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Home Staging works like this:  This living room becomes

THIS LIVING ROOM!

More examples of

BEFORE STAGING                                                                          AFTER STAGING 

These images on the left are a sample of what buyers saw online on the MLS before Staging. Cover the right side and imagine the listing online. Now, cover the left side and see the difference. The benefits of Staging are clear...to buyers. The cost to stage this house was less than 1% of the list price (including the furniture and accessories). Selling real estate is serious business.  It requires serious planning and sometimes serious money to get the job done.  The first price reduction taken on this property before Staging was over 6% and did nothing to increase showings or sell the house. Stage your house...optimally before putting it on the market, but certainly before taking a price reduction.  Fact:  Over 80% of buyers look at pictures online first when deciding which properties to view.  How do yours look?

NOTE: Professional Home Staging is typically TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Ask your accountant.

Complimentary Professional Virtual Tours photographed and produced in-house are among Show-Smart Home Staging's most sought after services.   NOTE: Show-Smart also films and produces virtual tours for a fee on properties we haven't staged. 

Show-Smart! Staged properties CURRENTLY on the market (Look fast. They are selling fast!)

3 Bedroom 2 Bath 1883 Row House 708 N Carolina Ave SE DC Eastern Market area Capitol Hill  Hurry. It's gorgeous!

SOLD to first couple to see it staged on the day we staged it!

5 Bedroom 3.5 Bath 1911 Row House 125 Randolph Place SE DC Oops! Sorry, you missed this one.

SOLD first day of staging!

4 Bedroom 2.5 Bath SFH 8214 Dragonfly Ct Laurel MD Hammond Hills  Under contract within the week of Staging.

3 Bedroom 2 Bath SFH 7819 Yorktown Dr Alexandria VA  Just Staged really cute, expandible 1952 bungalow on a 1/3 acre in Historic Hollin Hall Village (Mt Vernon) Don't wait!  Oops, you waited...SOLD.

1 Bedroom 1 Bath Condo 4029 Benton Street NW DC Glover Park  Offer pending within first month of Staging. SOLD.

1Bedroom 1 Bath Condo 5410 Connecticut Ave NW DC Chevy Chase  Under contract within first month of Staging.  SOLD.

http://www.8810eggertdr.com/wfPhotoGallery.aspx  Lovely home in deep Potomac.  SOLD.

Click below for more samples of recent Show-Smart staging projects.  Find a home similar to your home to see how fantastic yours will look when it is professionally staged.  Remember, it's not so much the age of a property, or whether it is occupied or vacant, but how it shows that counts.

Can you even tell which were vacant or occupied from the virtual tours?  That's the point, to make them look fresh enough for prospective buyers to feel they want to make them their own.  Hint:  Only one of the four below was occupied.  For the answer, look below.

When homes look this good for a relatively small, usually tax-deductible expense and sell 50% faster and 6-10% higher than comparable unstaged homes, it is simply smarter to put your home on the market Professionally Staged, to Show-Smart!

Leisure World - A Show-Smart! Staged 2-Master Luxury Condo

Misty Knoll - A Show-Smart! Staged 10-year-old Single-Family Home

Windy Knoll - A Show-Smart! Staged 20-year-old Single-Family Home

Calvert Lane - A Show-Smart! Staged 40-year-old Single-Family Home

Call Patricia at SHOW-SMART Home Staging (757) 619-9789 now to discuss transforming your property to Show-Smart enough to bring on the buyers in a hurry.

ANSWER:  Misty Knoll was owner-occupied at the time of Staging.  And, with a 6-year-old child in residence!