Homestaging - Staging of a Property

Ultimately, it’s about the first impression, as with everything in life. And quite a lot of that happens in the subconscious. Come into a dark apartment where it smells like a dead grandma and old furniture is standing around, and your gut and your wife say no. Even if, viewed objectively, it would be the perfect apartment for you, since the basic structure is first class and otherwise everything fits. Then it would also be stupid for you as a buyer. Viewed this way, it can also help you as a buyer.

For me, the question applies: what exactly adds value to HS, is it the painted walls, the cardboard kitchen, the carpet that is supposed to cover the old floor, is it the lighting that makes the place appear brighter, or the actual value of the property?

It is often simply the fact that there are people who have no imagination of what can be made out of a room. How furniture would look, etc. And then also a lot of what [nasenmann] wrote.

Hello, a nice discussion,
while some of you understand the concept of homestaging and its purpose, I want to address a few words to the doubters - without using too many quotes:
Do you still remember what it was like when you were introduced to your love at first sight for the first time?
Did you stammer and later regret not being able to say the right word? Did you later get annoyed that your hair wasn't freshly washed, the fancy new jacket was still hanging in the closet, your belly was tight under the shirt, which also made you look pale, or you just happened to be in a cranky mood? No?
Then you are either an overachiever every day or simply sober-minded, who is not impressed by advertising strategies (which is not to be judged negatively).
But maybe you remember the first date? The fingernails were cleaned for minutes, the shower was used twice as long, and getting dressed took a huge amount of time. Teeth were brushed, the smoker took a chewing gum, shoes were polished. At the beginning of dating, you smile, keep your back straight, endure your beloved, and hold back on the beer for her and rather toast with a glass of champagne.
Are you feeling a spark now?
Does that make you a sham because you later admit to liking one or two beers and not caring for champagne?

Would you rather sleep in a hotel bed that looks new or does it not bother you if it’s still warm from the previous guest and the toothpaste is still sticking to the edge of the sink?
Do you like buying a car whose seat cushions are full of horse and dog hair and smell like cigarette smoke, or a neutral clean car at the same price?

Homestaging is not about covering up defects.
Of course, if dummy furniture is used to cover up defects, that is not right. This kind of behavior would distinguish a good homestager from a bad salesperson who wants to deceive.
A substantially flawed house is basically a hard-to-sell house; even a rundown property does not need to be upgraded, because this kind of property has no intrinsic value, except for the land.

The things that can and should be changed through homestaging also apply to nearly new houses.
Certainly, hits the nail on the head with his example of grandma’s apartment: no one feels comfortable in such a property, so who could blame anyone for decluttering personal items, whitewashing walls, airing out, and distributing contemporary furniture?
Depersonalizing and tidying up is also necessary in relatively new houses without defects. The residents are proud of the young ones’ skills that they can now build with Duplo, and the floor of the children’s room looks like that afterward. The hunting trophies hang threateningly on the wall, and the kitchen cabinets have no more space because madam stacked too much Tupperware in too few cabinets.
There is a cat litter box in the utility room, and unfortunately, the soaked substrate is not only found there.
I do not know if the people who have the sense to imagine a room redesigned also have this sensitivity when it comes to herpes viruses, but even if in the actually optimal property your stomach churns at the sight of an uncleaned toilet, I do not doubt that the interested buyer will not buy.

I don't blame the sellers either. I just think I wouldn't fall for it so easily...

Personally, I would be even more cautious with a "homestaged" property than with a "normal" one.

You can’t see a well-staged place at all

What good is a lighter color and the cardboard kitchen, with which the seller just wants to squeeze a few thousand euros more out because it looks nice, if, for example, bathroom and toilet need to be completely modernized.

The real estate agent/seller usually does not want to squeeze more out; they want to sell eventually and not waste years of their working time with this property. It doesn’t get better by vacancy!
And it helps you that you can see the potential of the property at all: not a few walls in vacant properties are color-wise dreadful: here a wall was painted blood red, the bathroom made even smaller with dark brown.
The renovation-needed elements should always be seen and assessed by the buyer—mathematically, you will still or especially then make a bargain since the older property does not have the purchase price of a new comfort apartment but often has the better location.

while reading another thread (Topic Cooking ) I remembered what I wanted to write: You are right! Many interior designers are now working as home stagers all over the country. But what is wrong with further education and adapting to today’s years and changes? Many professions that were learned and practiced in 1980 no longer exist today. Either the market no longer produces target groups for certain things, or technologies have made immense progress in recent decades, so that certain professions no longer exist. About 20 years ago it was electricians or telecommunications electronics technicians who became IT specialists after retraining. PC tinkerers applied for administrator positions, and my apprenticeship no longer exists. Likewise, now the printer is out on the street, his successor shares a job title with my successor that my grandma wouldn’t have been able to remember back then if it had existed. One doesn’t always have to look at the new times and what time does to people with skepticism. We can’t help it

Hello Well written, could convince me.