Virtual Staging in San Francisco

Staged properties sell for 17% more money and 87% faster than non-staged properties. If you're planning on listing a home with empty rooms or poorly furnished spaces in the "city by the Bay," you're missing out on higher offers.

San Francisco has many unique attractions, like the Golden Gate Bridge and of course, Karl the fog. Staging is hands down the best way to sell a home for more money in the least amount of time. But, as most real estate agents already know, there are a few major problems with traditional home staging. Especially in San Francisco, which has the most expensive real estate in the US.

A simple consultation with a San Francisco home staging company will cost you a minimum of $500. If you’re staging a small, relatively affordable apartment in the Tenderloin, you'll be lucky to find a home stager for $1,500 per month. You'll much more likely pay prices starting at $2,500, and you may need to pay for a three-month contract regardless of how quickly the home sells.

For a larger single-family home, costs will quickly skyrocket past five figures. Scroll through Bay Area home stagers online, and you'll see many of them with prices like $25,000, $50,000, and even $150,000.

And if you want to move quickly and get a home on the market ASAP, physical home staging will most likely delay your listing.

It takes a bare minimum of one week to get a home physically staged. You start by contacting the staging company, then you must schedule a consultation, wait for their quote, and finally schedule the staging.

What could be a bigger problem than the price tag? Potentially the best-kept secret with traditional home staging--the design limitations.

When you work with a physical home staging company, they only have certain pieces to choose from at the time of listing.

Plus, there are logistics to consider. It's not exactly a walk in the park to carry large or expensive furniture around the extremely steep streets, old Victorian architecture, and high-rise apartments. (Pivot, anyone?)

Your staging company will be forced to choose furniture that is physically easy to move, even if it isn't the best style for the property.

But you can still take advantage of the power of home staging--without spending your entire commission check, stressing over weeks of planning, and limiting your design choices.

Virtual home staging allows you to display the home's full potential to both renters and buyers without the logistical nightmare.

Not only do you receive a beautifully staged design, but one that is optimized for selling real estate