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Capital Home Staging & Design
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How to sell your home around Halloween with out scaring buyers away!!

Selling your home near Halloween can be SCARY!.....
You have to keep in mind your Halloween decor while selling your home. Buyers will not appreciate going up to a home that scares them till next week! Their is a way to decorate your home for Halloween so your kids can still enjoy the fun but you don't scare away potential buyers! Here are a few tips.....

1) Go for "PG" rated think kids and don't go over the top (this year)
2) Reduce the amount of exterior scare, no cobwebs, spiders, things that jump out you want buyers to WANT to enter the home not run away screaming.
3) Interior should have festive small pumpkins, gourds, arranged decoratively, you can even get the kids to paint fun faces on the mini pumpkins. This is more fun, cute and definitely won't scare buyers away!

It only takes one time to scare away a buyer do you really want to take that chance over a 1 day kids holiday?? Kristy Morrison
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What is the best secret weapon for any business???? Business Coach!

Plain and simple.......an amazing business coach!
A business coach will evaluate where you stand in your industry what you are doing well and what you can improve on as well as help you think outside the box and create ways to draw attention to your business!

Working day in and day out in your business or on your business can wear you down mentally so your "creative" aspects can not shine and eventually....in a worst case scenario you let things slide and become an after thought which is the WORST thing for your business.....becoming an after thought. In my company being TOMA (top of mind always) is very important to me for Capital Home Staging & Design which is why I love working with and having our weekly coaching meetings Mary Anne Gillispie of "Red Apple Coaching" MAG is high energy, honest, creative, and inspiring to me as a business owner! One of the greatest ideas thought up by MAG was an alternate world in a space that appears to be normal.......a fully staged tent in the middle of a golf course at a local golf tournament! I thought of sponsoring a golf hole before but how can I make it memorable???.......well this definitely made it memorable! I was able to bring out couches, accessories, art, rugs, lamps, tables, food etc and having this on my sponsored hole where I was able to meet some great real estate agents that I hope to develop a strong business relationship with!

MAG knows that I have big plans for my company and I am confident that with her on my right arm I can stay focused and obtain my short and long term goals. It is important to have someone there you can talk to, count on and brainstorm with! So, if you are in business whether you are an agent, stager, mortgage broker etc who has their own business and you want to stay focused or even obtain help with goal setting or thinking outside the box then call MAG at RED APPLE COACHING. You will not regret it!! http://www.redapplecoaching.ca/

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Capital Home Staging & Design
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Why Painting prior to sale is important...Capital Home Staging & Design, Ottawa ontario

Have you ever wondered why it is suggested to paint a house prior to sale? your selling it anyways so what\'s the point??  Well if you like money in your pocket and not left on the table when it comes to selling read on.....

Painting a house in most cases is an excellent investment of time, money and effort. Everyone in this whole world is different, we all have likes, dislikes, beliefs, and religions so why do you think everyone will like YOUR house the way YOU have it decorated? As a professional stager it is our job to help clients neutralize the home so it appeals to the most amount of buyers in the least amount of time as well as help the clients maximize the value of the home.....now how can you maximize the value of the home you say well there are many different factors that we can assess and help you out with but let\'s start with PAINT.

1) Neutral Colours:
As mentioned everyone is different so do you think your pastel painted house will appeal to buyers who like dark rich colours or even vice versa?? No they wont and they will feel that they have to paint it BEFORE they move in because the just cant live like that.....When it comes to selling a home keep it neutral which is earthy tones. You can have some "colour" but it\'s harder to pull off with out assessing the home tans, creams, beige, taupe, brown-grey, etc are all colours that would appeal to the "majority" of buyers. FUN NOTE: Did you know that brown is made by mixing all of the colours together which is easy on the eyes which in lighter shades allows people to like the colour more widely!

2) New paint is CRISP & CLEAN
Buyers LOVE to have a crisp, clean home that feels fresh and inviting. Paint has a hard job standing up to us and life with all of our traffic of coming and going, our kids, our pets and the weather and light bleaching. All of these factors can easily make paint feel old, tired, and sad which makes the whole home feel that way too. New paint is new life and buyers love when it feels fresh.

3) Eliminates any odours
Odour is the #1 thing that buyers pay attention to and odours come from may things, smoking, pets, cooking, even crafts of making soaps. This can put off buyers so painting the walls will help eliminate any odours present.

There are 3 strong and very important factors as to why you should paint your home prior to sale.

Capital Home Staging & Design
Putting Capital Back Into Your Home
 

Kristy Morrison

Property Stylist & CEO

613-832-8958

www.CapitalHomeStagingAndDesign.ca

 

-RESA Rookie of the year finalist (2009 & 2010) for all of North America

-BBB Torch Award Winner for Marketplace Ethics.

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Fake furniture for staging? Capital Home Staging & Design, Ottawa

An AMAZING alternative for quick stagings of small low-medium priced properties!! Next stage furniture is a US company and this invention is genius....Because I loved the idea of having options for my clients I JUMPED on this idea and was the FIRST company to bring in an option to our Ottawa clients!!

Above you can see the corrugated cardboard pieces of furniture assembled and dressed up with accessories so it looks like a regular functioning couch.....and YES you can sit on it as this unit can hold up to 1000lbs but unfortunately can't with stand the wrath of little jumping kids! Lol

One property we staged with this inventory received $40,000 over the original asking price!!

This is an excellent opportunity to stage a home on a budget!


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Capital Home Staging & Design
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What is a Home Staging Contract? - Capital Home Staging & Design, Ottawa Ontario www.CapitalHomeStagingAndDesign.ca

I am frequently asked what is a staging contract and why do some companies have them and some don’t. Well contracts are a safe guard for you the home owner AND the company where everything is outlined as to what is to be done so both parties are on the same page. Each company will have different contacts and different policies but EVERY company should have some sort of contract for the home owners, if they don’t then I would run the other way as it is VERY unprofessional to work with a company and not have a set outline of what to expect! Here are a few contracts and what they are for that you may encounter;

1)      Staging agreement form: This is an agreement between the home owner and the company outlining the staging process, that items will be moved around the home and that the home owner is ok with that as well as notifying the home owner that art will be moved and rehung resulting in small nail holes in the wall (typically the responsibility of the home owner to fix if required but I would say 9.5 times out of 10 the nail holes do not need to be fixed) and this is also where the home owners can outline items they DO NOT want moved or touched by the company.

2)      Inventory agreement form: This agreement is typically used when inventory of rental items are used with in a home. From a full house to a few accessories you should expect a agreement form. This form typically outlines terms of the rental as far as condition of inventory, what happens if there is a break in, theaft, damage to the product etc as well as how long the inventory is rented for and when is the renewal or pick up date is.

3)      Consultation agreement: This agreement is not required but may be prefered by some companies to have one as it is more for their own benefit. This agreement will outline that during the staging time you allow the comapany to take before and after photo’s and allow them use the photo’s in any marketing way they deem necessary. And this may also  include a clause for publishing list and sale price which is considered private unless agreed upon by the home owner.

Each agreement should be clearly outlined for the job and leave no questions to the home owner, if you have questions always ask and never leave it unaddressed as that will be the time something goes wrong and it should have been oulined before.

Don’t be afraid of a contract as they are designed to benefit the both parties, it is best to know what to expect than to deal with it in the middle of a crisis or mishap!

Kristy Morrison

Property Stylist & CEO

613-832-8958

www.CapitalHomeStagingAndDesign.ca

 

-RESA Rookie of the year finalist (2009 & 2010) for all of North America

-BBB Torch Award Winner for Marketplace Ethics.

We are on: Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, Active Rain, Blogger, YouTube.

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FULL HOUSE LIQUIDATION- Everything inside MUST GO (OTTAWA, KANATA, GARAGE SALE,)

Capital Home Staging & Design is helping their client liquidate EVERYTHING she owns with in her home, including the house.

EVERYTHING must go, we are liquidating every item with in the home so she can leave the country to see family. DO NOT CALL OR CONTACT EARLIER THAN THE OPEN HOUSE DATE WE WILL NOT "PRE-SELL" ANYTHING!

WHEN: Saturday June 12 @9-2 & Sunday June 13th @1-4
WHERE: 15 BALDING CRESS Kanata

WHAT: Here is a list of items that you will find for sale.
-Living room sets (leather couches, vintage couches, tables, lamps etc)
-Music: CD's, Piano, Electric Organ,
-Dining room sets (Designer tables, wooden tables, buffet hutches, leather chairs, 3 brown leather bar stools, 4 black leather designer bar stools)
-Books, Decorations, Artwork,
-Book shelves, storage shelves,
-Tv's, tv stands,
-Kitchen items (fine china sets, regular china sets, etc)
-Bedroom sets -Master bedroom set, 3 adult bedroom sets,
-OFFICE furniture -furniture for 4-5 offices, drafting tables,

-AND Of course THE STUNNING HOUSE!

FORMAT: Smaller items are CASH & CARRY, Larger items such as furniture will be sold in a bidding format much like an auction, the purchasing clients will be able to pick up the furniture AT A LATER DATE (once the home has sold)

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS please contact Capital Home Staging & Design at info@chsd.ca

Kristy Morrison

Property Stylist & CEO

613-832-8958

www.CapitalHomeStagingAndDesign.ca

-RESA Rookie of the year finalist (2009 & 2010) for all of North America

-BBB Torch Award Winner for Marketplace Ethics.

We are on: Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, Active Rain, Blogger, YouTube.

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