Our home was listed for more than a year and we received only one very low offer. We took the house off the market and hired 'Home Staging Consultants'; to help us decide what to do. They recommended that we refurbish and redecorate most areas of the house. We were ready to re-list the house in three months. The new realtor had seen our home prior to the staging. She was shocked at our 'new look'. Our first Open House was on Sunday, February 17th, on Monday we had three offers, and all three were over the asking price of $537,500.