As an Oakville realtor, we’ve shared our thoughts on why home staging is so important, how it works and how clients can benefit by being able to sell their home quickly and for a higher price. Most people have heard of home staging and understand that it helps present their home in the best light possible by removing clutter, placing furniture in a way that maximizes the space and helps the space look as inviting as possible for prospective buyers.

With that in mind, people who are interested in listing their home are often delighted to hear a realtor mention that they will support them with home staging. However, as with any type of service, be sure to ask the right questions so that you clearly understand what will be provided and avoid confusion.

Different Types Of Home Staging

At Sue Heddle Homes, we offer all of our listing clients free home staging. What does that mean exactly? It means that we have a warehouse full of luxurious furniture, pillows, bedding, beautiful art work and on trend accessories so that our clients to get the most out of home staging with little to no effort on their part. Our personal home staging team will style your home to showcase its best features. All of this is provided to our clients at no extra charge.

However, not all home staging offered by Oakville realtors is the same. In order to understand what will be provided when it comes to home staging, be clear on what is being offered to you and what additional expenses may be required in order to avoid misunderstandings.

If the Oakville realtor you are considering working with offers home staging, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be getting full service treatment. In some cases, here’s what it may mean:

• They provide you with the services of an Interior Designer for an hour who creates a list of suggestions and a potential shopping list on what you’ll need to stage your home. Making the purchases and executing their suggestions is up to you.
• They make suggestions on home staging companies or Interior Designers that may be able to help you at an added cost.
• They move only your existing furniture and décor items around doing what they can with what is already in the home. While this may come at no extra cost, you aren’t getting the refresh to your home that may be required to facilitate the sale you want.

Get Full Home Staging When You List With Sue Heddle Homes

Selling your home can be stressful and overwhelming. The last thing you need is more tasks to do such as shopping for artwork or décor accents that you hope will appeal to prospective buyers. When you list with Sue Heddle Homes, when we say we’ll take care of home staging for you, we really mean it! Using our own home staging materials, we’ll ensure your home looks it’s best at no added cost to you. If you want top results, make sure you list with a top Oakville realtor, like Sue Heddle, that knows how to get your home sold. Contact us to learn more about our award-winning sellers program and get it working for you.

While our society continues to become increasingly visual, when it comes to selling your home the images used have always been important. The pictures included as part of your Oakville real estate listing are the main element used to advertise and market your home. So, what do you want your pictures to say?

When listing your property for sale, you want all images used to speak volumes and to grab the attention of every prospective buyer who may be looking for a new home.

3 Reasons Why You Need Professional Images To Sell Your Home

When you list with Sue Heddle Homes, not only will you get free home staging, but you’ll also get listing photos taken by a professional photographer. Your listing should be the best it can be, right from the start. Sue Heddle Homes will make sure the photos of your home make each room shine.

Here's why you want to make sure you work with an experienced Oakville realtor that understands why photos are a top priority.

1. Professional photographs show that you really care about your property. When prospective buyers see that, they will be more likely to want to see your home as they’ll have faith they’ll be buying a home in good condition.
2. Searching online is the most popular way for buyers to find prospective homes to view. As such, you want what they see to stand out and to encourage them or their realtor to reach out and find out more. Additionally, professional online images have the potential to reach not only local buyers, but buyers from elsewhere who may be looking in your area. Your online images may be the only thing they have to help them determine if your home may be the right one for them.
3. Pictures help people feel as though they get to be inside your home, without truly being in the home. Many people use pictures to know if it’s a good fit before wasting time by going out to the property. Poor pictures give too many people a reason to skip your listing and move on to the next. While great pictures don’t guarantee the home sale you want, they certainly are one of the best ways to get buyers in the door.

Let Sue Heddle Homes Showcase Your Oakville Home

Selling your home can feel like a lot of work! When you list with Sue Heddle Homes, not only will we stage your house for a faster sale at a higher price, but we’ll also ensure your listing is created using only high quality, professional images. With more than a decade of experience selling Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Mississauga homes, you can count on Sue Heddle to showcase your property in the best possible way. For a free home evaluation or to find out more about selling your home, please contact us!

Congratulations to all the outstanding women listed as Top 25 Elite Women in Real Estate. It is an honour to be  recognized alongside them in the most recent issue of Real Estate Professionals magazine. This accolade not only recognizes my successes in the real estate field, but also my commitment to giving back to the community through my Hockey Cares initiative.

In addition to being recognized by the real estate industry, our busy summer in both the Oakville real estate market and with clients living just outside of the GTA resulted in also being recognized as the top agent for Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd in August 2018. A sincere thank you to all of our clients for trusting Sue Heddle Homes with their real estate needs. It really is our pleasure to work with you!