CURATED HOME STAGING
At Still Life, we deliver curated home staging that responds mindfully to the architecture, target market and environment of each property. Creating inviting spaces with authentic personality.
Elevating the market appeal, enhancing the sales value of your property.
Vacant Home (Our Goods)
We've established a comprehensive collection to effectively elevate the look and feel of any home. We'll carefully position live plants together with solid furniture, unique artworks, and quality linens ranging from current trends to timeless; staging distinctively stylish living.
With a complimentary quote we’ll create a personalised staging plan for your property by pricing each space and itemising what we intend to use from our collection— allowing you to select what suits your needs and budget.
Our free home staging quote includes consultation, planning, insurance, local mileage, delivery, installation, styling, deinstall and collection of our carefully selected goods.
Lived in Home (Your Goods)
If you’re getting ready to sell your home, but struggling with presentation, we can help. With fresh eyes and expertise, we can arrange your furniture and belongings in a way which maximises the look and feel of each space. The goal is to capture your target market, inspiring buyers to imagine making it their home.
This may mean a bit of a declutter, a furniture rearrange, and reducing personal items.
We offer a free appraisal for this service, a price estimate will then be provided based on your needs.
RELOCATION SERVICES
Helping You Move Forward – With Care and Dignity
At Still Life, we understand that moving from a beloved home into a retirement community or care accommodation is more than a physical transition — it's an emotional journey. Based in Kerikeri, our small family business offers support services to older adults and their families through every step of the relocation process.
From gentle guidance on downsizing to hands-on assistance with packing, sorting, transporting and setting up your new space, we aim to ease the weight of change. We take the time to listen, honouring the significance of each cherished belonging while helping you decide what to keep, gift, or let go of.
This isn’t just about moving house. It’s about respectfully preserving what’s most important to you, taking less to enable you more. Making space for what matters most.
We offer a free appraisal for this service, a price estimate will then be provided based on your needs.
We’re able to help you with any house, garden maintenance or cleaning jobs you need to prepare, or maintain your property while for sale. A clean, tidy home and garden makes a big difference to how potential buyers feel when they view your home, increasing the appeal and value.
We offer a free appraisal for this service, a price estimate will then be provided based on your needs.
PROPERTY PREPARATIONS
Feeling overwhelmed with getting everything ready?
Need support keeping it tidy while on the market?
HOME STYLING
Like our interior style?
We love sourcing furniture, art and homewares on a budget. Prioritising quality, locally designed, natural materials, with tidy second hand wherever possible. We’d be happy to come and look at your lived in home and discuss ideas of how we can help elevate its style with a few fresh pieces, or assist with further interior design solutions.
We offer a free appraisal for this service, a price estimate will then be provided, as well as a design plan, based on your needs.
You’ll find our contact information in the footer of our website. Look forward to hearing from you!
While reliable data doesn’t exist in Aotearoa regarding the affects of home staging on sale duration or price, I did find these snippets from US & EU:
US: Staging is the art of preparing a home to appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers in your market. The right arrangements can move you into a higher price-point and help buyers fall in love the moment they walk through the door. The right staging can inspire buyers to realise just how valuable your home really is, and see the potential of their life in that home unfolding with every room they explore.
Home buyers who have toured a staged home are more likely to bid and accept negotiations well-above the market value. In a 2021 survey by the Real Estate Staging Association of 4,600 properties, homes that were staged sold on average $40,000 over list price. They also sold an average of nine days faster than unstaged homes—even in a hot housing market.
RESA found that investing 1.3% in staging results in an average of 7.1% over-list returns.
EU: According to the recently released 2023 Home Staging Report by the Home Staging Association UK & Ireland, the impact of staging on property sales is more pronounced than ever before. The statistics speak for themselves – staged homes are selling 1-2 times faster than their non-staged counterparts. The average time on the market for a staged property is a mere 41 days, a stark contrast to the 99 days that non-staged properties linger.