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Question about Staging?

Hello!

I’m looking to get some feedback on a situation that is a bit unusual, so please bear with me.

I currently own a condo and just over one year ago, our building was struck by a tornado and suffered pretty severe damage as a result. The roof was destroyed, and extensive flooding occurred, requiring a full restoration all the way down to the studs. This restoration took just over a year, and thankfully it turned out beautiful.

Due to the storm, I lost ALL of my furniture (bed, couch, desk, etc) when I moved out. During the year I was gone, I also made the decision to sell my home once the repairs were completed. Ultimately, I was able to move back about a week ago.

As I have never sold a home before, I mistakenly thought that not having furniture would be an asset to the sales process. When I purchased it myself, the previous owner had already moved out, and it was completely empty (I was wrong).

However, I’m now working with my real estate agent, and she’s stressed the importance of presentation and said that I should look into having the home staged. Given that I’ll need literally everything, I’m not thrilled about the idea of paying a company to basically rent a full set of their furniture for a while, on top of needing to purchase new things down the road as well.

If the condo were vacant, absolutely, I’d stage it and forget about it, but I’m still living there, so there are things that I need to use daily, a new bed, a new couch, a new desk, etc. I’m thinking, would it better to buy them now, then stage everything for the sale? I know I can rent/stage individual items if needed as well, might that be a better option?

Can I get some opinions here? Thank you!

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source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1ujjeqe/question_about_staging/
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