features: The buyer is allergic to granite... Do your awesome counters have value in the eyes of the buyer then? - 09/09/10 05:06 PM

Hmmm...  Well...  I guess someone can be allergic to granite, right?  Break out in slate sweat, or recycled hives?  Maybe tile tilt?  LOL!
Sometimes our sellers seem to place such a huge value on things that may not necessarily have an intrinsic value to the buyer.  Like shelves in the garage, hardwood floors, blinds, carpet, new paint...
Buyers see value in two ways...  Similar properties, one with MORE features and benefits.  OR Similar properties one with a LOWER price.
So the granite counters may not add value as a dollar amount, they may add value in the eyes of the … (44 comments)

features: They described the master bath as "and here is the master bath..." - 05/07/10 10:43 AM
 
Kind of funny when an agent describes a feature to a house as the actual feature...  Like when they are showing a home and when they get to the master bedroom they describe it as a master bedroom then they describe the master bathroom as the master bathroom...
Seems like the right way to describe a room, but most likely the buyer knows what each of those rooms are for. 
A master bathroom or fireplaces are features that will improve the buyer's life...  You don't really add that much value if you just describe what they may already know.  In … (2 comments)