Let me tell you about the art, if you want to call it that of selling a home, it is definitely NOT SMELLING your home! For instance, last Saturday I had the chance to work with a couple looking for their first home. It was an exciting time for them as I had been sending them properties for a week so the first property was rather important.
Unfortunately, I got a little lost, (boy, do I need a Tom Tom) but they were kind enough to rescue me and the search for that perfect home was on. Pulling up to the driveway my heart sunk into my stomach and as I approached the home, it even got worse. Little did I know what was lying ahead of this first visit.
We made all the necessary connections, I introduced myself and they did so in turn. As we walked up to the home we notice cracks in the stucco, not normal cracks, minor and major. A dead give away that maybe there were some settling issues here! But alas, we will enter into the home and see what it is like.
IF I COULD TAKE A PICTURE, it wouldn't do it justice!!! Upon entry you got blown away, not by wind...oh no, but by the stench of SMOKE in this house. Yup, it was like there had been a smoke party in the home and someone didn't know that they should maybe open a window!!! Oh, but it was not just the smoke, there was also a cat! Now, anyone that owns a cat knows that you must take care of this on a regular basis. I can't tell you if these people know that or not but, the selling agent sure should be letting them know.
Unfortunately, that was not the end of it! OH NO....every shade in the house was pulled down, so there was absolutely NO LIGHT in the house. We made it as far as the living room area which was about 5 feet inside this house, and all of us turned for the door and headed to the outside. We decided that this was NOT the home for them. Imagine that!!
A few days later I got an automatic email from the listing agent asking me to fill out this form about the home and what I thought about it, now I could have sweet, or just not have answered that automatic email but no....NOT ME! What do you think I did? Of course I did, I told him the condition of the home, I told him about cat and the SMELL and told him, "Good luck selling this one!"
Katie Creek
727-415-4669
www.FL-WaterFrontProperty.com
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