As a real estate and home staging company our goal is to optimize your home’s selling potential by "dressing" your house so buyers notice it's best features and are willing to pay your asking price.

Dress This House (DTH) is a home staging company serving north central Vancouver Island communities including Courtenay, Comox, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Port Alberni and Powell River on the Sunshine Coast.

Home staging (also known as real estate staging) is a relatively new but indispensable service offered to home sellers who want to maximize their profits and minimize the length of time it takes to sell their home.

As an experienced home staging company our focus is to prepare your home for sale by presenting a lifestyle that the majority of home buyers in your area find appealing. In order to create the fresh, original "West Coast" look which is so popular on Vancouver Island we often use local original art and locally designed accents and accessories.

If you want to sell your house fast for the best possible price please contact us. We can dress your house for sale and add you to our growing list of clients who know what a difference DTH can make when selling a home or other real estate.

What is Home Staging?

Getting your home ready for sale can be compared to getting ready for an important interview. In both cases, you will be judged on outward appearance almost as much as suitability. A professional home stager is trained to get your house ready for its "interview" with potential buyers.

A well-prepared (well-staged) home often sells faster and/or for more money than a home that presents a less "polished" image.

Why hire Dress This House Home Staging company?

• Our Objective Eye
  DTH does what most homeowners can't; they see a home objectively. Most homeowners tend to either de-personalize their home too much, making it seem cold and uninviting, or too little, making it hard for buyers to visualize themselves and their families living in the home.
• Coping Strategies
  DTH gives our clients strategies for coping with short notice viewings and open houses.
• Home Staging is for Everyone
  DTH finds solutions for every budget and circumstance. Staging your home for sale will increase your home's buyer appeal and decrease the time it takes to sell your home.
• Smooth Move
  The DTH process of home staging also includes assistance in planning for your move. Our clients find themselves more prepared to move after home staging by Dress This House.
• Sell Global but Support Local
  DTH supports our local business and artistic community. Where possible home decorating accessories, art and furniture are purchased from local artists and businesses.
• Go Green With Us
  DTH is committed to environmentally sound practices including recycling and reusing. We were honored to accept an Environmental Award from the Comox Valley Home Based Business Association in 2006-2007.

“WOW” Factor

The degree to which your real estate home stager is successful depends on their experience, training and creativity.

But above all else a successful staging depends on the home stager's ability to draw the buyer into the home and, once inside, to engage their emotions and stimulate their desire to buy the home.

When it comes to home staging, success is always the result of the all-important "WOW" factor.

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NOTES FROM OUR CLIENTS

"This house sold well as a direct result of your work. It presented so well that buyers were scrambling to buy the home."
Debbie Woods
Realtor, Remax

"A Realtor suggested I list the house for between $270,000 and $280,000 and to sell at $10,000 less. It sold, after staging, for $290,000 in less than 3 weeks! Thanks, Alice, I couldn't have done it without you!!"
A.M.
Courtenay

"The transformation involved some perseverance and elbow grease, but definitely worth it.

Alice was an inspiration and kept me encouraged and on task. It's hard to pinpoint exactly, but I estimate the staging made a difference of $20,000 on the sale."
S.M.
East Courtenay

"We didn't consider buying our house the first time we saw it because the Master Bedroom was just too small and it would cost too much to fix.

We decided to look at the house again after it was staged and made an offer that week for over the asking price! The Master Bedroom looked much bigger and we realized our furniture would fit nicely."
B.H.
Courtenay, B.C.