With to be shitty with the stylist and the real estate agent?

[justilou1]

I have just paid nearly 9 Grand to have a stylist "do" my late mother's house prior to sale. She told us what furniture she wanted to keep, and what had to go into storage. I had to empty the place by myself and while doing so I noticed that under a cabinet, where the light hadn't reached the floor, it was about five shades lighter than the rest of the room. I sent photos to the agent and was assured that the stylist would sort it out.

Please see attached photos... Don't you think it sticks out like dog's balls? I would be embarrassed about this "solution" and would have put down a longer, bigger pot or something. How dare they say that it's "sorted"!!!

[NoFucksImAQueen]

For 9 grand that's piss poor

[Coldilox]

9 grand??? misses point of thread

[WillowWeeping]

You'd have been better off keeping rhe furniture there - really poor show from your stylist

[TheSockGoblin]

I think a new piece of furniture would have been better there. If it helps it took me a few seconds to see what you were talking about and I was looking for it, so I don't think it will be a big deal. But yea for 9 grand I'd have expected more.

[SandSnakeofDorne]

I think on the photo I would just assume it was a trick of the light. But in real life it could be very noticeable.

[chocolateorangeowls]

What is that man doing?

[Moanyoldcow]

9k to 'style' a house with existing furniture? I assume this is some mega high-end place in which case YANBU but houses round my way are selling in less than a week at full asking prince when they need masses of work.

I can't fathom how a stylist can have been worth 9k

[Coldilox]

That flooring is lovely though

[sonjadog]

Yeah, it´s really obvious. Sorry.

[Bombardier25966]

Took me a while to notice the mark on the wall.

Far less time to notice that tiling isn't even, you've got a grey bit then some black and grey.

Is this in the US? I didn't realise styling was a thing here.

[fiorentina]

It's very obvious and highlights a buyer would need the parquet refurbished.

[picklemepopcorn]

The problem is the parquet floor, bombardier.

[KungFuEric]

That's unfortunate, it will need to be covered with furniture or corrected.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

9 grand and you have to move the furniture? I'm in the wrong business!

[MrTrebus]

No no no get something there to cover that up properly right now! Wtf did you pay 9k for? Even If there wasn't an issue with the floor and wall the seat thing with the plant next to it looks ridiculous anyway!

[justilou1]

Sorry - it's in Australia and everything here is eye-waveringly, mind-fucking expensive. (Returned a year ago after living in Europe and am gobsmacked at the cost of living here - despite thinking I knew what I was doing.....)
Most of the furniture is borrowed and it does look great - except for that bit. The floor issue is really obvious - but it will change to match the rest once light hits the lacquer. Here is a closer photo of the floor prior to the styling. (I cleaned up the dead bugs and gecko shit before the stylist went in - Mum's house has been empty since Christmas) I sent this and several other photos, plus the measurements of the lighter area to the agent to pass onto the stylist several days before she went in, so they should have been all over it.

I let the RE agent know I wasn't impressed last week and she assured me that something would be done and I would be sent photos - but it went "live" yesterday and I still don't know that anything has changed. *I live 2000km away in another city, or I would have been checking it out myself.

[justilou1]

Thank you about the seat thing - I couldn't agree more. It's a bloody foot stool that matches the chair in the office.

The floor doesn't need redoing, it gets a lot of sunlight and it' very strong there. It would be okay within a couple of months.

This is the link to the "live" version online.

www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-bardon-126876422

[MrTrebus]

Are you fucking joking? Is your mum Kylie Minogue?

Amazing house,no one will notice that bit of floor!

[Bloodybridget]

Agree stylist did a crap job on that bit. Fab house though!

[justilou1]

MrTrebus - I wish! (I might have inherited her bum!). I didn't grow up in that house, either. (And most of the proceeds go to her golden child (who lives in the same town and has done fuck all apart from making demands) anyway - I don't know why I'm bothering, sometimes)

[sooperdooper]

What does a stylist do that costs 9 grand? Does that include decorating/updating kitchen/bathroom or just telling you where to put stuff?

[sonjadog]

Beautiful house!

If the floor needs sunlight on it to darken it, buyers in Australia would possibly be aware of that and not see it as an issue?

[MinesaLattecino]

Amazing house, although my English taste says saving #9k on styling and getting a new cooker would have been a better investment. Kitchens appliances always look really old fashioned in AUS and US houses to my eye!

[ThreeFish]

I agree that is shit work for 9 grand.
But I don't see how sunlight will fix it. Looks like the floor has been stained or treated around the furniture that used to be there. Sunlight fades floors, not deepens the colour.