The owners of a local home staging franchise location are being recognized for a record-breaking first year in terms of revenue.<\/p>\n
Local Showhomes franchisees owners Nancy and Robbie Jones brought in $150,000 in revenue. “We doubled the first-year goal from January to July and are on track to hit the $300,000 mark by year’s end,” Nancy Jones said.<\/p>\n
Last week, the husband and wife team learned that they are experiencing a record-breaking year for highest revenue in the first year of ownership.<\/p>\n
Nancy and Robbie Jones were home managers in Florida for another franchisee before relocating to North Carolina. Through the Showhomes Triad location, they offer a variety of services, including traditional home staging, home redesign, makeovers for currently occupied homes and in-home management.<\/p>\n
“Only 10 percent of buyers can visualize their things living in an empty house,” Nancy Jones said. “Sixty percent of the houses that are staged sell faster and for a higher price.”<\/p>\n
For example, a home in Oak Ridge had been on the market for a little more than a year and had been reduced from $595,000 to $550,000. This spring, the local Showhomes updated the home, and the owner relisted it at $595,000 and received multiple offers within five days.<\/p>\n
“Whether it’s staging or it’s neutralizing colors, making the house move-in ready is one of the biggest factors that is getting a house sold now,” Jones said. “The more you do on the front end, the higher revenue you’re going to get on the back end.”<\/p>\n
Jones and her husband have three designers and an operations manager on staff and contract labor. Previous projects have been completed at homes with list prices ranging from $150,000 to $2.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"