LOVE this house! This is staging!!

MLS #2239161

Do you think the stove is a new one? i can't tell...

this house is staged beautifully, for me anyway!

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That's the problem with trying to make one thing please all people. For me, I think it's terrible. It looks so austere and obviously staged, not like someone actually lives there. I sometimes get suspicious of things like that, like what are they trying to hide?

I've seen lots of staging that I do like, but it looks like someone lives there.

There's no one thing that will please everyone....

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do you think that stove is new or old?

i haven't been in the market for stoves in a looonnngggg time and wondered if they made them like that now?

i totally understand that some staging isn't for everyone.



this looks right out of HGTV

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I love that! The staging definitely works for me there.

I would have to open the stove to tell but IMO the white gives it away as old since it doesn't match anything else in the kitchen! As long as it was in working condition I wouldn't care though.

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I love the stove and like it even more for it's "vintage" appeal.

if i had the room for a big oven / stove like that, i'd get one (if they still made them like that).

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Both Viking and Bertazzoni make big, retro-looking ranges, though Viking has terrible repair issues and Bertazzoni is more about looks than power, but that's for another thread!

http://www.vikingrange.com/consumer/products/product.jsp?id=prod8750162

Message edited 11/17/2009 9:25:10 AM.

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I love the look. I think it looks lived in. There is just enough furniture and not a lack of things in the home. I'm not sure about that stove though. It's very cool, but it really doesn't go with the kitchen. The rest of the kitchen looks updated. I guess you would have to see it all in person.

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Very nice and great price. The stove looks new to me, but i don't care for the color. The house would be even better if it had another bedroom. Looks like a steal to me! You could add a 2nd level down the road too!

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Not sure why it is a big deal. I guess my house looks "staged" most of the time then-lol!! While I am sure they would take out many things if I was selling my home, I like it to look clutter free like that all the time.

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Nice! The stove looks new to me.

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Even when i am not looking to purchase a home, i still have MLS email me new listings of areas of my choice. so, i see alot of stuff that i say "UGH! couldn't they have removed all the magnets from the fridge" or "please flush the toilet before taking the picture."

so, this was a breath of fresh air, hence my posting!

i have no affiliation to the house. thought maybe any purchasers on here may like to see it.

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I'm in love with it! So going to the open house Sunday with one of my gf's thats looking!

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Posted by rkoenke

Even when i am not looking to purchase a home, i still have MLS email me new listings of areas of my choice. so, i see alot of stuff that i say "UGH! couldn't they have removed all the magnets from the fridge" or "please flush the toilet before taking the picture."

so, this was a breath of fresh air, hence my posting!

i have no affiliation to the house. thought maybe any purchasers on here may like to see it.

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I'm not even sure if that house is staged. My house is like that too though. No magnets on the fridge..no papers lying around. Maybe they just like that look

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that is a new stove its made by Viking.

as for staging, I don't call that staging. that's what I call a neat and clean house

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Posted by HeatherRose

that is a new stove its made by Viking.

as for staging, I don't call that staging. that's what I call a neat and clean house

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That's funny, I saw this house pop up on Listingbook this morning and thought "$349 for a 3-bedroom ranch with no basement in Bethpage? What gives?" Now I see why! It's really pretty. And there are plenty of buyers out there (like me...) who see the pretty and put in an offer without, you know, finding out if the boiler is 60 years old and covered in asbestos, etc.

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Posted by DavaDay

That's funny, I saw this house pop up on Listingbook this morning and thought "$349 for a 3-bedroom ranch with no basement in Bethpage? What gives?" Now I see why! It's really pretty. And there are plenty of buyers out there (like me...) who see the pretty and put in an offer without, you know, finding out if the boiler is 60 years old and covered in asbestos, etc.

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let me tell you i am firm believer that staging works!!

our RE agent insisted on it. we only painted & got carpet remnants & our 1 BR co-op sold within a month!! AND we only went down $5k. not bad at all in this market.

we looked at close to 100 houses in 3 years. i ran out of soo many of them because i got dizzy from all the clutter. i am not a big fan of clutter & try to make my home neat. but i am not going to be a slave to it either.

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Posted by HeatherRose

that is a new stove its made by Viking.

as for staging, I don't call that staging. that's what I call a neat and clean house

Message edited 11/17/2009 5:59:03 PM.

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Posted by skew

Posted by HeatherRose

that is a new stove its made by Viking.

as for staging, I don't call that staging. that's what I call a neat and clean house

ITA. I feel as if I am looking at the wrong house. Doesn't looked staged at all, just tidy homeowners. IMO this is what a home should always look like. Ok, maybe not totally spotless but clean and clutter-free.

My sister's home is on the market (unstaged). Again, just clean and tidy. MLS 2232826

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I dont think its staged....I think its what a house should look like when you are selling it....But from very recent experience and in that price range most of the houses do not look like that....they do not even look like they have been cleaned in this century.....So I think that is why this house looks staged cause in comparison it is.

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skew,
your sister's home is beautiful!!!

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Why would youNOT want a home to look like this? I think it looks very nice and neat....they obviously have taken great care to make it look appealing....way better than 90% of people who don't give a damn.