Living Edge - Home Staging & Design

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• Larisa

5 star wouldn't even begin to cover the review, Living Edge is PHENOMENAL. Larisa and her team are incredibly talented, professional, responsive, and thorough. The homes she stages are on the market DAYS instead of weeks. She recently received "People's Choice for Interior Design" with Seattle Times, and it is well deserved. With her educational background of Architecture, she brings an eye for space that is second to none. She's been a consultant on large and luxury homes for redesigning staging that has converted a home sitting on the market, to selling within a few days. Her work ethic is impeccable as well as her expertise within the field. Highly recommend.

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At our realtor's recommendation, we used Living Edge to stage our single family home for sale. Overall, it was a slightly surreal and oddly dissatisfying experience, as described below. You can draw your own conclusions Note: When Larisa visited our house to check it out, we told her our target date to list the house was in 27 days. She said she'd get us a quote the next day but we didn't hear back for almost week due to her CRM issues. When we finally got the quote, we exchanged a couple of emails to clarify some line items in the quote. At that point, she cc:ed our realtor to keep him in the loop, which made sense. But then things got weird as Larisa simply stopped communicating directly with us. The day after the receiving the quote and email exchange, we asked what next steps would be in order to lock in a staging date of May 21-22 (based on her telling us that staging would take 2 days). Total silence for 6 days. I followed up with an email on May 12 (getting pretty close to our May 27 target listing date!). Still no response directly from Larisa herself. However she apparently got in touch with our realtor — and that’s how communications went for the rest of the time. We never heard directly from Larisa at all until we received an invoice from her asking to be paid within a week (with spam-like reminders every couple of days even though I’d mailed her a check per accepted forms of payment) Pros Consultations are free, pricing was fair, and the final result was mostly fine. Cons * No direct communications from Larisa, only via our realtor, esp during the crucial 3 weeks prior to the listing going live * Changed the agreed-upon staging date with minimal notice, caiming a conflict with another staging job. This forced us to change all the other carefully planned items on our schedule (home inspection + sewer scope, carpet cleaning, move-out cleaning, etc) * Took 5 days to complete staging, with no explanation why, much less. apology. Which also forced us to reschedule some previously planned milestones. * Used a dining table with a prominent crack that was clearly visible, with no attempt to mask it with a tablecloth or table runner * Left dirt on the floor and big, ugly hooks in the walls (that we/our realtor had to clean up and remove) after removing items used in staging.

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Such a great experience! They staged our family home for the market with modern, warm style. Professional and great to work with!

Living Edge has been incredible to work with for my clients. The quality of design, ease of scheduling and the partnership and shared joy in the success of our clients take the relationship from transactional to relational. Do plan ahead and schedule time for the consultation and share in the vision for the property. For your staging and design needs, they need to be one of your resources!

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Larisa's staging is outstanding; she managed to accommodate a last-minute listing for me effortlessly. Her personable, efficient, reliable, and affordable service has left a lasting impression. I wholeheartedly endorse Larisa and plan to continue working with her for all my listings.

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Extremely Disappointed - Unprofessional and Misleading Experience I wish I could give zero stars. I found this company through Yelp and initially connected with Larisa Kocsis about staging my home in Lake Stevens. Their website listed a $3,000 full-house staging package, which I selected. However, Larisa later claimed that price was outdated and requested $3,200 instead. We eventually settled on the original $3,000 due to the small size of my home--which didn't even have a living room. I also specifically asked if the balcony with a lake view could be included, to which she responded, "Thank you, and sounds good." However, on Saturday that was the staging day, My listing agent and I were presented with a contract that excluded the balcony. When I politely asked her to add it as we had discussed, her response was both dismissive and unprofessional: "Correct, you have brought it up, but I have not agreed to including it. As you can see the quote is itemized per room, and you already received a $200 discount. I have been more than reasonable. I am also reaching a new threshold in the number of message exchanges about this job. You can accept the quote or not." I was absolutely shocked by this poor and unprofessional attitude. Not only did she backtrack on what was previously communicated, but her tone was unnecessarily aggressive and disrespectful. I refused to sign the contract as I found Larisa very dishonest and irresponsible with no intention except wasting my time and my listing agents'. This type of customer service is completely unacceptable. I would caution others to get everything in writing beforehand and be prepared for a potentially unpleasant experience.

• Larisa

We approached Larisa to stage our house on a tight timeline, and she was very accommodating with our schedule even though she was quite busy. The staging ended up making our house look light, airy, and stylish. In past house hunts as a buyer, I've found that staging often looks generic, but that wasn't the case with Larisa's work at all. I feel like her staging would be memorable for buyers while also allowing them to picture themselves in the space. Our Redfin agent was also very complementary about the work and how well it came across in the pictures. Thank you for enhancing our home, Larisa and the rest of the team! It was a great first experience hiring a stager.

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Larisa was amazing. Quick, communicative, affordable and her staging is done very professionally. She has a wide range of coverage area and a team as well. I would highly recommend this company to anyone looking for home staging in the PNW area!

The staging was exceptional—they transformed my empty house and made it look amazing. It helped get my home under contract within weeks.

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I had an amazing experience staging my house with Larisa and Living Edge LLC. Larisa came in and ideated how each room and space would look based on utility and gave me options along with her expert opinions. And during staging she and her team picked out the best colors/contrasting shades to make the rooms and living spaces look beautiful! Thank you Larisa and appreciate your deep dedication and expertise! I would highly recommend living edge llc!