FAQs

property styling questions

  • The way you sell your home is very different to how you live within the property. Property Stylists are experts in this field and will come in with a buyer’s eye to determine exactly what your property needs and requires to capture that all important buyers interest. Engaging with a property stylist is just as important as finding the right agent to sell your property.

  • Our Style Now Pay at Settlement option gives all vendors the opportunity to style their home with guaranteed no upfront cost or hidden fees. No external parties or financiers such as Zip pay or Open pay. You deal directly with Styleness for a simple uncomplicated process.

  • The price can vary greatly. Not every home is the same and therefore what goes into one property, may not be the same for another. We do always recommend an in-person site visit to the property to determine what each space needs as part of your styling package. The property styling quote is complimentary.

  • Real estate statistics and agents acknowledged that styling your home could increase the end selling price by 5.0% - 10.0%. With Sydney having a medium house price (realestate.com.au) of $2,690,000 and unit price of $1,060,000 the increase of 7.5% average or $79,500 - $201,750 along with selling faster provides confidence to our clients to invest with Styleness.

  • Ideally styling takes place the week prior to your first open home and usually the day before your property photos are booked in. This allows you to utilise the entire hire period efficiently to allow for any delays that may arise with buyers finance etc.

  • As soon as you decide you are going to sell. We also offer Interior Decorating services where our team assist with areas of the home that may need attention such as paint and carpet.

  • We work very closely with the aesthetic of the property and more importantly who the target market is. When selling a home, it becomes a buyer’s home and styling for that market is important.

  • This depends on each property. Home owners living within the property may want us to utilise their own pieces or bring in hired items. Vacant homes will need the whole package to furnish and style areas within the properties floorplan. An in-person site visit will help determine this.

  • Yes we do. Outdoor areas are just as important as the internal rooms.

  • Yes we do.

  • Our hire period includes 4 weeks + 2 weeks free = 6 weeks in total. Once your property has been sold, we will be in touch to organise a collection time. If you require an extension on your hire due to your sale delay, this will be charged as a weekly hire rate.

  • If any items are broken, damaged or stolen, this cost is part of the vendors expense within the repair, cleaning or replacement of item and is agreed upon acceptance of the quotation and proceedings of services.

  • Statistics show that styling a property achieves a higher selling price between 7.5% and 12.5%. It also sells 3 x faster than an unstyled home. More than 80% of buyers also can't visualise living in an empty home. It will help your property to look and feel more presentable, to stand out amongst your competitors, to sell faster and for the highest price possible.

  • No. You are welcome to still live within your home once the styling has taken place. We just ask that care is taken with the hired items.

  • We have styled many properties since 2015 and have worked with the most beautiful clients who have achieved such amazing results.

  • Styleness has all accessories and furniture housed within our warehouse with some larger pieces of our beautiful furniture coming from a bespoke external hire company we work very closely with.

  • If your property doesn’t sell you have the opportunity to extend your hire. This is charged at a weekly rate following on from your hire period timeframe of 4 weeks + 2 weeks Free = 6 weeks in total. Or you can choose to have us come in to collect the items from your property.

  • If your property doesn’t sell you have the opportunity to extend your hire that is charged at a weekly rate following on from your hire period timeframe of 4 weeks + 2 weeks Free = 6 weeks in total. Or you can choose to have us come in to collect the items from your property.

  • The reason we are so different from other market solutions is in our personalised genuine human approach. We aim to first understand the customer, their situation, their circumstances, and expectations. We then use our understanding to create an experience tailored to their needs, that will maximise their opportunity to sell quickly. Our professionalism, quality, and attention to detail will minimise any anxiety or overwhelm that our customers initially feel. We do this by engaging on a human level with genuine interest and authenticity.

  • Yes we provide an option for you to take out cover prior to executing your contract. The additonal cost of this cover is 7% including GST of the total cost of hired items.

    RISK OF GOODS AND RISK PROTECTION AGREEMENT

    From the time the goods are delivered until the time the goods are collected, you shall indemnify Styleness Pty Ltd against any loss of, or damage to, the goods (howsoever occasioned).

    Styleness Pty Ltd offers an optional Risk Protection Agreement for each installation which you may elect to take up at the time of placing your order. Under this Agreement, Styleness Pty Ltd will waive your indemnity in respect of the goods under certain scenarios including theft, vandalism, fire and flood. The Risk Protection Agreement is subject to certain terms and conditions for the waiver to be valid – please see below for full details of the Risk Protection Agreement.

    1. By paying the Risk Protection fee, the Client / Hirer has entered into an agreement with Styleness Pty Ltd, ABN 37 604 270 840 for the hire of items listed in your Quote (the “Items”).

    2. The renter agrees to accept and Styleness Pty Ltd offers a risk protection agreement in respect of the Items for the duration of the rental period against the following risks (defined events):

    a. Theft and/or Vandalism of one or more of the items which has been reported to the nearest police station within 48 hours of the event resulting from a forcible entry of the premises where the items are located so long as the location is the same as set out in the schedule or such other location approved by the owner in writing.

    b. Fire or flood damage to one or more of the items resulting from a fire or flood in the premises in which our furniture was installed.

    3. Exclusions: The risk protection agreement offered by Styleness Pty Ltd in respect of the defined events does not extend to wilful or intentional acts committed directly or indirectly by the renter, or any party related or known to the Client / Hirer.

    4. The Client / Hirer shall within 3 business days of a defined event notify Styleness Pty Ltd in writing of the event.

    5. Upon the happening of a defined event causing loss or damage to one or more of the items, the Client / Hirer shall pay Styleness Pty Ltd an excess of $100 (one hundred dollars) per item lost, destroyed or damaged (capped at $5,000).

    6. Styleness Pty Ltd shall not be liable to the Client / Hirer or any other person in respect of any incidental loss, spoilage or damage caused directly or indirectly from the happening of a defined event.

    7. Styleness Pty Ltd shall not seek to recover from the Client / Hirer the cost of any one or more of the items lost, destroyed or damaged as a result of a defined event (subject to the exclusions) upon compliance by the Client / Hirer of the conditions herein contained (the risk protection agreement).

    8. The cost to the Client / Hirer of the risk protection is based on a percentage of the rental amount which has been included as an “optional extra” in the schedule.