stage Pack Should I stage a slip and fall accident outside the local ambulance chasing hook-nosed lawyer next door ?
There is a typical money-grubbing swine of a lawyer with an office just down the street and these jerks NEVER shovel the public sidewalk outside their office. I try to walk on the public sidewalk and i have to trudge through a month-old pack of snow and ice 4 inches thick. This just MIGHT cause me to slip and fall and take their hook noses to court!!
Should I do this? How much money should I ask for?
Go for it. And since it's convenient, hire them to sue themselves.
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Avoid the Deadly Staging Mistake Made on Hgtv's "buy Me"
Copyright (c) 2009 Alice Chan
I've been watching the HGTV program, "Buy Me" which is a show about the drama that Real Estate Agents and Sellers go through as they sell a home. It's actually pretty comical for me.
Just like sports enthusiasts who yell at the television screen about how the players should be playing, I'm making comments about what the sellers should be doing, what the real estate agents should be doing, and what the Stagers should be doing.
I know, it's absolutely ridiculous and it's obviously easier to be objective and hardnosed from your couch than it is when you're in front of your customers. However, there was one HUGE error in judgment that occurred on one of the episodes that I wanted to address.
On this particular episode, the sellers were told by their Agent that they needed to Stage their house and she talked with them about de-cluttering, packing and changing the use of their sunroom, but she really glossed over the details.
The Agent did not include the Sellers in the conversation with the Stagers about what really needed to be done and why. She also did not find out what they would need while they lived in the home during the selling process.
Long story short, the sellers left for a week long vacation during which time the Real Estate Agent and the Stagers took care of packing, redesigning and Staging their home. When the Sellers returned to their "Staged" home, they were extremely unhappy about not being able to find things and the overall inconvenience of the Staging.
Because they were never educated they actually viewed it as a nuisance rather than seeing the value it added to the marketability of their property. The big lesson here is NEVER Stage a House without participation by the occupants!!!
First of all, this applies to both vacant and owner occupied properties, but more so for the latter for obvious reasons. This is important for vacant properties if the sellers are going to be visiting the home frequently and overseeing its maintenance.
It is absolutely imperative with owner occupied properties because making the house showcase ready for the big debut is important, but it's even more important that it stays in that condition during the duration of the time the house is on the market.
Consider these rules of thumb regardless of who hired you or who's paying for the staging services:
1) Keep all parties in the loop.
Parties include the Real Estate Agent AND the owners/sellers/occupants (hopefully these are all the same people). I always recommend providing ALL parties with a copy of the written consultation so everyone is on the same page about what needs to be done.
Everyone should know what needs to be done, the timeframe for completing the tasks and who is responsible for doing the work, i.e. is it the owners/sellers sole responsibility or will there be a need to hire outside sources to help move the projects along.
2) Sellers/Occupants need to be educated about what the Staging process is and what it entails.
3) Sellers/Occupants need to be educated about how to live in a staged home.
Sometimes this could be dramatically different from their regular lifestyle and they have to be made aware of that.
Even if you have to discuss the smallest details like keeping the toothpaste in the medicine cabinet vs. on the sink counter or vacuuming up hair in the bathroom every morning before they leave the house, to making the bed EVERY DAY, that is your role and responsibility as a Stager to get the message across to the client.
DON'T put yourself in the position where your clients view your service as a nuisance rather than a value add. It is really a collaborative effort between the Real Estate Agent, the Stager and the Homeowners/Sellers.
Keeping a clear, definite line of communication open is the key to a successful relationship during all the "drama".
About the Author
Alice T. Chan is the Staging Designers' Success Coach and founder of SuccessfulStagingBiz.com. Our tools/programs help Staging Designers catapult their success by turning an expensive hobby into a profitable expression of their talent. Alice publishes the bi-weekly ezine "Set the Stage for Your Success". To skyrocket your Staging Design business and gain credibility in record time, get FREE tips now at http://www.SuccessfulStagingBiz.com .
Fellow Bloggers,
Check out Monday's Express Newspaper Editorial below on CWC:
World Cup lessons to be learnt
Monday, April 16th 2007
IN Grenada last week, there was heated discussion among political figures as well as ordinary citizens, about the promises made concerning the bonanza yet to come as a result of the ICC Cricket World Cup, now approaching its highpoint.
Similar discussions took place in Antigua the previous week, with a government minister revealing the fight between his country's Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the International Cricket Council (ICC), governing body for the sport, and for the CWC. In Jamaica where the tournament began early last month, and indeed right across the region this debate, and the discussions have gone on.
West Indians have been reacting sharply to the myriad ways in which it appears with more and more clarity that the governments and their agents have failed them on many fronts, regarding the staging of this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Ticket prices were slashed for the games in Grenada last week. Patrons were at last allowed to go to the games with the music, the percussion instruments and all the other paraphernalia associated with this lovely game in the Caribbean for so many decades.
At the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain during the opening stage, a pack of nuts went for six dollars. Roti was fetching $36, beer and stout prices also almost out of reach for average pockets. Similar occurrences despoiled the atmosphere at these events from one country to the next, contributing to the less than satisfactory turn out at the games in each case.
With patrons being told in advance about these restrictions, including perhaps the unkindest cut of all, that they could not take their own home cooked meals, their picnic boxes, baskets and coolers to the venues, it made for a mixture of bad blood and bad vibes, however eagerly those fans wanted to participate in this global experience.
That governments and the LOC's acting on their behalf could not have been more astute in spotting these and other irritants as significant drawbacks to the overall successful production of this tournament is disappointing.
Remarking on the way in which the ICC was allowed too free a hand to dictate the conduct of these games, a Trinidad and Tobago government official involved in some aspects of the arrangements, made this public comment, after the fall-out began to emerge. The people of the Caribbean were never allowed to take ownership of these games.
Such a capitulation must never be permitted in the future.
It ought to be a recognition of the highest priority which must come from all the lessons to be learnt from this now bitter-sweet experience.
With two weeks to go before the final in Barbados, and with no apologies to the Prime Minister of Grenada who believes now is not the time for crtiticism, this much needs to be stated.
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Fellow Bloggers,
Check out Monday's Express Newspaper Editorial below on CWC:
World Cup lessons to be learnt
Monday, April 16th 2007
IN Grenada last week, there was heated discussion among political figures as well as ordinary citizens, about the promises made concerning the bonanza yet to come as a result of the ICC Cricket World Cup, now approaching its highpoint.
Similar discussions took place in Antigua the previous week, with a government minister revealing the fight between his country's Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the International Cricket Council (ICC), governing body for the sport, and for the CWC. In Jamaica where the tournament began early last month, and indeed right across the region this debate, and the discussions have gone on.
West Indians have been reacting sharply to the myriad ways in which it appears with more and more clarity that the governments and their agents have failed them on many fronts, regarding the staging of this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Ticket prices were slashed for the games in Grenada last week. Patrons were at last allowed to go to the games with the music, the percussion instruments and all the other paraphernalia associated with this lovely game in the Caribbean for so many decades.
At the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain during the opening stage, a pack of nuts went for six dollars. Roti was fetching $36, beer and stout prices also almost out of reach for average pockets. Similar occurrences despoiled the atmosphere at these events from one country to the next, contributing to the less than satisfactory turn out at the games in each case.
With patrons being told in advance about these restrictions, including perhaps the unkindest cut of all, that they could not take their own home cooked meals, their picnic boxes, baskets and coolers to the venues, it made for a mixture of bad blood and bad vibes, however eagerly those fans wanted to participate in this global experience.
That governments and the LOC's acting on their behalf could not have been more astute in spotting these and other irritants as significant drawbacks to the overall successful production of this tournament is disappointing.
Remarking on the way in which the ICC was allowed too free a hand to dictate the conduct of these games, a Trinidad and Tobago government official involved in some aspects of the arrangements, made this public comment, after the fall-out began to emerge. The people of the Caribbean were never allowed to take ownership of these games.
Such a capitulation must never be permitted in the future.
It ought to be a recognition of the highest priority which must come from all the lessons to be learnt from this now bitter-sweet experience.
With two weeks to go before the final in Barbados, and with no apologies to the Prime Minister of Grenada who believes now is not the time for crtiticism, this much needs to be stated.