Why the styling that sells an apartment won't sell an acreage A small apartment and a five-bedroom acreage home need completely different furniture. That sounds obvious, and it still catches people out. What works depends on the home itself, and on the buyers most likely to walk through it at the first open. Here is how it changes across the homes we see most. Small apartments need to feel bigger Furniture that's the right size for the room helps buyers understand how the space works. Furniture that's too big does the opposite. A small apartment [...]

Getting your home ready to sell: what order to do things inMost sellers know roughly what needs doing. Paint, garden, a few repairs, photos, styling. What trips people up is the order, because some of those jobs block others and you only find out when the truck can't come.Here's the sequence that works, assuming you're four to six weeks out from photo day. 1. Your agent, first  This surprises people, because a lot of sellers want the home ready before they bring an agent through. Some of them are trying to get it styled before the appraisal, [...]

Why the smallest properties get the biggest return from stylingIf you are weighing up styling a small apartment for sale, here is the part most sellers get backwards. The smaller the property, the bigger the return you tend to get from styling it. A compact one or two-bedroom apartment is often the property that gains the most from being styled well, not the least.That sounds wrong the first time you hear it. Surely a big family home has more to gain. But the reason comes down to how buyers judge a small space, how hard these apartments are to sell [...]

Does home staging actually make you money? Written by Jake Shorter, co-owner of Foxy Home Staging. The maths side of staging is my thing, so I'll keep it straight. Not whether it looks nice. Whether it puts more money in your pocket when you sell. We've styled more than 8,500 homes through Foxy, and more than 10,000 across our three staging businesses in South East Queensland. My wife Phoebe talks about staging from the design and creative side. I'm the numbers guy, so I want to walk through the side that matters most when you're actually selling: the maths. [...]

Will Home Staging Put Holes in My Walls? Yes - but probably fewer than you'd think, and you're unlikely to have to do anything about them. This is one of the most common questions sellers ask before staging, and it's a fair one. You've often just spent thousands repainting and preparing the home for sale. The idea of someone putting fresh holes in those walls feels like a step backwards. Here's what actually happens. The short version Our stylists hang artwork in rooms where it changes how the property photographs and presents at open homes. [...]