CENTRAL COAST — As homeowners are competing to sell their homes quicker and for a higher price, sellers and agents continue to turn to home staging techniques and storage solutions like PODS to declutter rooms and allow buyers to envision the true potential and value of a home.
According to buyer’s agents surveyed by the 2017 National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Staging Survey nearly one-third of agents agree home staging increased the dollar value offered between one to five percent compared to similar upstaged homes in the market’s vicinity.
Sellers are also finding staged homes are selling faster, leaving homeowners in limbo between selling a home and moving into their new home. While managing a busy schedule, homeowners are finding they need to ‘bridge’ the gap between decluttering, sorting, storing and moving their home furnishings from point A to point B.
“PODS containers are the solution to ‘bridge’ the storage gap needed for customers looking to store their belongings in-between staging and selling their home for any given time,” says Steve Yapp, owner of local PODS moving and storage. “By using a PODS container, homeowners can take their time using the PODS ‘bridge’ business model to move their home furnishings at their convenience.”
With the peak home buying season here, now is the time for residents to begin the decluttering process and prepare for home staging. Moving and storage provider, local PODS moving and storage, offers homeowners expertise on seamlessly moving and storing home furnishings.
“As a busy listing agent on the Central Coast, I routinely recommend PODS moving and storage to my sellers, as they are so convenient and allow a person to pack up on their home on their own terms. PODS containers are particularly helpful to sellers who are staging their home and need to minimize possessions and clutter,” Nancy Allison, Taylor Hoving Realty Group. “I encourage my busy clients to pack 5 boxes a day for the PODS container and in no time, the PODS container is filled and ready to be picked up and stored for them until they move to their new home. They are so relieved and appreciative, and so am I!”
For more information, go to: www.mylocalpods.com
About PODS: Steve Yapp is the owner of three Tri-Counties PODS franchises that serve residents and businesses in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Dedicated to the local community, Yapp’s franchises have donated hundreds of PODS containers to nonprofit and charitable organizations throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Diego and Los Angeles counties since opening their doors in 2005.
A partial list of recipients include: Boys & Girls Clubs, FOOD Share of Ventura County, Casa Pacifica, Toys 4 Tots, California Strawberry Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Relay for Life, C.H.P. Holiday Toy Drive, Salvation Army, Santa Maria Good Samaritan, Oxnard Downtown Management District, Boy Scouts of Ventura County, California Visitors Center, Simi Valley Days, the Oxnard Salsa Festival, and Catholic Charities. PODS® is a leader in the moving and storage industry providing both residential and commercial services in 46 U.S. states, Canada, Australia and the UK. Founded in 1998, PODS pioneered the portable moving and storage industry now preferred by many customers’ increasingly active and mobile lifestyles. To date, the PODS network has completed more than 700,000 long-distance moves, exceeded 3 million deliveries and has more than 185,000 PODS containers in service.
For more information, go to: www.mylocalpods.com