Brightening & Staging a Vacant house?

[James W.]

hi gys -

i've closed on a foreclosed property.

we're now getting ready to sell it.

the unit is vacant. its a high grade quality condominium - but has no light fixtures from the builder in living room and bedrooms -that is typical in these developments.

something obvious that i did not realized until now was that most lighting in occupied units come from floor lamps and custom fixtures installed by owners/ tenants - all of which is now gone since they moved out.

so now i feel that even if we put the best quality floors and paint in this unit - it wont show half as good as a staged house that may not even have quality materials.

so the question - how do investors, house flippers and you guys typically do the showings?

today i had this repeat experience when i went to see this another great townhouse in the suburban - no lighting fixtures from the builder. kitchen and baths are well lit - but the bedrooms have no light fxitures at all.

the living room had this one glow-bomb center light on the ceiling. bah.