Rhonda 's Blog

An important reminder! Your listing photos must wow potential buyers online or they will pass your property over. So many listings online look sloppy and unprofessional. As the study below states buyers spend 60% of the time online viewing the photos. Make your photos work for you.  Of course you...

I think this before and after illustrates the beauty of "keep it simple". Minimum equals maximum in this case, don't you agree? We repeated this theme as we redid every room in this house located in Hartford County, CT, which was under contract in 24 hrs; closed in 3 weeks. Rhonda Rawlins Glasto...

We get so busy at times and somehow for some families; their home get lost (and neglected) in all the business of life. This family called me right before their youngest was about to graduate high school and the wife had moved ahead to start a new job. The husband was left with getting the house ...

 Designed to Sell Top Selling Secrets The Designed to Sell experts' list of top tips for getting a house sold. Experts from each of the Designed to Sell teams — Los Angeles, Chicago and D.C. — share their tips on how to bring in top dollar from a house sale. Cook Up Your Kitchen. Kitchen upgrades...

I recently posted about a staging job I completed which sold in 24 hrs. As you know so well our work is so rewarding and satisfying when you can help our clients sell quickly so they can move on with their lives. I just recieved this lovely thank you note from these clients and wanted to share wi...

My company, Glastonbury Home Staging was hired to stage an owner occupied home for a family located in South Windsor, CT , that was relocating. I met with them in early January and discussed my recommendations. They had watched all the shows on HGTV and knew they needed help and were prepared and...

I just spoke with the REA, Tommy Evans, Century 21, Glastonbury, CT, regarding  a house that my company, Glastonbury Home Staging had staged, he had 4 offers in 4 weeks! I am thrilled for the seller. This  unique home, a split level contemporary in Glastonbury, CT an area that has more traditiona...

My company, Glastonbury Home Staging, was recently hired to stage this 5 bedroom colonial, located in West Hartford, CT. This house was deceiving from the outside it so big and the bedrooms are all good sizes, particularly the master bedroom. Many families today are multi-generational, with grand...

My company, Glastonbury Home Staging,  was recently hired by Pristine Mortgage of Glastonbury, CT to stage this newly renovated split contemporary. It has a great open floor concept that is perfect for today's lifestyle. It is almost like new construction. It has a completely new kitchen with sta...

  Thank you Active Rain, especially all the "wizards" behind the curtain!  I expected the holidays and and begining of the new year to be really quiet for my business, Glastonbury Home Staging, but not this winter. I have been surprisingly busy. I would love to be even busier, but I will take it....