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Pumpkin Harvest

I can't believe we are already in the last quarter of 2009. It's been a very productive year for us, and you know how time flies when you're having fun! I trust your harvest has been plentiful as a result of the many seeds sown into your business. A good harvest for Staged Interior is when our staged homes sell quickly and at a higher price - and we are having a great harvest. The majority of the homes that we staged during the first two weeks of September are already under contract with an average of 8.75 days on market.

In this newsletter we are featuring the success stories of two different types of home staging services. I am also honored to be in the panel discussion at 2009 NVAR Convention. Please read on.

Please call 703-261-7026 or contact us now to have your house or listings staged.

REMEMBER, when presentation of a house with staging is ignored, price becomes the only tool for leverage to sell a house!

Best regards,
Trish

Staged Home in Reston VA
Over the years we've staged many homes, in various situations, but this home staging project in Reston, with a lake view, was the first tenant-occupied home for us.

After the initial consultation, the teamwork started with the ASP Master Home Stager, Trish Kim, Realtors, Herb and Adeline Medeiros of Long and Foster, the sellers and the tenants. The tenants who had recently bought a house in Great Falls cooperated wonderfully by de-cluttering and moving items out of the house. On the staging day, our team of five ASP Home Stagers performed the usual Staged Interior miracles to transform the house.

The result of this well-priced Staged Home was a sale in 3 days at full price without seller closing help. Another Home Staging Success Story from Staged Interior!
Staged Home in Vienna VA
One of the services that we provide is home staging consultation. In this case, the homeowners opt to prepare their homes for sale on their own but need advice on how to stage it. We assess the situation and verbally advise the seller on exactly what to do to showcase the house in the best light.

This home staging consultation service, with a written report, was what Staged Interior provided to the sellers of this townhouse in Vienna. The sellers also rented the suggested furniture and accessory items from Staged Interior to execute the home staging plan. The sellers faithfully carried out the steps using our rented accessories. With the teamwork of experienced Realtor, Tim Washlack of Century 21 New Millennium, the house was sold in 5 days with a close price of 98.5% of the list price.

A handsome Return On Staging Investment is a norm at Staged Interior!
2009 NVAR Convention
I am honored to be a guest panelist for the Getting Sold - Winning the Beauty Pageant & the Pricing War session at 2009 Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Convention & Trade Show. If you have been a subscriber of our newsletter for a while, you know that I have been adamant about right pricing and WOW-Staging to get houses sold. I am looking forward to educating and presenting the facts and stats that prove this combo works every time. I hope you can come!

The convention and session information:

October 13th, Tuesday
Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale Campus)
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003

PSYCH 103: Getting Sold - Winning the Beauty Pageant & the Pricing War
11 a.m. - noon, CN Building, Room CN103

Trish KimAbout Trish Kim

Charter Lifetime Accredited Staging Professional Master
2009-2010 Membership Director, IAHSP
2008 Barb Schwarz Staging Excellence Award Winner
2007 Barb Schwarz Staging Excellence Award Nominee
2008 President, DC Chapter of
     International Association of Home Staging Professionals

Trish Kim has been bringing her clients unique interior design experiences in the Washington DC Metropolitan area since 1988. She is the CEO and staging consultant for Pendleton & Young, Inc., doing business as Staged Interior. She is an ASP Master (ASPM) and was personally trained and mentored by Barb Schwarz, the creator of the home staging concept. Trish's strengths are in creative spatial arrangement, color coordination, and composition, which create the "WOW!" factor so essential in giving sellers the needed edge in this market. Her talents are evidenced by our "Before and After" photo/virtual tour presentations. Trish is the one-and-only charter lifetime ASP Master in Virginia and is President of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IASHP). Trish is married to her husband Young Kim, an ASP, and has two grown children and a daughter-in-law in Fairfax. She has also mastered the art of spoiling her two precious grandchildren, Jake and Tasha.

Staged Interior TeamOur Staging Team

It takes more than one person to accomplish a home staging project. That's why we work with a talented team of ASPs. Under Trish's leadership, our energetic team collaborates to effectively create polished and beautiful results. And we have a lot of fun doing it, too! Utilizing the ASP Code of Ethics and Standards as a foundation, each member brings her experience, talent, creativity, and yes, muscle power, to the team. We all share in the joy and satisfaction of each staged and sold home!

Member of:

  • Northern Virginia Association of Realtors
  • Dulles Area Association of Realtors
  • International Association of Home Staging professionals
  • StagedHomes.com

Sincerely,

 Trish Kim
Accredited Staging Professional (ASP™) Master

phone: 703-261-7026

Staged Interior | Pendleton & Young, Inc. | Centreville | VA | 20121