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Los Angeles Home Staging A Beautiful Walnut Home

Last week we staged this Walnut home for a San Gabriel Valley real estate investor.

This house has beautiful landscaping, including a gazebo, koi pond with footbridge leading to the front door and a pool. The outside is eye-catching and enticing. The interior, while very nicely remodeled, needed the help of a experienced professional home stager to show potential home buyers how they could fit their lifestyle into this very comfortable and spacious Walnut home. We have been getting more and more requests for home staging in Walnut, and since this is a real estate flipper and a REALTOR I work with very often, I'm happy to accommodate their request. Here are some photos after home staging by Moving Mountains Design:

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Interested in purchasing a home in Walnut, CA? For more information, contact the listing agent TongBen "Ben" Kang, GoGo Realtors, at (626)589-3879. MLS# H10071936. This home is currently listed at $1,050,000.

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

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14 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • August 12 2010 11:37PM

Pasadena Home Staging A Duplex For A Los Angeles Real Estate Investor

Today we stage this terrific duplex located in Northwest Pasadena for a Los Angeles real estate investor.

This investor knows that the fastest way to get her listings sold is to get them into market ready shape, price them right and have them staged by a top-notch professional home stager. I'm fortunate to work with a number of Los Angeles real estate investors who trust me to showcase the best features of their listings. Here's a before picture of the living room:

Pasadena home staging living room before staging

Now here's the living room after staging:

Pasadena home staging living room before staging by Moving Mountains Design

And here's a shot of the kitchen:

Pasadena home staging kitchen after staging

Contact us today to learn how we can help you sell your Pasadena or Los Angeles listing or real estate investment properties faster and for a higher price.

For more information about this cute, tastefully remodeled 2/1, 1/1 Pasadena duplex, listed at $399,900. contact Jennifer Shenbaum at (310)916-3452. MLS# S628519

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

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16 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • August 11 2010 09:57AM

Los Angeles Home Staging - Staging a Valley Village Beauty

Last week Los Angeles home staging company Moving Mountains Design staged this Valley Village beauty. I first started working with the homeowner in December 2009. He was very proactive about getting his home into top shape and he hired me for a home staging consultation. Over the next 6 months he and his wife worked very hard to complete my recommendations included in the comprehensive home staging report provided.The results were fantastic!

Los Angeles home staging Valley Village home stager living room

Los Angeles home staging Valley Village home stager Family roomLos Angeles home staging Valley Village home stager Family room

To see more photos including the game room and 2 bedrooms, read Los Angeles Home Staging - Staging a Valley Village Beauty

 

MLS #F1849333 Prudential California Realty Studio City (818)755-1000

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

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16 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • July 12 2010 04:21PM

San Marino Home Staging - A San Marino Pool Home Staging Project

San Marino home staging - Staging a San Marino Pool home.

What a wonderful experience to stage this fantastic San Marino pool home. The homeowner is a real estate agent I have worked with before when she and a partner wanted another home staged in San Marino. I have even consulted on her personal residence. She remodeled this home with a new kitchen with granite and Viking appliances, new bathrooms, new hardwood floors, and it looks fantastic.

San Marino home staging photos

San Marino home staging photos

San Marino home staging photos

To see more photos, read San Marino Home Staging A San Marino Pool home

This home is listed by Beatrice Li (626)823-9911. I'll post the MLS info as soon as it becomes available

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

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10 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • July 11 2010 06:23PM

Los Angeles Home Staging a Distinctly Darling Classic Larchmont Cottage

This Los Angeles home stager had a busy week last week with all the stagings and destagings. I'm excited to have been able to stage this classic Larchmont Village cottage just a block away from Larchmont Blvd. in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. I initially did a consultation including paint colors. The home went into escrow before we were able to stage it, then fell out. I'm very sorry it didn't sell, but I'm happy we had the opportunity to stage it. 3 bedrooms (2 ensuite) and 3 bathrooms, French doors opening on to the patio and pool, privacy galore plus a beautifully landscaped yard are the recipe for the perfect entertainers home in a desirable Larchmont Village location. Beautiful period appropriate light fixtures and check out those barrel vaulted ceilings!

Larchmont Village home staging living room

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Larchmont Village home staging kitchenLarchmont Village home staging master bedroom

For more information about this classic Larchmont Village Hancock Park cottage, listed at $1,399,000. contact the listing agent Mark Leonard, MDL Realty (310)266-9964

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

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Click here for more information about home staging in Los Angeles and how we can help sell your home faster and for the best price

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14 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • June 21 2010 09:39AM

Pasadena Home Staging - New Construction Pasadena Luxury Home Staging

We staged this beautiful Pasadena luxury home this week. I had gone to see this home approximately 3 weeks ago and had done a home staging estimate for the builder/home owner and listing agent.The owner decided that he wanted to put the home on the market without staging "to test the waters". After 2 weeks of a "lukewarm" reception, he agreed to have the home staged by Pasadena's finest home staging company, Moving Mountains Design.

Upon viewing this home I recognized that the rooms were A) HUGE and B)undefined. I've staged hundreds of homes, and it was hard for me to figure out how to place the furniture in this house to bring the living spaces into focus - I can only imagine what home buyers thought when they saw the house empty.

Pasadena luxury home staging dining room

The dining room was so large, I put 2 dining tables together to make a large sqare table, which worked quite well.

Pasadena luxury home staging entry with grand staircase

Since the walls of the entry were curved, I hung a French tapestry on the wall to accentuate the curve. The round rug also highlights this feature.

Pasadena luxury home staging great room

I didn't measure it because I didn't have a 100' measuring tape with me, but I think this room was 60' or more from end to end. I broke up the large expanse with area rugs (the one in the foreground is 10'x14') which helps define the space.

Pasadena luxury home staging kitchen

Pasadena luxury home staging master bedroom suite

This luxury Pasadena new construction home has 5 bedrooms, including a downstairs 2nd master bedroom, and 7 bathrooms.

The home sits on a huge lot. There is room for a tennis or sports court.

For more information about this fantastic Pasadena home, contact the listing agent Delphine Therrien at (626)287-5968. MLS # 22139319. PFAR caravan on 6/24/2010.

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

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Click here to go to our Los Angeles home staging blog

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14 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • June 20 2010 12:47PM

Who Pays for Home Staging? Agents or Home Sellers?

 

Interested in learning about who pays for home staging from a home stager's perspective? This is a great post by Oregon home stager Margaret Oscilla with some facts and statistics about home staging and how to address the cost with your clients.

As a professional home stager in Los Angeles I feel the homeowner should pay for staging, however we have been seeing more and more listing agents offer to pay for staging in order to get the listing and make sure the home sells quickly and at a higher price. I always recommend that the listing agent structure the deal so that the home seller pays all up front home staging costs and the listing agent reimburses the home seller at the close of escrow. The home seller will be more invested in getting the home sold (keeping it clean, orderly and in good shape) and the listing agent is protected if the seller is unreasonable or the listing is cancelled for any reason.

 

Via Margaret Oscilia-Home Stager, Salem Oregon (Creative Concepts and Contracting, Salem Oregon):

who should pay for home stagingWith many homes on the market and fewer home buyers, home staging has become more in demand than ever before.  Several agents and home sellers have asked us lately – who should pay for home staging?

Home staging makes houses easier to market — they look and “feel” better in person and in the listing photos. A quick sale of course benefits the real estate agent.  Should they pay for staging?

One example to consider:  If a home seller had carpets that needed cleaning, would the real estate agent advise them to do so?  Of course.  But they normally wouldn’t consider paying for the cleaning.  Likewise, home staging is an important part of home selling, and home sellers should pay for home staging.

Occasionally, sellers can’t afford to pay for home staging until after the home has sold.  What then?  We’ve brainstormed with agents and sellers and find affordable and win-win solutions to this situation.  Real estate agents are cautious (and reasonably so) before investing in staging listings that may not sell quickly and need to develop their marketing plan prior to committing to paying for staging.

We’ve worked with many different scenarios, and find frequently when sellers pay for staging, we obtain the best results. Why?  When sellers are invested financially, they usually value and implement the recommendations we give them.

While I do think it is the sellers responsibility to pay or share in the cost of home staging, I do believe it is the real estate agent’s responsibility to educate the seller on the value of home staging. I continue to be surprised at how unprepared many sellers are when entering the Oregon real estate market.  Home sellers need to be informed of the statistics revealing:

  • Staged homes sell quicker than unstaged homes
  • Over 90% of home buyers look on the internet for homes
  • Homes that look great online get more showings
  • A 2009 study reveals staging is a necessary improvement that yields a high rate of return – over 500%
  • Homes that linger on the market are targets for lowball offers and price reductions.
  • Staging always costs less than a price reduction!

Also home sellers benefit greatly from:

  • Understanding what buyers are looking for when visiting their home
  • Knowing that sellers form a STRONG impression from the curb and within the first ten seconds of entering their home.
  • How important lighting, room function and flow is to impressing buyers
  • Learning how to declutter, clean and prep their homes for sale effectively.

Once sellers understand the competitive nature of home selling in 2010 they are more likely to be willing to invest their money in a staging consultation or to pay for vacant home staging.  We work with a variety of payment situations, depending on the seller and agent.  For example:

  • Home Seller contact us directly for a consultation or staging services and pays for all staging expenses.
  • Agent refers clients to a professional home stager and educates seller on the value of home staging
  • Agent provides a staging consultation for their listings,
  • Agent agrees to reimburse home seller for a staging consultation at closing
  • Some agents pay for consultations and have a written agreement that if the listing is terminated, they will receive reimbursement for their expenses.
  • We work with a few agents who refuse to list properties when home sellers are not willing to work with a home stager.  They won’t spend their time, energy and marketing budget on homes that aren’t ready to compete.
  • On existing listings that linger on the market, use a portion of a price reduction to invest into staging – improving the appearance and price at the same time.

Each listing and situation is different, but finding a way to obtain the competitive advantage home staging provides is important to both the real estate agent and home seller.

Need more ideas on how to incorporate staging into a new listing?  Contact a professional home stager for other creative ideas and enter the 2010 real estate market knowing your home is making the best first impression possible.

Moving or improving?  Creative Concepts and Contracting has the expertise to showcase your home's full potential, stretch your budget, and maximize your time. 

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

Click here to see our Los Angeles home staging portfolio

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Click here for more information about home staging in Los Angeles and how we can help sell your home faster and for the best price

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10 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • June 09 2010 11:28AM

Pasadena Home Staging A Pasadena Pool Home - Sneak Peek

Tuesday we staged a beautiful Pasadena home in the Michillinda Park area after being called in for a home staging consultation the previous week.

Though occupied, there was very little furniture in the living room and the dining table in the formal dining room was very casual. We completely refurnished the living room and dining room and accessorized the 3 bedrooms, kitchen, family room and 3 bathrooms. In addition we staged the guest house.

Pasadena home staging living room with Persian rug

Pasadena home staging master bedroom

Pasadena home staging master bathroom

For more information about this beautiful Michillinda Park area Pasadena pool home, contact the listing agent, Dick Davis at (626)233-8377

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

Click here to see our Los Angeles home staging portfolio

Click here to go to our Los Angeles home staging blog

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6 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • June 05 2010 12:26AM

Home Staging In Downey, CA - Staging Luxury Homes

Today we staged a luxury home in Downey, CA.

The listing agent called me just before I went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. When I told him I couldn't stage his luxury home until after I returned, he said:

"I don't care. We want the best home stager. We'll wait for you!"

Normally, I don't travel as far as Downey to stage homes, but with a lead in like that, how could I say no?

When we arrived today to stage this beautiful home, there was still work ongoing. The painters and electricians hadn't quite finished. Cabinet doors were off, chandeliers weren't hung, etc. and the grand piano hadn't been delivered by the time we left. We staged around them, but weren't able to finish 100%. I'll be going back to take more photos and do the final touches.

In the meantime, here's a sneak peak of a couple of rooms:

Downey Luxury Home Staging

Here's the living room before the grand piano was delivered. It will go where the little stool is in the background. And yes, that's my mobile phone on the cocktail table :o)

Downey Luxury Home Staging

Here's one of the bathrooms

Los Angeles luxury homes staging

Here's a close-up in the master bath.

No expense was spared in the details and construction of this home. Everything is the best...including the home stager!

I'll post more photos once the work is finished and I'm able to return to take more photos. Stay tuned.

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

Click here to see our Los Angeles home staging portfolio

Click here to go to our Los Angeles home staging blog

Click here for more information about home staging in Los Angeles and how we can help sell your home faster and for the best price

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6 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • June 03 2010 11:25PM

5 Tips For Keeping Your Home Safe While Its On The Market

play it safe when selling your los angeles homeIt's important to play it safe when your Los Angeles home is on the market.

You will have all manner of people- real estate agents, potential buyers and looky-loos- trooping through your house during open houses and showings. While I like to assume the best about people, I also think its important to play it safe.

Here's 5 tips for safety while your home is on the market:

  1. Lock up or hide all prescription medications. They are usually expensive, easy to sell on the street and are a prime target for thieves.
  2. Lock up or hide personal papers or bills. Don't leave your social security number or account numbers in plain sight for identity thieves. Its no one's business how much you owe or how much money you have in your checking account.
  3. Lock up or hide jewelry, cash or collectibles. That signed baseball, silver Tiffany dinner bell, or diamond tennis bracelet are very enticing to someone with sticky fingers.
  4. Don't leave extra keys in plain sight. Its an open invitation to a thief to come back later and help themselves when no one is around.
  5. Lock up or hide any firearms or weapons you may own. Hiding them in a drawer next to the bed or in your sock drawer is not good enough. Lock them in a safe or remove them from the house.

Yes, your listing agent will take every precaution to make sure your home and possessions are safe and secure, but they can't be everywhere at once. Often theft teams will use one person to engage the real estate agent, while other members of the team case the house. Follow these tips and play it safe when your Los Angeles home is on the market.

This post is part of my ongoing series 365 Things About Los Angeles Home Staging on FaceBook. Be sure to click the like button (if you like:o))

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Moving Mountains Design Home Staging

2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year

Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.

Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.

Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.

For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.

Click here to see our Los Angeles home staging portfolio

Click here to go to our Los Angeles home staging blog

Click here for more information about home staging in Los Angeles and how we can help sell your home faster and for the best price

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12 comments • Michelle Minch Home Staging Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA • May 19 2010 11:45AM