodbridge, Virginia, says wallpaper needs to be removed before showing to potential buyers.
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Featured in The Washington Times
Cover story: Buyers warm up to homes with fireplaces
To show off a fireplace to its maximum appeal, Manuela Tantawy, owner of the Staging Fashionista in Woodbridge, said the first step is to eliminate all the personal items from the mantle.
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Home Staging for Northern VA, DC and MD
Home staging is the art of selling a home faster by transforming a home to make it more appealing to the right buyer by making a home memorable. Proper home staging accentuates the positives of a home and sets inviting scenes throughout a home that attract the targeted buyers for that demographic area.
What We Do?
We emphasize a home’s focal points and create inviting scenes throughout a home that appeals to buyers. We do this by looking at a home and assessing the best features and focusing our staging efforts around those features. When staging, we give each room a purpose so buyers know the function of each room or get an idea of how to use a room. Just like you would dress yourself for an interview for your dream job, we dress your home for the right buyer. We provide a variety of home staging services to meet your needs so contact us for more information and a free estimate.
Facts About Home Staging
- Home staging sells homes.
- Staged homes sell an average of 17% higher then unstaged homes (HUD)
- Occupied staged homes spend 89% less time on the market then occupied unstaged homes (RESA)
- Vacant staged homes spend 85% less time on the market then vacant unstaged homes (RESA)
- Home staging maximizes home equity
- Home staging is an excellent marketing tool for realtors and homeowners
- Home buyers decide within 8 seconds of seeing a home whether they like a home or not
- You only have one chance to make a good first impression and staging will help do that
- Home staging is affordable and will cost less then your first price reduction
- Home staging has become a necessity not a luxury in today’s competitive market
