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12 Main Street
Brunswick, Maine
Prepared
July 28, 2026
Prepared For
Jordan Bennett
Prepared By
Sam Rivera
Listed With
Coastal Maine Realty

Strong layouts throughout. The work is cleaning, clearing, and paint.

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Guide
How to Read This Report

Each room in this report contains a prioritized list of actions. Every item is tagged with one of three staging markers, so you and your agent can make fast decisions about where to invest your time and money before listing day.

Must
Do this before listing. These items have the highest impact on buyer perception and listing price. Skipping them is likely to cost more in price reductions than they cost to address.
Should
Do if time and budget allow. These items meaningfully improve the showing experience. They're not deal-breakers, but they're noticed, especially in photos.
Could
Nice to have. Low effort, low cost items that add polish without requiring significant investment. Address these after the Must and Should items are done.
How This Works
01 Share this report with your agent. They can help you triage based on your timeline and budget.
02 Work through the Must items first. These have the highest impact on how the home shows and what it sells for.
03 Work room by room. Each room page lists its own items, so you can close out one space at a time.
04 Contact One Step Labs when you're ready for a full occupied staging or photo-prep service.
A note on staging
Staging is an edit, not a renovation. These recommendations address what buyers evaluate in every showing: layout, light, scale, and cleanliness. They work with the home as it is. They make it easier to read.
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Overview
Property Readiness

A high-level summary of where each area of the home stands today, and what it needs before listing.

Area Assessment
Front Entry & Dining First thing buyers see, and it is carrying coats, shoes, and stacked boxes. Clearing it changes the arrival.
Kitchen & Pantry Spacious and well laid out. Clear the counters and the refrigerator and this becomes your strongest room.
Living Room The seating works as is. Removing the TV, stand, and dog bed opens the floor and lets the layout read.
Bedrooms Layouts are strong. Overfull closets and crowded walls are what shrink these rooms in photographs.
Bathrooms Clean and functional. The upstairs caulking is the one visible flaw and it reads as deferred maintenance.
Offices Both offices are working as storage. Stripped back to desk and chair, they photograph as usable rooms.
Garage, Basement & Exterior Basement and grounds are in good shape. The garage floor is the outlier and buyers read floor space as storage.
Whole House A professional clean and clear windows before photos. Spots and film show up in every listing image.
29
Action Items
Total
11
Must
13
Should
5
Could
Our Take
The kitchen is spacious and the master bedroom is the best setup in the house. What stands between this property and a strong listing is volume: closets at capacity, a garage floor nobody can see, and counters and walls carrying more than they can hold. Two focused weekends of clearing plus a professional clean handles most of it. The cabinets and the front door are the only real spend.
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Kitchen
4 items

Spacious and well laid out. The surfaces are what is holding it back, not the room.

Should
Clear everything off the counters.
Should
Take the photos off the refrigerator and clean the stainless steel.
Could
Repaint the cabinets if possible.
Could
Add a bowl of fruit on the island.
Front Entry
3 items

This is the first thing buyers see and the last thing they walk past on the way out. It has to be clear.

Must
Get rid of all of the coats and most of the shoes at the coat rack.
Must
Paint the front door forest green on both sides.
Should
Remove the rug from in front of the front door.
Dining Area
1 item

Connected to the kitchen and sharing its sightline. Boxes on the shelves cut the space in half visually.

Must
Clear the boxes and personal items off the shelves.
Living Room
2 items

The seating group works as it is. Two pieces out and the floor reads its true size.

Must
Remove the dog bed.
Should
Move the TV and its stand into a storage unit.
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Pantry
1 item

Buyers open pantry doors. Sparse reads as ample storage.

Should
Clear out the pantry. Aim for sparse, not empty.
Master Bedroom
1 item

The best setup in the house. The closets are the only thing working against it.

Must
Clear out about sixty percent of what is in the closets. Do the same in every closet in the house.
Bedroom (Next to Master)
2 items

Clear walls make a small room read larger. One mirror does more than a wall of decor.

Should
Take everything off the walls.
Could
Put up a mirror.
Bedroom (Second)
1 item

Same approach as the other bedroom. Strip the walls and the square footage shows.

Should
Take everything off the walls, wall decor included.
Back Office (Main Floor)
2 items

Buyers want to see a room they could work in. Desk, chair, and nothing else.

Should
Tidy the office and get it as clean as possible.
Should
Clear out everything except the desk and the chair.
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Garage
4 items

The floor is the room here. Everything sitting on it is costing you square footage in the buyer's mind.

Must
Get everything off the floor so the space shows.
Must
Clear the workbench completely.
Should
Clean out the area below the workbench.
Could
Hang the tools or store them in compartments.
Worth Noting
Buyers read a garage by how much floor they can see. Clearing it is the highest-impact hour in this house.
Bathrooms
2 items

In good condition overall. The upstairs caulking is the one thing a buyer will flag.

Must
Fix all the caulking and the tile surrounds in the upstairs bathroom.
Should
Make sure all the bathrooms are clean.
Basement
2 items

Dry and in good shape. Keep it tidy and it counts as usable space.

Should
Keep the basement tidy.
Could
Wash the carpets.
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Back Office (Basement)
1 item

A second work space is a real asset in this market. It has to be clean enough to show.

Must
Clean the basement office completely.
Whole House
2 items

These two carry across every room and every photo. Book the cleaner before the photographer.

Must
Have the entire house cleaned professionally.
Must
Clean all the windows. Spots show up in photographs.
Worth Noting
Dirty glass reads as haze in every window shot. Clean windows are the cheapest fix in this report.
Exterior
1 item

The grounds are in good shape. One pass with the mower and trimmer before photo day is enough.

Should
Clean up around the edges, weed whack, and mow before the pictures.
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Perspective
Things to Think About
  1. 1
    Phased Decluttering Plan: Tackle one room at a time to avoid overwhelm. Start with less emotionally attached areas (garage or office) to build momentum before bedrooms.
  2. 2
    Professional Organizer or Junk Removal Service: Hire a professional organizer to sort, pack, and decide what to keep, store, or discard. For discards, use a junk removal service to efficiently clear large quantities, especially from the garage and closets.
  3. 3
    Off-site Storage Unit: Rent a temporary storage unit (as with the TV) to keep personal belongings and excess furniture while achieving the depersonalized, spacious look needed for staging.
  4. 4
    Create a "Staging Kit": Assemble a kit for quick tidy-ups before showings (for example, a bin to swiftly hide daily clutter) to maintain the staged look throughout the selling process, not just for the initial photos.
What Comes Next
How We Can Help

Every recommendation in this report can be executed with One Step Labs. We handle scheduling, vendors, and logistics. You review and approve.

Photo Prep
Half-day

Professional styling of your existing furniture and decor for listing photos. We arrive, style the space, and finish before the photographer does.

Best for Homes that are mostly ready but need a professional eye before the photographer arrives.
Occupied Staging
1 to 2 days

Full consultation plus hands-on editing of your belongings. We work with what's here: curating, repositioning, and removing what competes.

Best for Homeowners who want to stay in the home while it's listed and want it to show at its best.
Vacant Staging
Full furnishing

We bring the furniture, art, and accessories. Empty rooms are hard to picture. Staging gives buyers a reference for scale and how each space lives.

Best for Empty homes or those who have already moved out and want maximum showing impact.
Project Management
Full coordination

One Step Labs manages vendors, schedules repairs, and oversees paint and cleaning on your behalf. You approve; we handle the rest.

Best for Those who want help executing the recommendations in this report without managing contractors themselves.
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