Professional Home Staging Services

Home staging is a proven marketing strategy that elevates the perceived value of the home in the eyes of potential buyers, resulting in higher offers and fewer days on market. It's visual merchandising using the talents of trained stylists to ensure the home will appeal to the aesthetic tastes and needs of the targeted buying demographic.

Whether you're a DIY type who just needs some advice, or you need full service, professional staging, we can help. Our clients are homeowners, real estate agents, brokers, investors, and flippers. Keep scrolling or click one of the links below for a description of the services we offer for both homes that will be lived in while on the market and homes that will be vacant.

PROFESSIONAL STAGING FOR VACANT LISTINGS

PROFESSIONAL STAGING FOR OCCUPIED LISTINGS

DIY COACHING | PRE-LISTING STAGING CONSULTATIONS

VACANT STAGING

Our vacant staging is available exclusively for homes that will be unoccupied both while on the market and after going under contract. In other words, the home won't be lived in at all until it's sold and the new buyers move in.

Our vacant home staging contracts cover up to 60 days rental of our assets and include the following services:

Paint Color, Fixture, and Finish selection - If you will be rehabbing or flipping this home prior to listing it, we will help you choose colors, fixtures, and finishes at no additional charge. Free guidance is limited to remote assistance via shared photos in text messages, emails, Facetime, and Zoom meetings. There will be additional fees for additional trips to the home, or meetings at design centers and building supply stores.

Furniture, Art, and Decor Selection - All assets used to stage the home will be chosen from our own inventory by one of our certified, professionally-trained stagers. If you'd like have control over the aesthetic and selections, please inquire about our separate interior design services.

Installation - We will deliver, unload, assemble, arrange, and style all of the assets. 

Destaging - Your staging fee will include our return trip to the home to disassemble, pack, load, and transport our assets back to our warehouse. 

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Fee is Custom-Quoted After Scope of Work is Assessed

Call or text us at 909-256-9411

 
We will be asking the following questions: 

• Your name and your relationship to the home. For example, are you the homeowner or the listing agent? 
• The full street address of the vacant home that needs staged.
  
• What is the square footage of the home?
  
• How soon do you plan to list? (Be advised that we are typically booked at least 7 days in advance)
  
• How many staircases (both exterior and interior, including split-levels)?
  
• How many indoor living spaces, bedrooms, and dining spaces (include both formal dining room, the breakfast nook, and breakfast bars)?
  
• Does the primary bedroom include a retreat?
  
• Are there any "bonus" rooms, home theaters, wine cellars, or other non-standard areas in the home you may want staged?
  
• How many outdoor dining and living areas, if any, will you want staged? How many balconies?
  
• Will will ask you to text or email any photos or videos you have of the home, both interior and exterior.
• We may require an in-person preview of the home before committing to a firm quote. This preview is also free of charge, but we will not be providing any recommendations during this visit. We do offer complimentary recommendations after we've received your payment and signed contract for staging. If you're seeking advice on paint colors, new fixtures or finishes, etc. before committing to a contract with us, please book one of our pre-listing consultations described further down on this page. If you choose to move forward with us, we will credit the fee for the consultation to your staging invoice.

OCCUPIED STAGING

This service is for homes that will be lived in at any time, for any duration, between staging and close of escrow (COE). Our occupied staging services are available exclusively for clients who have already completed one of our pre-listing consultations described further below. We will not book professional staging services for any home sight-unseen. The consultation is necessary to assess the scope of work and to coach the sellers on what they'll need to ensure is completed before we return to stage, such as repairs, home improvements, prepacking, and deep cleaning.

We offer two types of professional staging services for occupied listings:

• Staging using exclusively what the homeowners own, including what they already have on hand and what they're willing to purchase on upon our recommendation before we return to stage the home. This type of occupied staging is charged on an hourly basis. The rate will vary depending on the scope of work.
  
• Staging using a combination of what the homeowners have and some of our assets from our own inventory. This type of occupied staging will be custom quoted at a flat rate after assessing the scope of work during the mandatory preliminary consultation.
  

Fee is Custom-Quoted After Scope of Work is Assessed

Custom quoted after you've completed one of our paid consultations, which you can book using the button below. The fee for the consultation will be credited back to you if you elect to hire us to return to the home to provide professional staging.

DIY COACHING | PRE-LISTING STAGING CONSULTATIONS

Our DIY staging coaching service is available both on-site in the home and in an online format, and is perfect for the following clients:

• Home sellers on a budget who'd like to try staging their home themselves
  
• Real estate agents who'd like to add value to their listing package by including this service for all of their home sellers
  

Here's what your staging coach will cover:

• Decluttering - Your coach will specify which items should be removed to achieve a tidier, more organized, less visually chaotic atmosphere. The choice will be yours whether to prepack and store, sell, donate, or dispose of these items. 
• Depersonalizing - Next, your coach will specify which items should be removed to neutralize the home. This step is needed so potential buyers will be able imagine the home as their own.
  
• Cosmetic Updates - If your coach sees an opportunity to increase the perceived value of the home by implementing minor cosmetic changes, these will be addressed, as well. Recommendations may include painting one or more areas, changing out light fixtures, replacing cabinet hardware, etc.
  
• Repairs & Maintenance - Your coach will be able to see your home from a buyer's perspective and point out the things you've probably grown accustomed to and have been overlooking. Please be advised, however, that our services are not a substitute for a thorough home inspection by a licensed inspector.
  
• Deep Cleaning - The next step to effectively preparing your home for sale is deep cleaning. Your coach will specify what needs to be done, as well as offer some helpful tips.
  
• Space Planning - Some of the rooms in your home may need to be redefined to better accommodate the needs of your targeted buyers. For example, a spare room you've been using as a craft room might be more useful to your targeted demographic as an office. Sometimes, the room may be defined correctly, but editing the furniture arrangement will open up more perceived square footage, improve the flow of foot traffic and visual flow, and improve how the home will appear in the marketing photos.
  
• Styling - In addition to recommending any changes to the furniture arrangements that will help make your home more marketable, you'll also be provided with tips on best practices for hanging art, arranging decor accents, and making your beds. (This step will be handled by our trained stylists if you choose to have us return to provide professional staging services).
  
• Refreshing the Stage - If you plan to remain living in the home while it's on the market, your coach will leave you with instructions for refreshing the stage between each showing.
  

FEE

$250 for the first two hours

$125 for each additional hour

We recommend booking at least 3 hours for older homes, homes with a lot of clutter, and homes over 2,500 square feet.

Travel fees may apply for on-site coaching if the home is beyond a one-hour drive (two hours total round trip) from our office in Rancho Cucamonga, California. We'll be happy to provide a quote for any applicable travel fees before you book your appointment. Simply call of text us at 909-256-9411 with the full street address.

Online coaching will take place in a Zoom meeting. The Zoom app is free for you to use. You'll only need to install the app to a device with reverse camera capability,such as a smart phone or iPad, so you can show us the home during your appointment. We'll also ask that you send us photos in advance. A list of the photos we'll need will be provided to you when you book your online meeting. Since no travel is necessary for our online coaching, this service is available to anyone in the United States or Canada.

This service is the same as a pre-listing staging consultation, and a prerequisite to all of our professional home staging services for occupied listings. We do not provide cleaning or home improvement services. Therefore, this meeting is necessary to provide our occupied home sellers with instructions on getting the home "stage-ready" before we return to style the home for marketing photos. It's also needed to assess the scope of work before providing a quote for professional staging. If you do hire us for staging, we will credit the fee for this consultation to your staging invoice.

This consultation is also available for vacant listings, and is helpful if the sellers or agent suspects some cosmetic updates will be needed and would like help selecting colors, fixtures, and finishes. It can also be helpful if the seller or agent wants to try using their own art, furniture, and decor to stage the home. As with occupied consultations, we will be happy to credit the fee to the invoice for a professional staging package, should you choose to purchase one. Please scroll up this page to learn more about our professional staging services.

HOME PREP CHECKLISTS AND STAING GUIDES

During the pre-listing preparation consultation & DIY coaching described above, you'll be provided with several checklists and guides to help remind you what needs to be done. However, if you'd like to skip personalized, one-on-one coaching, our "one-size-fits-most" checklists and guides can be purchased separately in our Etsy shop. 

Larimar Home Staging is based in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, and we our proud to service most areas in Southern California, including our neighbors in Upland, Ontario, and North Fontana. We also serve the rest of the Inland Empire area of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. We'll go as far east on the 10 interstate as Redlands and as far west on the I10 as West Covina; as far south on the I15 as Temecula, and as far north on the I15 as Victorville. We'll also service the 210 corridor west of Rancho Cucamonga, including Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, Glendora, Azusa, Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, and La Canada Flintridge. We also service all of Orange County, as well as the cities in Los Angeles County east of the 605. We will travel up to 1.5 hours, one way, from our warehouse in Rancho Cucamonga (zip code 91739).

Our short-term rental design and installation services are available anywhere in the US.

Our online staging consultations, design consultations, and DIY coaching are available anywhere in the US and Canada.