Sold for $11,200 over list price within four days
Leah – Please find attached a write up about our success with your home staging services. I’ve kept it short and sweet, but must let you know that I have a lot more positive words to say. Your knowledge, tips for shopping, and gracious, businesslike manner made it a pleasure to work with you. Thanks again for your assistance in making our sale a success. We really appreciated it!
To Anybody contemplating the services provided by Leah Armstrong of House to Home ReDesigns: I first met Leah at the Home Show in Coquitlam in April 2006. Although I was initially very torn about spending $250 for her services, am I ever glad that I did! The real question, however, was “Where do we start?” Carpets were stained, linoleum was cut incorrectly, pipes were showing, rooms were dark, etc. $250 for a consultant seemed like a lot of money, especially since I had read a number of articles about staging and had compiled a long list of little things that I could do (changing light bulbs, washing windows, putting flowers by the door, clearing the clutter etc). Would she really come and tell me more than I already knew? Yes, she certainly did.
Prior to Leah coming, we invited two real estate agents to come by to let us know what we would sell our home for ‘as is’. The first one said, “$239,000.” The second realtor said that she would list it for somewhere between $239,000 and $249,000, probably closer to $249,000. I could see, however, that her enthusiasm for the house was not very high. After meeting with Leah and spending roughly $6600, we asked the second agent to come back and the first word she said was, “WOW”. She couldn’t believe the change! We agreed to put it on the market for $254,900 and within four days of the initial showing, we had a done deal at $266,100 ($11,200 over list price). In short, for an investment of $6600 we had a return of $27,100.. Am I glad I that I hired Leah? You bet!!!
- Jackie N. & Dan C. Port Coquitlam June 2006
