Professional suite staging is one way to get the dedicated office space in your home to really appeal to potential buyers. More and more people are working from home and certain professionals truly benefit from their ability to have their office right in their own house. This is convenient and efficient, not to mention a huge economic boon. From doctors to lawyers, accountants to architects and web designers to telecommuters, working from home, with the ability to entertain clients, is an obvious solution to so many career dilemmas.
This commentary provides insight on improving the aesthetics of any residential office space.
Purpose of Professional Suite Staging
Many homes enjoy the benefit of having a dedicated professional suite. This area is much like an apartment, except it is utilized for a particular business use only.
Typically, most professional suites will have a separate entrance with easy parking and access. This entrance should be on the main floor whenever possible or should at least have handicapped accessibility, if located on another level. The suite must have a client greeting area, as well as private space for the person working there.
Depending on the nature of the use, a professional suite may have 3 rooms on the smaller side and upwards of 10 or more rooms for larger business operations.
Professional Home Office Staging Tips
It is crucial to keep a home office suite decorated appropriately to give obvious glimpses of its applications. The chosen décor should be professional and may be tied into the niche of the person who works there.
Make sure to soften the space with color and art, so as to avoid a sterile look and feel which is unappealing to prospective buyers.
Fixtures should be updated and functional and the flow of the space should be extremely efficient.
Make sure to declutter the office areas thoroughly before listing the home, so that buyers are not shocked by the accumulated amount of records and debris which may gather in any busy professional space.
Professional Suite Staging Advantages
Many professional suites can also be used as rental apartments. Any space with multiple rooms, a dedicated bathroom and kitchen can be staged either way. In these cases, it is really important to consider the demographic of the buyer pool to see which application would provide more perceived value.
In a high-end home, or in an affluent neighborhood, the professional suite is the obvious choice. However in middle class or lower income areas, a rental apartment is likely to have far more value to potential buyers and the change over should be made using staging designs which clearly show the space as an apartment.
