Buying a New House? Great Idea. Selling Your Home? Brave Decision

Deciding to sell your home can be an emotional venture.

Like so many before you, the house you once bought, became a home filled with living memories. Pictures and portraits grace the walls. Lesions and scars, over time tactfully camouflaged by the odd rug or two or even three. Reminiscing clad the walls. What once was an empty space, is now filled with so much more – And that’s just it!

There is the emotional and personal attachment. The house became YOUR HOME. Your living space personified.  Prepared or not. Ready or not. The decision has been made. The Property for Sale sign now lighthouse your home. Your home will become a house once more.

 Property Styling is to the Stylist, what creative medium is to the artist. The artist uses oil paints, water colour paints and an assortment of brushes. The artist creates, conveys thought, feeling and invites the visual into the aura of the presentation. So too does the Property Stylist. As an artist, using household medium, the Stylist creates a visual representation of possibilities, enabling the potential buyer to see themself and their acquired furnishings, living there.

• A tool that will save you time and is so easy to use:

The Styling Estimate Calculator can be used from the comfort of your home, during your “five minute” coffee break at the office, or even whilst commuting on public transport, and it is so easy to use.

• Your FREE Property Styling Quote:

You now have immediate access to your free property styling quote.

The Styling Estimate Calculator will enable you to make adjustments as you see fit, to accommodate variables in styling costs.

Once completed, further collaboration will take place between you, and the property stylist who will transform your property’s interior into an amazing space, presenting your house for sale in a most appealing way.

Distantiating yourself. As hard as is it may sound – remember it is a house/property you are selling; not your home or your lifestyle.

The Property Stylist is not connected emotionally to your acquired furnishings and belongings. She is there to assist you in getting your property set up for sale.

Admittedly, visual presentation does have a voice, and so too do pictures and photos. A well styled home help potential buyers visualise living there, and enable them to “see” where their own furniture can go. Photos of furnished areas simply do look so much better on the internet, advertisements and brochures too and entice more interested potential buyers.

Property Styling is holistic. It is not confined only to the interior of the property but to the outside area too. This is most important to note. Your Property Stylist will endorse this. A potential buyer has no desire to complete an obstacle course before going into your house.

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• You can do it all yourself.
• You can enlist the expertise and advice of a stylist, and then contemplate doing it all yourself based on the recommendations of the stylist.
• Your property can be styled professionally by the stylist:
  • Using your furniture and that of the styling company (Partial Property Styling)
  • Using furniture and accessories provided by the styling company (Full Property Styling)

We have often heard the comment – “I never knew my place could look this nice.” As home owner, we become complacent in our surrounds. Your property stylist has a natural skill and eye and know how to style according to the trends, demographic, and “feel” of the property, making it appealing to potential buyers.

We have actually had clients, requesting our interior design expertise after a property styling.

Preparation! The question that should be asked: “What returns do you the current owner of the property expect and what results do you want to achieve?” What are you prepared to invest in obtaining the result? Time? Money?

There could be financial outlay in the preparation for the final presentation. For example, the bedroom window that has had a crack in it now for months would need to be repaired. The front door may need sanding and a new coat of varnish or paint. Guttering may need a new coat of paint. Overgrown hedges need a trim.

Cleaning and tidy up would paramount. Scattered belongings would need to be cleared or packed away. Family photos do you proud, but the potential buyer has no connection with them at all, so these need to be put away.

Declutter; less is best!

Are you overwhelmed?  Sure, understandably so. That brings me to my next point –

Why a Property Stylist Is Recommended?

Yes, you can decide to style your property yourself. You have done all the time consuming necessary research, all the repairs and maybe paint jobs. Decluttered, cleaned and re-arranged. You have taken photos, and the property is being advertised. But, are you sure that despite all your own effort, enough was done to appeal to the buyers’ market?

…and this is the reason why the experience, expertise and service of a property stylist should be preferred. As mentioned before, there are options available for the owner to choose from to professionally style the property. Included in the portfolio would be a wealth of information, loads of advice and support.

The Property Stylist knows how competitive the housing market is. She knows the recipe, the required ingredients and the quantities, measured and mixed together to present a property to achieve a successful sale in the shortest time possible.

Real Estate Agents agree that styling your property will help increase a higher sales price and a quicker sale.

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ANNOUCEMENT:

AND THE AWARD FOR COLOUR OF YEAR 2019 GOES TO (Open the envelope) …….

“LIVING CORAL” (Enthusiastic applause)

SO WHY WAS “LIVING CORAL” CHOSEN 

The colour is said to be comforting, positive, reassuring, life sustaining, and energising.

 In nature coral reefs provide shelter and is a source of nourishment to the living organism and fish who call it home, and ultimately the environment.

SO, WHO DECIDES THE COLOUR OF THE YEAR?

Pantone decides.

There is so much more involved than someone, somewhere, sitting down and randomly picking a colour of the year.

Behind closed doors secret meetings are held annually and experts from all over the world gather together to analyse, evaluate events, trends, technology, socio-economics, environmental affairs and generally the current times we are living in. Then a colour is chosen to embrace and signify all the factors of the good and the bad.

Colours that complement “Living Coral” – You actually may have items currently in your home that would pair beautifully with coral.

• Coral and grey
• Coral and green (think nature)
• Coral and blue (again think nature)
• Coral and powder pink
• Coral and brown
• Coral and white.

Adding the newcomer to your home

 Initially add “Living Coral” in small volumes.

Think accessories. Add display cushions, accents, artwork, sofas, throws, a feature wall, not only in the common living space, but extend it to the bathroom, bedroom and even study and kitchen.

Remember the golden rule – sometimes less is best.

Because Living Coral is such a powerful colour, add it to areas or features you want to accentuate.

Use it in areas where there is not much natural light; could be the bathroom. You can replace the old roller blind with one in Living Coral colour. Again do not overdo it.

Replace dining room chairs with those upholstered in Living Coral.

“Living Coral” also presents itself in complementary, monochromatic, tones, tints and shade colours. It can “tone down” to almost peach-powder pink.

Summary – New Look for 2019 

“Living Coral” a beautiful warm embracing colour. 2019 is just around the corner. Perhaps you have been contemplating to bring in some new colour into your home. Wanting some change. Now is a good time as any. New Year and an awesome new colour. You love this colour, but not sure how to exactly go about it, you are welcome to contact our interior decorating specialist for more information.

Hiring a Designer might be a whole new, foreign world to you – and even though designers often have their own individual processes, here are a few steps on how we do things at Let’s Revamp so you know what to expect when hiring one of our designers.

Step 1: Questionnaire

After initial contact and a quick phone call discussing your requirements for your home, we will send through a general Questionnaire for you to fill out. This helps us to get a better idea of your personal style and requirements so that we can have some ideas together for before your initial consultation.

Step 2: Organise a Consultation

We will then organise a suitable date and time for an on-site Consultation at the property you are requiring to have styled. During the consult we will have a walk-through of the spaces and sit down to discuss some options and ultimately get to know you better so we can deliver the best final result that fits your personal taste/style appropriately.

Step 3: Measure and photos

At the consultation we also like to do a quick measure of the spaces and take some photos for us to refer back to during the design process. This helps us to find the most appropriate pieces for your space whilst considering the size and spatial elements of each area.

Step 4: Post-consult follow-up

We will then follow up with an email consisting of a breakdown of the information we’ve gathered from the Consult. This gives you a chance to clarify anything and make sure that we are on the same page with the project.

Step 5: Ongoing correspondence via email/phone

Once we have given you confirmation that we have a clear understanding of your needs, we will start gathering some ideas together for you and send them through for your feedback so we can make adjustments accordingly. This stage can be as collaborative as you wish depending on the time you have available for responding and also your desired input in the design process.

Step 6: Finalisation & installation

Once the final design has been decided on, we will order the items for you and, if required, we can also help with the installation once it all arrives and set everything up for you.