12,527 Home Stagers

What is home staging?

Home and house staging can involve any number of techniques. If you think your current interiors will be appealing to potential buyers then you may just need the help of home staging services to make sure your home is impeccably clean, tidy and organised; ready for viewings. Or a home stager may wish to hide the more personal touches of your home, such as photographs and souvenirs, and make it more neutral so new buyers can see the property as a blank canvas rather than someone else’s home.

On the other end of the scale, a home stager can radically change your home if necessary, by redesigning rooms, repainting or revamping the whole house in order to increase the property value. Home staging companies may even wish to change the exterior of your house in order to make your home more inviting. For example, they could repaint your front door and windows, clean up the frames, weed the garden and add extra touches like elegant door numbers and potted plants. The level of house staging services property staging companies offer will vary and they may actually work with other contractors to carry out their work, such as painters and cleaners. Here are some related professionals and vendors to complement the work of home stagers: Interior Designers & Decorators, Photographers, Estate Agents.

Having a discussion with an experienced home staging professional will help you decide what you need to do to your home to increase its selling value; whether it’s a case of simply home dressing or styling, or if you should really redesign and redecorate your home. Even if you’re not selling your home but instead want to get some house staging tips for hosting VIP guests or a special event, or perhaps you own a property or room that you rent out and you want to dress it up for photos, then home staging experts can offer their advice and staging services for these too.

Questions to ask a home stager:

• What sort of home staging services do you offer?
  
• What type of training and experience do you have in house staging?
  
• Do you offer any sort of guarantee on the sale of the property?
  
• What do you recommend changing in my home?
  
• Will you source new furniture and products for my home if needed?
  
• Do you work with other contractors to carry out your home staging services?
  
• Can I set a budget? What happens if costs exceed the budget?
  
• Do you work with particular estate agents for selling properties?
  

Find a home stager on Houzz. Narrow your search in the Professionals section of the website to home staging professionals. You can also look through photos by style to find a room you like, then contact the professional who staged it.