Licensed REALTOR® since 1999
Accredited Staging Professionals 2003
Certified Canadian Staging Professionals 2007
Certified Trainer for Canadian Staging Professionals in Western Canada
2007
Staging Diva Home Stager Certification 2010
Creator/ Trainer of Her own Home Staging Training Program 2009- 2014
ICS Certified Interior Decorator Program
Certified Dewey Color Consultant
20+ years successfully operating Simply Irresistible Interiors Inc.
Hundreds of Staging Consultations
Hundreds of Homes Staged & Homes Sold after Staging
12 Home Staging Awards including 6 Top Ten RESA Awards in Canada
20 years Experience Contractor Management
Jill started in Real Estate when she was 9 years old. She would take any family guests for a full tour of their home, and even showed them the storage space in the closets! She turned lights on and off and let them discover rooms, like a true Real Estate Agent. The only thing missing was the business card with a dated photo!
At age 10 her mom came home to a dresser in the
hallway, the living room all re-arranged, including art hung in different spots
and she found that all the kids were now enlisted as "movers" so Jill
could switch all their bedrooms.
Her real estate and home staging career had begun.
For the next 8 years that house was turned house upside down. (more on
this when we meet LOL)
At 18, Jill answered an ad from a local real estate
office. The Broker gave her an aptitude test and said " For being 18 you
have some of the best scores I have ever seen, come back to me when you are
25." She was devastated. She wanted to sell houses now!
Fast forward to age 24, Jill became as Assistant
for a successful local Real Estate Agent and then went on to get her own
license at age 25.
She sold 21 houses her first year,
which was 7 x the average for that year.
In 2003, Jill opened Simply Irresistible Interiors,
her Home Staging company, in conjunction with being an Active Real Estate
Agent. It was a bold move because it was unheard of!
She didn't have any inventory, so she tore her own
home apart to "stage" her listings. People always asked her if she
was moving!
Fast forward to today and she has put Home Staging
on the Real Estate map.
Today she continues to list & stage Re-Sale
Homes, Investor Property, Show Homes and Show Suites. She offers her
customized staging packages for all her listings, as part of her marketing
process.
She is also the only Award Winning Home
Stager in Greater Edmonton, winning 6 Top Ten Awards through RESA and 6
through IHASP, her Staging Training and Resource affiliates.
What is a Comparative Market Analysis?
Otherwise known as a CMA, this tool is used by most
Agents to determine where your home lands for value. This is determined by
other sold homes' sale prices, square footage, development and upgrades in the
interior and exterior, condition, number of bedrooms, location and overall
presentation.
Ultimately buyers determine value by what they are
willing to pay for a property. Sellers can price at any price they want, but they may not sell.
The Price a home sells for is really decided by
what a Buyer is willing to pay for it. This is why I will discuss the condition
and presentation of your home with you when we meet. There is nothing worse
than being behind the 8 ball when selling, and chasing the market
down because your price was too high to start.
Price well. Stage. Sell. It's that simple.
Listing & Staging A Vacant Home?
With enough inventory to stage approx. 80 -100
homes a year, she can easily stage your vacant property. The process starts
with a phone call to go over your needs and timelines, as well as get an idea
on whether working together makes sense.
Jill will build a Comparative Market Analysis to
determine your property value, as well as create a Net Sheet for you, so you
know exactly what you are walking away with after the sale. With our
Flat Fee Commission, this makes planning way easier!
If we are proceeding, then Jill will help you get
prepared for listing, and can also put you in touch with Contractors, Painter,
Electricians. etc.. if required. Once your property is ready she will come and
stage it, at our agreed package and price.
After Staging, Jill Books the Professional Photos
and the RMS Measuring, and we are ready to go! Your showings will start quickly
after we are live.
Listing & Staging an Occupied Home?
If your home is occupied she can add staging décor
to compliment your furniture.
The process starts with a phone call to go over
your needs and timelines, as well as get an idea on whether working together
makes sense.
Jill will build a Comparative Market Analysis to
determine your property value, as well as create a Net Sheet for you, so you
know exactly what you are walking away with after the sale. With our Flat Fee
Commission rate, this makes planning way easier!
If we are proceeding, then Jill will help you get
prepared for listing, and can also put you in touch with Contractors, Painter,
Electricians. etc.. if required. Once your property is ready she will come and
stage it, at our agreed package and price.
After Staging, Jill Books the Professional Photos
and the RMS Measuring, and we are ready to go! Your showings will start quickly
after we are live.
Ask her how Home Staging BEFORE
Listing can help you sell faster.
Book a 15 min strategy call
today
Email: admin@stageandsell.ca to book or call 780-218-7444
Why do Your Online Photos Matter?
Your FIRST showing is taking place on a computer
somewhere and IF they are interested enough based on what they see they will
book an "In Person" Showing, which is your 2nd showing.
You know this is true because you look online also
and what you see affects your initial thoughts about the condition and
care that home has had. If it is packed full of belongings, or messy,
or multiple colors, all you can see is that. You cannot even see the new
flooring, the countertops, the space or the style. All your eyes can do it
fight the mess and you could be missing out on a great house!
My goal is to help you wade through all that to get
to the PRODUCT you are selling, Your HOUSE.
Staging is about marketing, not decorating. We can
save that for your new home!
Home Staging offers better online photos, resulting
in more traffic to the house & an increased chance of OFFERS.
Times have changed and Buyers have full access online, so to be in control of what they see, it starts with your photos.
Jill believes in the process so much that she offers staging to all her listings, as part of her professional marketing plan. It is of course, optional.
Jill Turgeon @ 780-218-7444