So we recently did our own home staging for a house we were selling.
See pics here: http://www.hammerandheels.net/unvailing-bonner/
We used our own furniture and I did the styling myself. We hadn't gone back to this place for a few weeks, busy with new bub and the house was already under offer (got a buyer first week). But we decided we would leave the furniture in there until contracts exchanged.
Anyway, we went back last week and discovered we'd been robbed. There was no forced entry and there were no damage. However, the outside sensor light had been turned upwards. Obviously the side they took the furniture out of. We suspect they may have come through an open home and maybe left a window open.
They were very selective about the furniture they took. I think it must be female instigated. The took my designer dining chairs (Mademoiselle chairs). They were replicas but I still paid $180 eh. The genuine ones are $1K each. They also took the two paintings. I had two hand bags in the WIR and they only took the Chanel (this was a fake so up yours!).
The thing that really pissed me off was they took my two favorite cushions. The two I got online from the US. Left the one you can get here.
The cops say some people target staged homes as they know no one lives there so be careful if you are using your own furniture to stage your home.
See pics here: http://www.hammerandheels.net/unvailing-bonner/
We used our own furniture and I did the styling myself. We hadn't gone back to this place for a few weeks, busy with new bub and the house was already under offer (got a buyer first week). But we decided we would leave the furniture in there until contracts exchanged.
Anyway, we went back last week and discovered we'd been robbed. There was no forced entry and there were no damage. However, the outside sensor light had been turned upwards. Obviously the side they took the furniture out of. We suspect they may have come through an open home and maybe left a window open.
They were very selective about the furniture they took. I think it must be female instigated. The took my designer dining chairs (Mademoiselle chairs). They were replicas but I still paid $180 eh. The genuine ones are $1K each. They also took the two paintings. I had two hand bags in the WIR and they only took the Chanel (this was a fake so up yours!).
The thing that really pissed me off was they took my two favorite cushions. The two I got online from the US. Left the one you can get here.
The cops say some people target staged homes as they know no one lives there so be careful if you are using your own furniture to stage your home.