Can you virtually stage a pre-construction or assignment condo?
Yes — as long as the staged image shows the actual unit as it will really be, and you disclose that it's virtually staged. Pre-construction and assignment sales are where staging gets tricky, because often there's no furniture, sometimes no finished unit at all — just an empty shell or a floor plan. That's exactly where the "don't misrepresent the property" rule matters most.
The two situations, and how to handle each
1. The unit exists but is empty. This is a standard virtual staging job: furnish the real room from the real photo, label it "Virtually Staged," and keep the empty original. Same rules as any other Canadian listing — see the province-by-province guide.
2. The unit isn't built yet. Here you're staging a builder rendering or a bare shell. The hard line: the staged image can't imply finishes, views, or layouts the buyer won't actually get. If the render shows a skyline view the unit won't have, or a kitchen finish that isn't in the package, that's misrepresentation — and on an assignment, it's the kind of thing that blows up at closing.
