Home Staging - How much?

[Greg P.]

Hello, does anyone know how much it would cost for furniture rental, staging designer etc in one full package? I asked a local designer here and she said around $1400 for two months. That sounds a bit high. Thank you.

[J Scott]

You don't say where you are, so it's hard to tell...

For reference, we own about 6 sets of staging furniture, and when we're not using them all, my wife does staging for other investors. She charges between 1.5 - 2.5% of the ultimate sale price of the property, payable only when the property sells (regardless of amount of time).

As another point of reference, we have built some good relationships with furniture wholesalers and suppliers (and also gets a lot off Craigslist) and can stage a 3/2, 2000 sf house for about $2500 in new furniture. This includes all accessories, pictures, etc.

So, if you plan to do staging of more than one property, it's probably cost effective to just buy the furniture.