Home Staging - The Concept

Why home staging works:

Avoids reducing the selling price
Attracts a wider range of potential buyers
Encourages a quicker sale and reduces time on the market
Buyers are unimaginative
Buyers are busy
They are paying a lot and therefore expect a lot for their money
Buyers want to buy a dream

Home staging is about preparing a house prior to and in readiness for sale. The aim of home staging is to sell a home quickly and for as much money as possible, by attracting the highest number of potential buyers.

This is achieved by improving a property so that it appeals to a broad array of people. Home Staging transforms houses into welcoming, appealing and attractive properties for sale.

We are passionate about home staging because we know it works. To us here at HelpBees it is an obvious choice, in fact we believe it’s a must if you really want to sell your property.

The idea is to spend a minimum budget to maximum effect ensuring a quick sale for a premium price. Home staging often increases the value of a property by reducing the visibility of the property’s flaws, decluttering, de-personalising, cleaning and improving the living space. When carried out professionally and properly, home staging will focus the potential buyers' attention towards attractive features whilst minimising flaws.

In order to sell your property quickly and profitably you need to get a professional opinion on its look because how you live in your home and how you prepare your house for sale are two completely different concepts. A professional stager is highly trained and has the skills needed to see your property from a buyer’s perspective and the ability to turn it into the kind of house they could only ever dream of.

As a professional home stager, HelpBees often uses furniture, artwork, plants, rugs and accessories to improve the look and feel of a property. Home staging creates a living space that the potential buyers can really ‘see’ themselves in. For this reason we also stage empty properties with temporary furniture and accessories – great for show apartments or for vacant possessions.

The Benefits:

Research shows that on average a potential buyer decides if they are attracted to a house or not in the first 60 seconds – so first impressions are crucial. Buyers will buy the best home at the best price that meets their needs. Home stagers provide a valuable service by ensuring buyers see your home in the best light and that it stands head and shoulders above the rest. This is vital in a competitive or saturated real estate market such as the one here on the Costa del Sol.

Refusing to spend money on the house you are leaving is often a false economy. A professional home stager will be able to recommend how to make maximum changes for minimum spend and will generally ensure you make a return on any investment made, sell your house and not miss out on the home you are hoping to buy.

But don’t take our word for it – check out the facts and figures for yourself…

In an American study, sales of houses were compared between those that were not staged prior to viewing – Group A - and those that were, Group B. The results speak for themselves. Group A properties spent an average of 30.9 days on the market before selling. Group B sold in an average of 13.9 days, about half the time it took the test group A to sell. In Group A houses sold at an average of 1.6 per cent over their offer price. Houses in Group B sales were on average 6.3 per cent above the asking price, nearly four times more than the other group.