CAROLE SOFFER DESIGN

Staging involves two aspects, the interior design consultation and the rental of furniture to complete plan. Carole Soffer personally walked through the house with me to advise me what should be removed from the house. By the time she was done, I was left with a bed, a dinette table with 4 chairs and a sofa. The staging involves renting her furniture, in my case at $2,500 per month for a minimum of two months and renting plants from her which was an additional $200. I would never continue to live in a house I had staged for sale. We were not allowed use of the rental furniture which meant we were confined to sitting on a dining chair, a sofa and our bed. The interior designer who completed the staging was rude and treated our personal belongings very carelessly. I would come into a room and find my stuff heaped in a corner. The furniture that was rented to us was cheap and full of scratches and dings. I didn't think my furnishings were any worse than hers which makes me think she makes her money on furniture rental. In addition, I don't think having the house staged added that much value to the price we were offered. In addition, her workers are not skillful at moving items and dinged walls and left dirty marks on painted surfaces.