Does Real Estate Staging Help Sell Houses?
Buyers have become more particular. Few people care that a seller spent decades collecting snow globes, colorful Fiestaware, or mugs from around the world. Instead, they’re looking for fresh, thoughtfully furnished rooms where they can create their dream setting rather than buy into the seller’s life.
Testimonials
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Sold a Bloomingdale Townhome and Bought a Single Family home, Medinah, IL.
Local knowledge + Process expertise + Responsiveness + Negotiation skills
My husband and I worked with Kathleen to sell our home and purchase our new one, and really can’t say enough good things about her. She is knowledgeable, approachable, personable, endlessly patient, and incredibly generous with her time (including mornings, evenings, and weekends over the course of several months). We highly recommend her.
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- VPetrova
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Highly likely to recommend
Bought Luxury Home in WoodDale and sold a Single Family Bungalow home in, Berwyn, IL.
Local knowledge Process expertise Responsiveness Negotiation skills
Kathleen is a phenomenal realtor! She goes the extra mile for every request and step along the way. She is super resourceful and determined to sell your property and help you secure a new home. Buying and selling can be confusing, but Kathleen ensures that you are well informed and up to speed. If you are looking for a great agent I would highly recommend!
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- Audel Ortega
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Highly likely to recommend
Single Family home Elgin, IL.
Local knowledge Process expertise Responsiveness Negotiation skills
Kathleen is excellent! We have now worked with Kathleen twice and we've had great experiences both as buyers and sellers. She made the process very seamless for us. We put our house on the market early June and had an offer within a week.
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- Jessica
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Local knowledge + Process expertise + Responsiveness + Negotiation Skills
Highly likely to recommend
Bought and sold a home, Roselle and Downtown Chicago
Kathleen was so fun to work with! My husband and I must have looked at around 30 or more houses, She was so patient with us and helped us to find our perfect home in an area we weren’t even initially looking at. Kathleen knew what was important to us and helped us find it. She also helped my husband sell his condo downtown at the same time all while we were also planning our wedding. It was such a smooth process all because of her. We would recommend Kathleen to anyone!!
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- Heather
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Highly likely to recommend
Bought a Townhouse home, in Bloomingdale, IL.& Sold a Cond, Roselle, Il.
Local knowledge Process expertise Responsiveness Negotiation skills
best realtor I ever did business with-helped me buy property and also helped me sell a property with outstanding results-very knowledgeable in all facets of real estate-she does a lot for her money.
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- Steve & Laurie
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Bought a Single Family home, Plainfield, IL.
Local knowledge Process expertise Responsiveness Negotiation skills
Kathleen is an amazing real estate agent, who really went the extra mile for our family. She was patient, knowledgeable and honest. We were new to the Chicago area, and she showed us houses from several different areas so that we could make an educated decision. Additionally, she did all of this while helping to entertain our four year-old daughter, so I could concentrate on viewing the houses. We would happily use her services again, and highly recommend her!
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- bstolrud
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"Kathleen is wonderful to work with. She helped me buy a prestigious townhouse in Bloomingdale for $20k less than the appraised value, sold my condo 1 day early (scheduled to hit the public market the next day) at double the price that I had paid for, and helped me sell the same townhouse 4 years later at almost a 25% gain and during the height of the corona virus in March 2020. Kathleen knows how to talk to most sides of the parties' attorneys to get the best win-win situation for everyone; has great connections to licensed repair men, plumbers, electricians, real estate attorney, and cleaning companies; and has the most wonderful photographer take professional, stylized pictures that bring out the best aspects of any type of pricing point. We were lucky to meet her randomly during an open house, and have been blessed in each of our 3 transactions with her. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to buy or sell."
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- hoseacel
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Highly likely to recommend
Bought and sold a Luxury Single Family home, Bloomingdale, Il
Local knowledge Process expertise Responsiveness Negotiation skills
Kathleen is a real estate professional to the maximum. She will not just list your home in the MLS listing; she will help you stage your home and market your home so that buyers feel "at home" when they walk through. Kathleen puts in the time and effort to make sure the selling process is a pleasant process for you, the seller and the buyer.
And Kathleen will not just show you homes listed in a book. She will talk with you and learn what you want in your new home. She will then select and show you properties that meet your criteria. If what you are looking for is not yet on the market, she will keep looking until it is. Kathleen makes things happen!
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- PPalz
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"I highly recommend Kathleen as a realtor. No one would go the extra steps that she does. Very knowledgeable, professional and patient. Not pushy at all. I meet Kathleen at an open house and the rest is history. I have bought and sold a house through Kathleen and have no regrets. She is truly someone I trust to get the job done and stay on top of the situation. I would definitely use her again!"
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- gaboskelly
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Highly likely to recommend
Sold a Single Family home, Bartlett, IL.
Local knowledge Process expertise Responsiveness Negotiation skills
Kathleen was incredible to work with. This was my first time selling a house, and she was there throughout the whole process.
Her attention to detail and creativity led to our success in listing and selling my house.
She was very easy to reach and her communication throughout the process was exceptional.
Kathleen understood my goals, both personal and financial, and we worked towards those.
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- J. Lang
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All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. All properties are subject to prior sale, change or withdrawal. Neither listing broker(s) or information provider(s) shall be responsible for any typographical errors, misinformation, misprints and shall be held totally harmless. Listing(s) information is provided for consumer's personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. The data relating
