Furniture Rental For Home Staging Helps Increase Sale Price

Home staging is a fast-growing industry. It’s for good reason. Homes staged with good-looking, trend-conscious and neutral furnishings sell, on average, faster and for a better price than homes that have not been properly staged.

Not every home comes to a listing agent in this well-staged condition. Some homes are vacant, others are in need of a little TLC and still others need a total overhaul. No matter what the condition of the home, most issues can be corrected with a comprehensive plan that a stager can deliver, in addition to furniture rental for home staging.

It’s hard to make a vacant home look warm and inviting. Empty rooms will always look cold and uninviting. Contrary to popular belief, an empty room usually looks smaller instead of larger. There is no place for the eye to rest, no point of reference to give it an impression of scale. It’s hard to imagine whether or not a king sized bed will fit in a room unless you actually see a king sized bed in the room, for example.

Many home buyers need help in imagining the possibilities of a room setting. They want to see at least an inkling of what a room is to be used for and what furnishing should be in it, and cues to how a room could be set up. If a home is vacant, that’s a tough thing to accomplish. Rental furniture can provide the sense of scale and purpose that buyers need to see in order to understand the home’s square footage.

Some homes, while not vacant, may need a little updating or a few adjustments in décor. Perhaps the owner’s taste in upholstery runs toward the bright or loud. Maybe a homeowner adores antiques and showcases them throughout the house. While neither of these things is necessarily bad, if the market in this example is one targeted to young professionals with a more modern sensibility, the home will be at a disadvantage in the market. In this case, making the home look more attractive to potential buyers may mean switching out a few key pieces with neutral rental furniture to make it just a little more attractive to the market.

Real estate agents occasionally list a home that is in need of more than a little tweak here and there. Some need a complete makeover. Outdated, dirty or unattractive furnishings will make an entire home look old and unkempt. Occasionally, an agent will suggest clearing out the home entirely and replacing everything with rental furnishings from a high quality company like Brook Furniture Rental.

Furniture for home staging should be neutral in style and color in order to be attractive to the widest pool of buyers. Just a few notes of color here and there will be plenty to keep the room fresh and interesting. A trained staff person at Brook Furniture Rental can be a resource in the staging process and will be able to help you choose the best pieces to stage a home whether you are the home owner, a professional home stager or a real estate agent.