If You Have To Ask…
Ah, magazines and television shows that help us sell our homes. I think they scrape the bottom of the barrel for these folks. When your house is filthy, smells like cats, your driveway is all cracked and you have dead plants brittling in the front yard, consider it free advice that you are a slob. Too harsh?
Come on! You’ve got to admit when watching these shows you talk to your television, “A red kitchen is NOT going to help you sell.” Or maybe you’ve said, “Why block a beautiful fireplace with a baby gate?” Suddenly stupid is the norm on television and we wonder why our houses (or the neighbor’s) sits on the market for months. What happened to location, location, location? I think it flew out of the window - wait a minute, I can’t open the windows because they’re dirty and stuck shut! AGGGHHH!
Now, there’s nothing wrong with a red kitchen, paint with expression! - but according to the “experts” if you’re going to sell your house then you’ve gotta pick neutral colors. Does anybody really go to Sherwin Williams and buy just neutral colors? How boring is that? Whatever happened to individuality? And if beige is so great, then why do we suddenly have an influx of shows about color and feng shui and designing by The Divine? Which is it? I can paint my house how I want, but not if I’m going to sell it? The new owners are going to paint anyways, so what’ the difference?
According to recent reports, it is considered a buyer’s market now - which means buyers have the upper hand, so to speak. Before we purchased our house, my husband and I looked at about 30 houses, in several different areas, and I gotta tell you - most people just don’t get it, not at all. One house we looked at was huge, painted silver, gray and dark purple, plus the owner stayed home drinking, during our walk-thru, while her kids and their friends had a pool party. Were they not informed we were coming?
My point is this: don’t be stupid. If you don’t wanna clean your house, what makes you think someone else wants to buy a dirty house? If they can actually see dirt or grime, than what can’t they see? Take a look around, have a friend take a look around, listen to your real estate agent - DON’T go it alone. These agents know what they’re talking about - at least 95% of them do - and they’ll help you sell.
Good luck.
comments
Leave a Reply