Beware of Being Fooled By Home Staging

According to a report just out, it is too easy to be fooled by home staging. Home staging is a term that we are gradually becoming familiar with. It is the idea that we try to create the best impression of our home when selling the house. It used to be just run the vacuum over it and do the dishes but nowadays there is a whole set of rules to follow!

The idea is, that a staged home stands out from all the others and therefore gets sold more quickly. It certainly can be carried to extremes with reports of sellers hiring storage units to cart their junk off to. Larger items of furniture are encouraged to be put into storage by professional 'home stagers' so that the house looks bigger and more spacious

Another instruction is to remove anything personal like photographs, so that the prospective buyer can visualize the house as their own. Closets are de-cluttered so that they look more spacious and all bathroom paraphernalia is supposed to be gone from the counter top! Garbage bins are even removed and hidden from sight.

However it has been suggested that home staging can also be deliberately used to hide a multitude of sins!

The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA, who solely represent buyers in the realty business) has suggested that as much as 82% of buyers are sidetracked from the important issues by a well-staged house. This organization also concedes that home staging nets more cash and faster sales - so it works!

Some of the underhand tricks used in staging can include using smaller furniture to make a room look larger, placing rugs over damaged parts of the floor, or using curtains to hide rotting sills. Also specified is the practice of putting a cheap paint job on to cover defects. Your realtor is legally obligated to let you know of any defects, but only if he actually knows about them!

Buyers are urged by the NAEBA to be cautious and to remember that when the house is sold, the stage is taken away. The tricks of home staging do not improve the floor plan, or the square footage of the home or the quality of the neighborhood, and these are the qualities that you will be re-selling at a later date.

Posted by Loice Easter on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Latitude: 30.574135 -- Longitude: -98.27818

ZIP Codes for Marble Falls, Texas	78654 78657
Area Code for Marble Falls, Texas	830
Time zone for Marble Falls, Texas	CST

Other Area Cities: Marble Falls, TX Burnet, TX

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Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,959 at the 2000 census. Marble Falls is 45 minutes west of Austin and 85 miles north of San Antonio. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes, the largest chain of lakes in Texas. In 1854, Indian fighter and confederate general, Adam R. "Stovepipe" Johnson, a former Confederate States Army general, viewed the natural marble falls and panoramic countryside, and envisioned the hill country to be his future home. He left for his native Kentucky to fight in the American Civil War, tragically losing his eyesight in an 1864 battle. Yet, never forgetting his dream, Johnson returned to Burnet County and formed the Texas Mining and Improvement Company with a group of nine investors. Marble Falls was officially founded on July 12, 1887, when lots were put on sale by TM&I. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Texas 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Marble Falls	Texas	United States
Population	4,959	20,851,820	281,421,906
Median age	35.7	32.3	35.3
Median age for Male	33	31.3	34
Median age for Female	37.8	33.4	36.5
Households	1,931	7,393,354	105,480,101
Household population	4,838	20,290,711	273,643,273
Average household size	2.51	2.74	2.59
Families	1,267	5,247,794	71,787,347
Average family size	3.1	3.28	3.14
Housing units	2,085	8,157,575	115,904,641
Occupied units	1,931	7,393,354	105,480,101
Vacant units	154	764,221	10,424,540

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Beware of Being Fooled By Home Staging

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Latitude: 30.574135 -- Longitude: -98.27818

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