Selling your home is a big step for any homeowner whether you’re selling your house in Portland, OR, and moving across the country, or downsizing in your hometown of Austin, TX. There’s lots to consider when selling your place, from choosing the right real estate agent, making minor upgrades, and staging your home – the list goes on. But one way to help stage your home for a quick sale is through virtual staging.
While this type of staging eliminates the physical staging that you’d typically see when on a home tour, if you’re staging a home for a quick sale, digital staging is a great option to consider. To help you get a better idea of virtual staging photos, we’ve consulted the experts for their best advice. Read on to see what they had to say about staging your home quickly.
You can create your space with any style in mind
The key benefit of virtual staging is being able to visualize your design and space before spending money on furniture. You can showcase a more elevated style in any space without breaking the bank on traditional staging furniture rentals. – Design-1-1
Virtual staging photos are a must for marketing any home
Virtual staging is a must-have in the marketing arsenal of any listing agent. It helps prospective buyers visualize the potential of a home at a fraction of the cost of traditional staging. Aside from cost savings, it saves time. It can take up to two weeks to traditionally stage a home, we can stage your photos digitally in as little as 48 hours. Selling the “dream” of homeownership should be the goal of any listing agent’s marketing campaign and digitally staged images are one more tool to help in this endeavor. – Jordan Cohen, CEO of Powelton Digital Media Group
Highlight the home’s functionality
Virtual staging allows a potential buyer to completely visualize the functionality of a space. I have used it for my clients to show off an amazing open family room, a beautiful outdoor space, or even a model home. Not only is it a fraction of the price of actually staging a home, it’s easily changeable if there is an aspect of the staging you dislike. My clients that use it, love it and have seen such an ROI that they now feature it on every unfurnished listing. – Brit Adgie, Owner of Adgie Images
You can showcase the house’s potential
It’s a great way for agents to showcase a property that needs a little (or a lot of) TLC. It allows potential buyers to see how a space might be used depending on their own needs – a second bedroom could be imagined as a nursery or a home office. Maybe there’s an awkward alcove that could become a glamorous dressing area. Virtual staging is also great when the seller’s own furniture is a bit too personal or a bit too dated. – Jimi Sweet Real Estate Photographer
It’s easy on the eyes and the budget
Virtual staging has allowed buyers to see the true potential of a home they might have normally overlooked. We take homes that are filled with clutter and transform them into fresh, new spaces, drawing in a wider variety of buyers. And with the cost of interior design what it is, staging a home digitally has saved our clients thousands of dollars. – Frank Ambrosino, Founder / CEO Digital Homes, LLC
It’s a powerful tool for anyone listing their home for sale
Virtual staging is a powerful tool and a triple threat: it allows realtors to cut down costs and increase interests, it enables photographers to add value and even remotely work with agents in different markets, and it provides clarity for buyers and renters in an age where many decisions are being made before stepping in an actual home. – Alex Staniloff, Gotham Interiors
There are many benefits to virtual home staging services
A few benefits of virtually staging a listing are affordability, convenience, and optionality. Due to its 100% digital format, virtual staging is a fraction of the cost of traditional staging and offers a quicker turnaround time. Best of all, you have the freedom to design a space using endless digital furniture and decor options, easily switching them out as needed to suit your preferred style. – Alex Schnell Director at Square Foot Productions
It helps when staging a home for a quick sale
In the era of multiple offers and rapid turnover of real estate transactions, the benefit of virtual staging has never been greater. I always recommend my agents’ virtually stage, not only because it is a rapid way to stage a listing quickly, but it is also much more cost-effective. The quality of staging your home digitally we provide is almost indiscernible from real furniture products. – Vaclav Zabransky, VeeZee Visuals
Photos courtesy of Tantify
Consider your preferences
Some of the benefits include: Speed – there is no need to spend time on a design concept, furniture rental, transportation, etc. Visibility – the result is immediately visible and easy to edit – no need to transport furniture to replace the one you don’t like. Variety – demanding customers will never be satisfied with furniture available for rent – that’s why we have 15,000 3D models of various styles in our database. Cost -that’s the most obvious factor – traditional staging of a high-end apartment can cost you up to $30,000, whereas virtual staging can save your budget by up to 97%. Flexibility – it provides an additional opportunity to show potential renovations such as zoning, accent walls, redevelopment, and minor cosmetic changes.
When choosing a vendor/studio for ordering staging, you should pay attention to: support service and feedback rate; reliability, reputation, and customer reviews; projects they worked on and their target market; and the quality of their work and the styles they can do – Alex Lanin, CEO of Tantify
It makes selling your home that much easier
Even in today’s market, selling your home is undoubtedly a challenging experience. From finding the right agent to getting a great offer, it can be an overwhelming and sometimes scary process. There are however some simple and effective things you can do along the way and give your home the best shot. For example, home staging is a vital factor that will determine the sale of your home. It shows promising buyers the potential a property has – often transforming a boring, bland, and empty house into a warm, stylish, and inviting home. Staging, however, can be quite expensive, usually costing in the thousands – but there is another excellent alternative. Virtual staging has evolved over the years and has now become one of the most crucial aspects of presenting any home when traditional, physical staging isn’t an option. We provide realistic photos that will wow any prospective buyer, all at a reasonable, affordable price. It will save you lots of time, money, and stress, and can put more eyes on your listing to attract top dollar. – Jilbert Daniel, Visual Media LA
And you don’t even have to have an empty home for virtual staging to work
Historically, you could only digitally stage images of rooms that were vacant. Thanks to advances in software, Realtors can now virtually stage rooms and properties that are currently rented out or cluttered. This means it’s also possible to re-stage a bedroom as an office or workout room, for example. Gone are the days of listing a property with cluttered spaces and poorly decorated rooms. – Carter, Virtual Restaging
The options are endless
Virtual staging has been a game-changer for real estate professionals in today’s day and age. Some of the benefits are that it creates infinite possibilities while appealing to your target buyers, is cost-effective and is a huge time saver. So the real question is it worth getting your home virtually staged? Yes, if you want to showcase your property in the best possible light while saving time and money. – Marc Vazquez, MHA/MBA, PMP, Caliber Real Estate Photography
Virtually staged images allow for imagination
Virtual staging allows one to stimulate their imagination. It gives them a feel of the possibilities and shows the potential of that particular space: where one can relax, entertain friends, and share important moments with loved ones. Of course, all that without the need to move heavy furniture and breaking the bank. Be sure to explain to your designer exactly what you want and maintain an open channel of communication. Don’t be afraid to make changes. It’s your vision and we do our best to make your vision come to life. – Chris Batoon from Visionary Views LLC Hawaii
There’s less work, but you’ll still see the benefits
It is hard to envision yourself in an empty property. Virtual staging shows potential buyers what their dream home can look like with no work on your end. You don’t have to pay for stagers, movers, or put forth any of your time. It’s more efficient and a fraction of the cost to hire designers/ stagers. It’s a win-win, and you can put any style of furniture in the home you’d like. – B3 Productions
Virtual staging helps buyers see a home’s potential
A good reason to use virtual staging is that if you have an interior that does not present well, it gives the eye something else to look at rather than the flaws. It creates a more compelling image to motivate the buyer to add the home to the property tour. – Robert Stanton, Inc. Realtor, Dimension3 Marketing
It complements homebuying in a digital age
Modern-day homebuying starts on the internet using the media provided on listings to find the right home for the buyers. Digital media such as photography and virtual tours are proven tools relied on by these buyers to choose their next home. Adding virtual staging gives prospective buyers the chance to visualize the use of space in a home at a fraction of the cost of traditional staging, reaching 100x more viewers than just the buyers who come to traditional showings. When used properly, digitally staged images can show multiple different uses for rooms, while also creating a feeling of home in an empty property listing. It completes the agents’ presentation of their listing showing the home and listing agents’ professional commitment to their work. Image matters! – Ocupix
Virtual staging photos transform empty spaces
Virtual staging takes an empty property, which can feel cold and unwelcoming, and transform it into an incredible space that buyers want to visit. Technology improves every single year and that means that we’re at a point where virtually staged homes look indistinguishable from a traditionally staged one. – Prisma Media
It takes homebuying to a new level
It’s a smart way to showcase a property’s best features allowing potential buyers to visualize a wide range of options. Compared to traditional home staging, virtual staging is far less expensive and time-consuming. A more realistic virtual experience has been shown to increase the listing online traffic and the buyer pool. When thinking about virtual staging it’s important to communicate to us photographers which rooms will be staged ahead of time, so the angles chosen are appropriate and best for the virtual design. The design style is also an important point of discussion between the realtor and the photographer since some markets have very specific buyers with succinct décor styles. – SHINE Photography
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