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Staged or unStaged, project #1! Downtown Vancouver condo
October 16, 2009 by Amy Kizaki · View Comments
Late last month I wrote a blog about the impacts of staging. Since then Laura Howren and I teamed up with local decorator Hanan Arabatlian with Aura Interiors Inc and decided to do a video blog on what a difference staging can really make.
The subject condo is a approx. 560 sqft, one bedroom condo unit located in the TV Towers2 building on Vancouver’s main shopping drag, Robson Street. The unit had been sitting on the market for over a month, which for a unit in that location, in that price range, should’ve been snapped up within a couple of weeks at most. According to the listing agent of the listing they’ve had many buyers come through and all say the same thing: “Where does everything go?”
The layout of the unit is somewhat disfunctional, it’s open but has many angles. The kitchen is an open one with not much counterspace; the “flex space”, or storage room looks like it should be a utility closet, and the bedroom looks so small vacant that it’s almost impossible to envision a bed fitting in there.
The transformation was amazing; the small little space suddenly made sense, and the unit felt much homier, cozy and urban. At the open house that was held that weekend (the work was done on Friday) the listing agent found her audience saying the exact opposite of what they had been saying before; many commented on “how big” the unit was! Take a look at some before and after pictures below.
And the burning question…did the condo sell? Well, we haven’t gotten an update from the listing agent to date, but last we heard (which was right after the open house) they were working on getting an offer accepted!
Need to sell? Call Laura at 604.209.3674 or laura@vancouverpowersearch.com. And if you’re looking for a decorator, call Hanan at 604.209.5423 or visit www.aurainteriors.ca.
Photographer: Morgan Beall at Morgan_Beall@Vancity.com
Before Staging
Bathroom
Living Areas
Bedroom
Flex Space
Kitchen
Kitchen
Living Area
Bathroom
Flex Space
Bathroom Deco
Living Room
Kitchen
After Staging
