homebase

Well I won’t be rushing to offer any of The Apprentice contestants an apprenticeship at homebase after last nights efforts on the show.

In fact I have not laughed as much in ages watching the guys attempt to paint and hang wall paper let alone put a colour scheme together. I reckon it was a bit of a calamity all round - great TV though.

Last nights show was right in our zone as an Interior Design and Homestaging Company and I think what the show most clearly demonstrated is that Interior Design and Homestaging are best left to the experts!!

If you get the homestaging right then you can truly maximum your sale price, at the moment there are many more listings than buyers so how are you going to stand out? Overseas research has been done that shows that homestaged properties sell for 10-15 per cent more money and up to twice as fast as houses that haven’t been staged.

So, if you take an average Auckland property at $500,000 and use the 10% increase that’s an additional $50,000 - so as you can see we are dealing with big numbers here.

Homebase has been playing a key ‘background’ role on The Apprentice, fitting out the reception area, boardroom and the contestants’ luxury penthouse apartments at the City Life Auckland hotel we have some photos on our website.

Cheers,

Simon