Full professional staging with rented furniture makes the most sense for a vacant or awkwardly shaped house, where buyers otherwise struggle to judge room scale from bare walls and floors alone.
For an occupied home, partial staging is usually enough: removing excess furniture, packing away family photos, and rearranging what is left to open up walking paths through the main rooms, often paired with a pre-listing home inspection, typically $400 to $600.
Whether full or partial staging makes sense for your specific house often comes down to layout and how it compares to what is currently listed against it. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.