Notable E-Mail Of The Week

May 30th, 2007 categories: Tampa Market Reports, Tampa Real Estate, Tips for Sellers

“i’m intrested in living in staged homes. i’m a contract occupational therapist on three month assignments, and i can travel light. please let me know if you need any occupant.s.”

sincerely,

(name withheld)

Now there’s a concept! Not only do we stage the home with furniture and plants, but we’ll stage it with a real live person as well! And if that real live person has their own furniture, bring it on.

I guess there is a market for these folks what with all of the empty homes and condos in Florida currently.

“Often, home stagers furnish vacant houses to help buyers see the house as a home.” says Jeanette  Fisher at DesignPhsych.com. Sure they do. Been doing it for a long time too. But if you want to go the extra step, and put a warm body in place, you can do so. And maybe that warm body has some furniture to bring along that will really make your place feel like a model home. But why do I doubt that?

Austin Home Staging calls them “home managers”, and solicits them through their web site.

“Home Tender” is another term being used for these folks.

Is it just me, or do you imagine more failures than success with this concept?

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