Introduction to Home Staging

I am just curious: when sellers or realities stage a home with towels, plants, nick-nacks…etc., what happens to those things when the house is sold? Do they belong to the seller or does the buyer actually take them back for other staging purposes?

Just curious…thanks!

they belong to whoever provided them. if the seller hired a staging company, the staging company owns them probably – buyer certainly does not get them – you should be moving into an empty house unless you bought a house including furniture, etc ( I did that 2 yrs ago) – there wasn’t anything "staged" though

Staging is getting a house ready when it goes on the market.

maybe, you’ll have to look around your community, I’m sure you can find a real estate agent who will give you some tips, and there are so many tips online. Theres everything from baking cookies to putting up family pictures to painting your walls white to decluttering your home.

Just google ‘House Staging tips’ http://www.hgtv.com/real-estate/30-cant-miss-staging-tips/index.html

Western Europe is in Post-Christian stage.

Of course Atheism, rational thinking and Islam are filling the void
But apart from those three can you tell anything that is sweeping Europe?

The void is filled with education, intelligence and reason.

Whenever I walk over to my budgies cage either to refill his food or water, or to accompany him, or when I try and get him use to having me around he will fluff up and shake his tail, I got him yesterday so I`m pretty sure hes not fully sure about my house yet but I`m just wondering why he does this.

Sounds to me like your companion is happy and relaxed – bravo and congrats.

We have a breeding pair and the last couple batches of babies have died from this. Today, the mother died too.
They were acting lethargic, fluffing feathers, laying down and had crusty droppings that stuck to their opening.
I’m just wondering what to do about the other birds in our house. Can they catch it?

I could be nice and find you a sugar coated "it’ll be fiiine" answer, but honestly, if your pets are dying, you shouldve been at an avian vet a long time ago. One batch is a coincidence, but so many dead birds is obvious reason for concern and reason to take more action than yahoo answers. It could be a reaction to the environmet, genetic, contagious, ect. Talking to a vet immediatly would be your best bet.

Some guy threw a piece of fluff at my house, this angered me, so I got revenge by launching a 20 ton boulder at his house causing it to collapse. I then noticed that my boulder was the tiniest bit damaged from the collision with the house, I was very annoyed and set fire to the man’s car. But the flames from the car burnt one percent of the shirt I was wearing, how should I get even with the man? Best anwser for a good suggestion.

Ring his bell then run away

I am in a writing course and have been using bits of a novel I wrote but still in it’s early stages during the course as a guide. Now we have to write an introduction and synopsis. I am afraid that if I reveal the story somebody will pinch my idea. But it will help me with the novel. Any suggestions?

Copyright your work… that way, no one can steal it.

Then you can discuss it without worrying

my parakeet is fluffed up and has his head tucked into hes left wing
he has been lethargic and has sat on the floor of the cage all day
he cannot stand on a perch for even only a few minutes because i dont think he has the strength to do so
i dont know if he has been eatting or drinking because i wasn’t home the whole day
but i remember two days ago i got him a new box of spray millets and he was nibbling away on them happily

my parakeet is sick, isnt he?
how should i take care of him through the night just until tomorrow when i can take him to the vett
i want him to live through tonight

Get warm lamp next to his cage.
Spray millet two days ago isnt real substantial food. Make sure they never ever run out of food….a quality budgie seed blend.
They can go without water sometimes but never without food.
Try and be more careful and attentive about keeping this bird fed and fed well.

I am tasked with selling my mother’s house now that she has gone into a nursing home. The realtor is insisting that I complete a long shopping/decorating list to "stage" the house for sale. I had assumed it would be sold empty, after a few necessary repairs and upgrades.

The idea of staging completely throws off my timeline in terms of having an estate sale to sell furniture, etc., having the house professionally cleaned by a service, having the hardwood floors refinished, etc., etc., etc. It makes a really complicated, stressful job a whole lot worse for me.

Is staging really necessary or can I just tell her I want to sell it empty? I’m not looking to soak every possible dollar out of the sale, I just want to get it done.

Thank you.

They are only suggesting what they think will sell the house more quickly. You are the seller and in control and remember they are working for you. So do what you want to do, if they insist, get another agent.
Good luck.

Are there necessary certifications and/or training? What else do I need to know about this business? Any books that can be recommended? Websites? Thank you!

You need to know how to explain to people that their kids’ art has to come off the fridge, and painting over the purple wall in the living room is well worth the money. Anyone can pack up people’s stuff and clean off shelves and garages. Psychology and tact are the skills that are the hardest to master, especially when it comes to religious and/or ethnic themes and items. Negotiation skills will serve you well, and an understanding of different personality types, biases, and traditions.

Connections with realtors will be almost mandatory. Work for free for 6-8 homes to get some experience and references if you do not already have a customer base that is easily reachable.