Getting ready to sell in Melbourne and thinking about property styling? Property styling, also called home staging, means hiring furniture, art and accessories to present your home for photos and inspections. These ten businesses were all trading in Melbourne when we rechecked them in October 2026, and they're based across the city, from the west to the outer east.

Use the list to find two or three stylists who cover your area and style your kind of home, then ask each for a quote. For prices, see our guide to what home staging costs in Melbourne. For every other step of the sale, see our guide to selling a property.

Read more: Expert guide: property styling costs, pros and cons

The ten at a glance

1. The Real Estate Stylist (TRES), Tullamarine-based home staging business

Sisters Sara and Amy Chamberlain founded The Real Estate Stylist in 2012, and TRES says it has now styled more than 2,800 properties. It works within about a 50-minute drive of its Tullamarine base, though it may cover a smaller area at busy times.

TRES owns all its own furniture and doesn't hire out single pieces. It asks you to move your furniture out first, unless a piece suits its design and the home. It also asks you to live elsewhere for the campaign (the weeks your home is advertised for sale).

Its standard hire is five to six weeks, which allows a week for photography and then your campaign. Longer hires are available.

There's also a pay-later option that lets you put off the cost of styling for up to four months (interest may apply). Our cost guide explains how paying later for staging works.

Take a look at their Instagram to see their latest work.

2. Staged Homes, Ferntree Gully-based real estate stylist

Stylist Katrina Maes founded Staged Homes in 2007. From its base in Ferntree Gully, it now styles homes right across Melbourne, from the inner city out to the hills and the coast.

Staged Homes offers a complete stage of a vacant home, or a partial stage that works with some of your own furniture. Its standard hire period is eight weeks, which can be extended week by week.

To see what they do, check out their Instagram.

3. HipHouse, Tottenham-based property stylist

Founder and director Lisa Hipkins has 25 years in the industry, and HipHouse says it has been styling Melbourne homes for more than 17 years. The business now works from a warehouse in Tottenham, in Melbourne's inner west, and delivers across metropolitan Melbourne.

It offers full property styling, a consultation with a stylist, and online furniture and art hire if you'd rather style your home yourself. Its standard hire is six weeks, and it can be extended week by week. Its hired furniture can't be lived on, so ask first if you'll still be living in the home.

Have a look at HipHouse on Instagram.

4. Create Expectations, Clayton-based home staging business

If glamour and luxe looks are what you're after, take a look at Create Expectations. It has been styling Melbourne homes since 1997. Founder and managing director Kim Hallis runs the family-led business, and Leah Hallis is its creative director.

It starts with a free consultation and a proposal, then brings in furniture, art and accessories to suit your home. It does full or partial styling, and its typical hire is six weeks.

Have a peek at their Instagram account.

5. Melbourne Home Details (MHD), Caulfield South property stylist

MHD styles homes across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, either furnished from scratch or with a few statement pieces to sit with your own furniture.

Its quoted price is all-inclusive for a five-week hire, covering delivery, placement, picture hanging, pick-up and insurance. If your home hasn't sold by then, you can keep the furniture on a weekly or monthly basis, and the weekly rate is in your first quote. If your home sells before auction, there's no refund.

Check out some of their work on Instagram.

6. Decor 2 Sell, Derrimut-based home staging business

From its base in Derrimut, in Melbourne's west, Decor 2 Sell says it has staged more than 5,000 homes over 12 years. It works across the north, west, east and south-east, from first-home apartments to large family homes.

It uses its own team, trucks and furniture rather than subcontractors. It does full staging for empty homes and partial styling for homes you're still living in, with a standard six-week hire.

See their latest stagings on Instagram.

Read more: How much does a home stager cost?

7. The VM Style Group, Moorabbin-based real estate stylist

Formerly known as Votre Monde, The VM Style Group began in 2012 in the second bedroom of a Richmond apartment. It's led by director Jen Lawrie, and now styles homes across Melbourne, Bayside and the Mornington Peninsula.

VM does full and partial styling from two warehouses of furniture and accessories. Its hire period is six weeks, and it can be extended weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

See their recent work on Instagram.

8. House Staging 4 Less, Viewbank-based home staging business

Founder Azi launched House Staging 4 Less in 2009, and it describes itself as an all-female team of home stagers. It works from Viewbank, in Melbourne's north-east, and styles homes in all Melbourne suburbs.

It does full and partial styling, and its website lists package prices by number of bedrooms. The packages are based on a six-week hire, though in October 2026 it was offering eight weeks.

Watch their latest work on Instagram.

Read more: Styling your house for a sale

9. Stage2Sell, Mount Waverley-based real estate stylist

A Melbourne husband-and-wife team founded Stage2Sell after going through the challenges of selling a home themselves. Co-founder Andrew is its creative director.

It offers full and partial staging, and a "stage now, pay later" option (ask about the terms). Its projects range from Glen Waverley and Hawthorn East to Williams Landing and Mount Evelyn. Scroll their Instagram to get to know their style.

10. Residence Melbourne (formerly Styling Properties), Melbourne, Geelong and Mornington Peninsula property stylist

Mother-and-daughter team Tammy and Jac launched Styling Properties in 2010. It now trades as Residence Melbourne, with the same founders and team, and says it has styled more than 4,800 homes.

Its hire covers your whole campaign, typically six to eight weeks, and it collects the furniture once the home is sold.

See Residence Melbourne's recent homes on Instagram.

What to ask before you book a stylist

• Their past work. Ask to see several homes they've styled, ideally near you and at a similar price, and check they don't all look the same.
• Empty or lived-in. Ask whether they style empty homes, homes you're still living in, or both. TRES, for example, asks you to move your own furniture out first.
• The quote. Ask how many weeks it covers, what an extra week costs if your home hasn't sold, and whether delivery, set-up, removal and insurance are included.
• Their availability. Ask how far ahead they're booked, and see when to organise a stylist before your listing date.
• Your agent's view. Ask your agent which stylists they've worked with and whose styled homes photograph well. If you're still choosing an agent, you can compare Melbourne agents first.

How we chose these stylists

Every business on this list has a working website, has posted its work in the past year, and still trades in Melbourne (Residence Melbourne under a new name). We rechecked each one in October 2026, and they're listed in no particular order.

Where a business on our earlier list no longer met those tests, we replaced it with a Melbourne stager that has its own portfolio, work from the past six months and Google reviews. Among those, we favoured stagers in the parts of Melbourne the list covered least, and then those with the most reviews.

Each of the three we added, Decor 2 Sell, House Staging 4 Less and Stage2Sell, was rated 4.9 or 5.0 on Google in October 2026.

The details about each business come from its own website, read in October 2026. Where a website gives no address, we took the business's base from its Google listing or business registration where either showed one. Services and hire terms can change, so confirm them with the stylist when you ask for a quote.