The Second Chance House: Staging Pics
As a reminder, here is a link to the BEFORE pictures of The Second Chance House…
Here are some AFTER pictures of the The Second Chance House:
Front of House
View from Main Entryway into House
View of Living Room from Entryway
View of Living Room from Bonus Room
View of Living Room from Kitchen
View of Kitchen
View of Dining Room
View of Bonus Room
View Out of Bonus Room into Main Living Area
View of Main Living Area from Bonus Room
Master Bedroom
Master Bathroom
Second Bedroom
Third Bedroom or Office
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This is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!! I love this flip!
EXCELLENT!!!! Well Done!
Excellent work! Love all the details!
Man excellent selections on materials love that kitchen new modern look . You would never believe you where there with a slachhammer LOL ?
I have been reading your blog from start to this point, and loving it. You totally energized me and inspired me to create my own blog so I can create some “virtual” accountability and also a way to track my progress. So, thanks.
Quick question in regards to the staging. How much of the furniture do you outright purchace and is any of it rented? Where do you store it?
Thanks!
Hey Mat -
We own all of our own staging furniture; we don’t rent any of it. After doing the cost-benefit analysis, it quickly became obvious that if were were going to stage just 1 or 2 houses, it would be cheaper to own the furniture.
Originally, we were only planning to stage our own houses, but my wife really loves doing it, so she started staging for some other local investors a couple months ago, and has been averaging a couple jobs per month. We own 6 full sets of furniture now (we mix and match), and until today, we’ve never had an issue with having to store any of it, as we always seem to have houses ready for staging after another house sells. Occasionally, we’ll have a few extra pieces that we’re not using, and we’ll store them in our garage.
But, today was a tough day for us. We already had one set of extra furniture stored in our garage, and today one of the investors that we stage for had closing on two sales. So, we had to pick up two more sets of furniture today and bring them back to our house. We considered getting a storage locker, but then realized that we have a 300 sq ft unfinished part of our basement that we were just using to store crap. So, we threw away a lot of crap, and now we have a completely full storage area in our basement with 3 houses worth of staging furniture!
For reference, we’ve gotten to the point where we can fully stage a 3/2 for about $2000-2500. It takes some work to get it that cheap (lots of negotiating, buying in bulk, shopping for deals on Craigslist, etc), but it can certainly be done.