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"Hi Kathy,

I want to thank you for your staging services at 50 High Oak Trail. I was impressed with your professionalism during our first meeting and your suggestions and ideas were very helpful. We gave you a budget and you worked very well to keep us under budget while achieving an overall excellent presentation. The house looks fabulous and helped us to get an offer in the second week on the market!

I would be happy to recommend your services to anyone who is looking for a great stager."

All the best.

Gayle Haring

Sales Representative

Homelife Bayview Realty Inc.

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"Hi Kathy,

Thank you so much for your creativity and professionalism on the staging of my house for sale. It sold in the second week! It is unbelievable! Definitely, I will recommend your services to all of my friends and clients if they want to sell their properties."

Best wishes,

Victor Li, CGA

Richmond Hill

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"Hi Kathy,

Joe and I wanted to thank you for your very helpful suggestions. The house looked amazing and sold in 5 days for over asking price!!"

Thanks again!

Pat and Joe Bonura

Markham

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"Hi Kathy,

I just wanted to tell you that your wonderful staging was a tremendous help in my home selling so quickly. I am still in disbelief that so many offers were received and the house sold for an unexpected and excessive price over my asking price!! Thank you for all of your hard work."

Gwen, Leaside

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Hi Kathy,

“This letter is long overdue! Now that we have settled into our new home and are finding a routine with the addition of our baby boy, we needed to express our gratitude with you for your assistance in the staging of our first house. Not only was your professional work ethic outstanding and quite creative, but your personality shines through in such a warm manner. It can be a nerve-wracking experience to sell one's home, considering all of the factors involved (especially while pregnant)! After seeing many an episode of “Sell This House”, “The Unsellables”, etc on HGTV, I thought I had a good understanding of how to stage a house, until you stepped through our front door. Seeing your house through someone else’s eyes is quite a humbling experience. You provided excellent ideas, tips and recommendations that we would never have considered; and you did this in an inoffensive and pleasant way. We believe following your advice on the presentation of our house was a crucial factor in generating the level of interest we received. You helped make the process of selling our home a success for us and we are ecstatic about the outcome. We would highly recommend your services to friends & family and would definitely use you again if we were to move.”

Thank you again Kathy!

Best Wishes,

Heather & Grant, Markham

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"Hi Kathy,

Thanks so much for your ideas and creative contribution to the "staging" of our house. We loved the way you mixed our furnishings and decorations with some of your own to bring a show home like feel to our house. And hey - it worked! (We quickly got more than $20,000 over asking.)"

Best Regards,

Doug & Ann

Scarborough, Ontario

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“Hi Kathy!

I wanted to thank you for your integral part in getting our house sold (within one week!!!). The space looked amazing after your staging, so spacious, stylish and welcoming. The positive result was especially appreciated due to the fact we have a 7 month old baby, and were hoping for a quick result. We got it, thank you so much for your help!”

All the best,

Carolyn, Toronto

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"Thank you Kathy for staging our home, you are amazing!

The things you came up with were things we never would have thought of. We had friends come over and said that our house looked like a model home. Having someone who could honestly see our home’s potential made all the difference in the world. First we resisted some of your recommendations, but only after following through on everything we were able to see what "Your expert eye" had already seen. We honestly feel that your staging/decorating of our home had a huge impact on its sale. We would like to also add that we will be naming our first child Kathy. Now would you please come and decorate our new home?

I would recommend Kathy with unbreakable confidence that she will make your “house” a “home” Thank you Kathy!"

I forgot to mention that our house is sold :)"

Claudia, Keswick

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Kathy, we wanted to thank you for you all your hard work in staging our home. The house sold in 5 days for more than our asking price! We loved your staging so much that we copied a few of your ideas. We went to Bowings and bought lamps and a few other accessories so that we could duplicate the “look”. We appreciate everything that you did for us. Thank you again!

Ross and Karen

Toronto

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"Meeting with Kathy was great. Some of her ideas and comments really made a major difference in getting the house to sell quickly. She pointed out that the house was no longer a home but an investment and that it wasn't personal but instead was an investment decision to remove personal items and de-clutter. This reframing made making the changes much easier. She also mentioned that de-cluttering was a great way to get an early start on packing. She moved a few things around and rooms looked totally different. We put the house on the market and the first day we were willing to accept offers, we got an offer and sold our house. The work up front sold our house quickly and easily since we didn't have the house on the market for long. I would highly recommend her services and would definitely use her again if I were to move."

Sincerely,

Julie, Newmarket

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"As an individual anxious to sell my home after my wife's recent passing, I was overwhelmed by the response to the sale by individuals who attended the Open House which was attributed in no small part by the excellent staging process carried out by Kathy."

Yours truly,

Archibald, Toronto

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Hi Kathy,

"You did an amazing job at "setting the stage" for my house sale because it sold in three days. The little touches you added made it seem elegant and made me want to stay there, too. Thanks for your help in making the selling process fast and easy."

Barry, Scarborough

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Dear Kathy:

“I heard about home staging before a property sale but knew little about it. Kathy Booth gave me a vendor checklist to know what was involved. She truly "set the stage" by making my home more beautiful than it had ever been before. A neighbor looking at the real estate virtual tour remarked "that's not your home". True! It looked better than it ever had before! Place yourself in Kathy's hands and let her knowledge benefit the speed of sale and your recovery price. She is an artistic designer who can be trusted without question.”

Sincerely,

Gordon, Toronto

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“Hi Kathy,

You did a superb job in staging my house and made it look very attractive. The house was sold quickly.

Thank you.”

David, Toronto

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"This was my first experience with home staging. I was pleasantly surprised at how smooth the process was. Having Kathy stage my home created a lot of attention which contributed to the very quick sale of my home. I was still receiving phone calls from agents even after the house had sold. I look forward to working with Kathy again in my new home as I appreciate her ideas and recommendations."

Hugh, North York

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"My house was listed on and off with different realtors for over one year with no offers. After Kathy staged my home, it not only sold in six days, it sold for $118,000.00 over asking price! I loved everything that she did to my home. In fact, I asked if I could keep her accessories for a few more weeks even though the house had sold because it looked so good. I have asked Kathy to help me with recommendations in my new home. I highly recommend Kathy to anyone that is in the process of selling their home."

Grace, North York

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"Dear Kathy:

I am writing to thank you for all your effort and expertise in getting our house ready for the 'staging' recently. The Open House was a great success and the house was sold quickly.

To begin with I would like to be quite honest with you. Your taste in furnishings and accessories and mine are not the same. I am much more traditional (old fashioned) and love the antiques and inherited pieces of furniture and pictures that give the house a certain coziness. You are more modern and eclectic which I recognize is what the general public like.

However, having said that, I would like to congratulate you on the design you came up with which was so successful. I appreciate your enthusiasm, insight and hard work on our behalf. You certainly have a good 'eye' for what is required when putting a house on the market.

Thank you, Kathy.”

Nan, Toronto

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“Kathy’s home staging services contributed to the quick sale of our home. Her service was excellent! She really knew what she was doing. Kathy’s service was effective and she is very knowledgeable.”

Steve and Doris, Markham

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Kathy:

"Thank you so much for your wonderful touch in helping to transform my clients "bachelor style" home into a warm and inviting family space. He

really appreciated how you were able to combine many of the furnishings he had, with some special touches, to help pull it all together. You were able to work within his limited budget, but still managed to help him get more for his home than originally expected. You made my client feel comfortable and confident through the entire process! Great job, Kathy!"

Kathy Foch

Sales Representative

Prudential Renascent Realty, Brokerage

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Dear Kathy;

"I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate having you as my personal staging consultant. It takes the heat off me to tell the seller what exactly needs to be done to sell their house at the top price. They respond to you as the professional in this area, and have readily agreed to co-operate with your suggestions. This in turn sells their home much quicker, with less hassles, and a better price! You’re always very professional, and your kind attitude towards them is admirable. The cost of your services is not only money well invested but absolute true value.

Thank you again for always being available!”

Kind Regards

Rhonda Hazlewood

C21 Leading Edge Realty Inc.

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Dear Kathy,

"Just a note to let you know how grateful I am that you responded first so fast in coming to stage the home in Aurora. From a home that was cared for but dated and crowded, you changed it into a bright spacious home. The transformation was lovely without too much out of pocket expenses for my client. We sold the home in approximately a month in a slow market at a

fair market price. You definitely have proved to me that staging a home is important. Many thanks for your valuable services. I look forward to

calling upon you again… "

Lydia Ingles

Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd., Brokerage

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Dear Kathy,

"In order to sell a house you should show all the great features of the house and not the furnishings, this is what staging is all about". That is what Kathy said when we first met her. Yes Kathy you were right, you changed our house completely with very minimal time and cost and the house has been sold without any problems.

Thank you Kathy for your prompt response and for your professional look. I highly recommend Kathy for anyone planning to sell a house.

Ghassan and Mouna, Markham

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“My real estate agent and broker recommended that Kathy Booth of Setting the Stage be used to “stage” my home. Kathy went through the house and put tags on pieces of furniture, pictures, etc. which should be removed with the object of opening up each room and hallway for easy traffic flow and no distractions. Then Kathy brought in many accessories and artwork. What a difference it made!! My house sold in short order thanks to Kathy’s staging and suggestions about painting, furniture placement, etc. I would certainly recommend using the services of Kathy Booth, CRSS to showcase your home.”

Yours sincerely

George, Toronto

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“We were very pleased to have Kathy come into our home and give us ideas on staging our house for the real estate market. Her recommendations and suggestions were a great help in selling our house quickly. We would recommend her to anyone. Thank you Kathy.”

Carmin and Rosa, Markham

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"We would like to thank you Kathy for staging our house. Kathy's staging our house was simply the best. Our house sold within a week and her decorations and paint selections were excellent. We highly recommend her to any one that is selling to have Kathy stage their homes."

Thank you.

Best regards,

Rohini and Sandy, Toronto

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"Kathy's consultation and advice regarding a color choice for my office has inspired me and has given me a clear sense of direction in redecorating it. She was also great in suggesting how to use existing pieces of furniture to emphasize the desired look so that I could stay within my budget, rather than the expense of buying new items. Kathy was also very knowledgeable in suggesting the final touches to pull it all together and where to find these items at a reasonable cost.”

Dr. Anna Bushmina, HD

Bradley Method(R)

Childbirth Educator

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"Cannot thank Kathy enough for helping me see my home through someone else's eyes... for sales purpose.... "

Deb, King City

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