Occupied Home Staging with Top Home Stager Michelle Finnamore

Hey guys, welcome back to season 4 episode 10! So on this week’s show, I have Michelle Finnamore on the show to talk about occupied home staging, which means that you’re living in your home while you sell your house. If you had listened to last week’s show with Karen Otto, you’ll probably realize that I had asked exactly the same questions for both guests, with the exception of the follow-up questions to their answers. The reason why I did this was because that both of them are in very different markets. Karen is in Texas, United States, and Michelle is in Toronto, Canada. You’ll see how geography impacts their methods and approaches. While a lot of things are similar, a lot of things are also very market specific.

Michelle’s staging and design work have been featured on HGTV, Fox TV and CBC Radio One. Identifying the ideal client was a key factor in creating a home staging company that has attracted sellers and agents and led to her moniker of being named the Go To Girl when you are looking to sell a property.

Recently Michelle has been awarded RESA Top Ten Stager Canada in 2015 as well as CSP International Master Stager.

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On Today’s Show, We Discussed:

Current market in Toronto
Upcoming trends for rest of 2016 and 2017
Some of the advantages to live in the home while you’re selling
Some of the common challenges of occupied homes
What Michelle’s process like when she approaches occupied homes
What are some of the things the homeowners should be aware of when they’re living in the home while the house is on the market
What Michelle recommends these sellers do when they’re going to live in the home while they’re selling their house
What are some of Michelle’s ideas to get the home ready for an open house quickly
What are some of the things buyers get put off by when they tour homes that are occupied by sellers
What can the sellers do to prevent that
The actual staging day for Michelle
What does Michelle do as a home stager when she’s staging an occupied house
What Michelle wishes the homeowners know before she comes over to stage their homes
If a homeowner wants to put their home on the market while they’re living in it, how early should they start the prepping process
And what should they do to get started
What does Michelle find challenging when it comes to occupied homes
Say a homeowner wants to stage the home themselves, what would Michelle recommend them to do
How can the homeowners keep up the staging while their houses are on the market
How about if the sellers have kids or pets, here are some of the additional tips that Michelle has for them
What are some of Michelle’s favorite styling tips
Michelle’s favorite props
Michelle’s one tip you’ll give to homeowners who’re going to live in the home while they’re selling

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