Stylist makeover

[Benn]

Friends are selling their house in the Canberra suburb of O'Connor. They have used a stylist to makeover the interior. I would be curious what percentage value (if any) experienced sellers consider can be gained from using a stylist?

Please see following link

http://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/act/sale-residential/8-scrivener-street-oconnor-canberra/1316769880011

 

[rugrat]

I know someone here in Canberra who does interior decorating, the majority of her clients are OO, however there are certainly a small pocket who get her to dress the place up for sale. I guess it would depend how bad the place was before hand, as to whether it would add improvement or not. I wouldn't pay the price for it myself, but then I actually like doing that sort of thing myself and have an eye for colours and such.

 

[Alabex]

I found it definately made places more salable, which usually translated into better $$... it also made more people come to the open homes when with styling the photos looked so schick.

i was trying to sell a one bedroom unit back when the market dived in 2008 that had been on the market for around 10 months and the highest offer we had received was $300k. It had tenants renting it at $400 per week, which was a really good rent for the area. it was being advertised at offers of $360k.

Owners finally decided to style it... sold the first week it was opened styled for $365k, and had people fighting over it. Dont ask me where these people were in the 10 month prior when they could of bought it for a lot less, the advertising was virtually the same in all the same places, but with new shiney photos.

 

[BayView]

We used a crowd to do the interior of our recent PPoR sale.

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-dromana-106441694?tm=1270088111&c=19157233

It looked terrific; made us want to move back in, and when I went back inside the house a few weeks later after the furniture and stuff was removed, it still looked good, but not as great.

The cost was $3,500 from memory, and in our case was worth it to help get a sale.

I don't think it increased the value much if at all, but certainly enhanced the appeal....the "saleability".

 

[mr_milkman]

What's included in the stylists fee? eg do they supply furniture, plants, art work etc for hire? or is it just advice? Anyone have any weblinks to some stylists?
Cheers

 

[Perp]

I think stylists are worth every cent. Many disagree - usually those who spout the valuers' line of "a 3BR 1bath in this suburb is worth $X" - but the fact is that buying a property is very rarely done on this basis. Most buyers are owner-occupiers, and they much prefer a well-presented property over a less-well-presented one, as evidenced by the show "Selling Houses" and "Selling Houses Australia". I think it's because humans are so visual, and so many people are only able to see what's there, rather than the potential.

 

[Mark Xpnsit]

I think it probably depends on the value of your place, if you have a high value IP then spending money on a stylist would be money well spent, if you have a lower value property then I think you could probably get a better return simply by staging the furniture yourself.