Backyards sell lifestyles sell homes. Backyards are the big reason apartment dwellers move up to single family homes. Our designers help your buyers visualize this lifestyle by staging the backyard with some nice patio furniture, cocktails, barbecue grill and may be even a swimming pool.
Virtual Home Staging is often misunderstood as being deceptive and we dispel the myths
Virtual Staging is now part of mainstream Real Estate Marketing strategy where Listing Agents and Homeowners choose to digitally furnish photos of vacant or poorly furnished listings instead of renting real furniture. Despite being proven to work, some agents still refuse to see the value of Virtual Staging and argue that it should not be part of an effective Real Estate Marketing plan.
What follows is our response to the common concerns and questions raised by Real Estate Agents, most of whom have later turned into our customers and believers of Virtual Staging.
Agent Myth #1: Virtual staging is misrepresenting the property
Virtual home staging involves staging pictures of rooms with virtual furniture and accessories. Just like traditional staging, it is a visual tool to help buyers imagine and visualize their future homes. With virtual staging we never make structural changes to the house like changing floors, walls or lighting. We are only inserting furniture and accessories into the photos to show the rooms as furnished. So there is no misrepresentation since the house has not been modified in any way.
Agent Myth #2: Virtual staging is against MLS rules and regulations
After having staged over 50000 homes for 90% of the MLS’s in the country, we have seen that MLS organizations have no objections with Virtual Staging as long as it is properly disclosed in the listing that the property has been virtually staged to showcase the future to potential buyers. It is also a good idea to include both before and after Virtually Staged photos for clarity.
Drew Scott, the beloved TV host from HGTV hit show Property Brothers, chooses PadStyler for 3D Renderings and Virtual Staging. Drew’s social media followers submitted photos of their outdated homes. Drew used PadStyler to showcase how these rooms could be renovated and refurnished into attractive living spaces.
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No storage. Create a space that shows maximum function with ample storage.
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Keeping original Character or adding Character that ties into era of home.
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Be careful not to over-renovate. You will most likely be competing with new builds in your neighborhood. Create flow and more open concept feel.
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Utilize the space. Update with new cabinets new countertops new lighting and new flooring.
One of our clients wrote an article about her experience with PadStyler virtual home staging. Definitely worth a read if you are on the fence about trying out virtual staging. http://sharonpower.masspropertyvalues.com/blog/Is+Virtual+Staging+For+You
Proves that sunny skies and greener grass help sell homes faster and for more money.
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PadStyler (https://www.padstyler.com) today announced that it is launching an industry first virtual curb appeal enhancement service to help real estate agents sell homes faster. This new service offering is a natural extension for PadStyler, which already provides virtual home staging and real estate marketing consulting services to agents across the world.
As part of this service, PadStyler can take the exterior picture of any real estate listing and enhance it by adding sunnier sky, greener grass and brighter paint. These enhancements instantly boost property appeal of online listings and result in more showing inquiries.
According to National Association of Realtors, 90% of home buyers now search for homes online. On average potential buyers only look at a listing for three seconds while browsing, before deciding to click on it for details. This makes the cover picture of the listing the most important asset that the agent has to make those three seconds count and draw the buyers in.
During a pilot run of this new service, listings that had exterior images enhanced by PadStyler saw on average 32% more clicks per day as compared to the same listings without enhanced exterior images, resulting in 24% more showing inquiries. “Mood sells houses. If you can put buyers in a better mood, you have just raised your chances of selling that house.†said CJ Singh, PadStyler CEO. “You can’t always take your property photos on the best possible day when the weather is perfect and landscaping is at its best, that’s where our virtual curb appeal enhancement comes in.â€
In addition to the standard exterior enhancements, PadStyler virtual curb appeal enhancement service has also been extended to do things like virtual snow removal, fixing exterior imperfections, improved landscaping and more with great results.
PadStyler.com, based in Boise, Idaho, provides affordable virtual home staging and real estate marketing solutions to real estate agencies around the world to help them sell homes faster, and for more money. PadStyler backs all its services with a 100% money back guarantee.
