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Meet Our Star Stager: Behind the Scenes with Beyond The Stage Homes' Nicole Sartorelli

Meet Our Star Stager: Behind the Scenes with Beyond The Stage Homes' Nicole Sartorelli

At Beyond The Stage Homes, we pride ourselves on having an outstanding team of professionals and Nicole Sartorelli, one of our Professional Home Stagers, is the perfect example of the passion and experience that we bring to each of our projects. We recently sat down with her to get to know what drives her, and get insights on how she approaches each unique home staging project. Born in London, ON and raised in Ottawa, Nicole came to Waterloo Region in 1996 with her family when her mother relocated for work. She likens her experience today working with a team of strong-minded women to her Ringette days in Ottawa, hustling and skating the entire length of the Rideau Canal to the smell of “of hot chocolate and beaver tails”. 

As a professional home stager, Nicole is responsible for providing actionable advice to home sellers and agents on how to effectively prepare a property for sale. She manages and oversees every project from consultation to de-stage and is involved in every aspect of the process, including designing the strategy, preparing and packing all required staging rental items, coordinating logistics for staging day, and ensuring that clients have all of the answers that they need throughout the project.

When asked about what she enjoys most about her role, Nicole explained that the three aspects of her job that equally fill her cup are

Maintaining a Show-Ready Home

Maintaining a Show-Ready Home

Preparing a home for sale is a coordinated effort, but now that your house has been cleaned, staged, and photographed, you realize your next task is to maintain it.

If you’re starting to stress about the idea of keeping a show-ready home, don’t worry, we have the tips and tricks to help you show your home to prospective homebuyers at a moment’s notice. From the pile of shoes at the front door to the dining room table covered in your 'at-home office' or your unmade bed - skip the worry and follow these easy tips.

Remember, the better your house shows, the faster it sells, and the faster that it sells, the less time that you will need to maintain your show-ready home!

What to Expect (While your Home is on the Market)

What to Expect (While your Home is on the Market)

COVID has changed much of how we do things today, including selling our homes. Real Estate Agents have numerous protocols in place to ensure that you and your family are protected throughout the home-selling process, but in-person showings are still an important part of the buying process for homebuyers.

Here's what you can expect while your home is listed:

PRE-SHOWING PREP

To help to minimize the amount of pre-showing preparations required, strive to maintain a “show-ready” home by putting items away where they belong immediately after use, and cleaning as you go.

4 Tips for Hosting an Epic End-of-Summer Party

4 Tips for Hosting an Epic End-of-Summer Party

With Labour Day approaching, so too comes the inevitable end of summer. If you are looking to throw an end of summer party, you’re your backyard is lacking a bit, the Canadian Tire CANVAS collection has you covered with affordable, durable, and inviting pieces.

Tip #1: Keep it Comfortable, and Keep it Conversational

How Much Does It Cost to Stage Your Vacant Home?

How Much Does It Cost to Stage Your Vacant Home?

If you have ever lived in a home for sale, you can appreciate how challenging it can be to maintain a show-ready home for the duration of the listing. Of course, this is made especially difficult if you happen to have pets, kids, or any other type of life. While it is much less stressful for you as a homeowner to sell a home that you are not living in, an empty home puts a great deal of additional stress onto your buyer.

The number rule of selling (anything) is that it’s not about you. In order to set yourself up for sales success, you will need to understand your buyer‘s needs, put those needs before your own, and clearly outline how you can help to deliver on those needs. What problem do you solve? Your buyer will have a list of wants and needs when looking at a home, but ultimately they will want and need something that fits their daily lifestyle.

Selling Your Home with Kids

Selling Your Home with Kids

I get it – you all have to live in your home while it's listed for sale...

The home-selling process can be very disruptive, and often stressful, on kids. You may want to recommend that they play a part in preparing their rooms for sale themselves, to help them with the transition. If you have any knowledge of their next home, you can also help to get them excited about getting their new home ready.