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24 Comments on Shed the clutter
Hi Valerie,
Great advice! When you check the shed outside and it is immaculate it sends the message the rest of the property is in the same condition!
Susan: I was trying to think of another meaning for TLC and now you have given me one. :-))))
Judy: Thanks. I found myself calling the other agent and asking if her sellers would find it right to clean out the shed of all the old bricks and bits after the sale (if there is one). Kind of embarassing for the Sellers.
Dorie: Good point. It does give an indication of care.
So many people in NY have those plastic moveable sheds and they will take them away. But if it is attached as you say, I would assume leave it and start fresh in the next home, always newer models to explore. Well considered by a women shopper!LOL
Valerie, excellent point and when selling, everything counts...yes even the shed! I do like that photo too :)
Clutter is what is in our garage at home!
Valerie, one of the agents I work with last year had a big brouhaha over a shed. She ended up paying a third, the seller a third and the listing agent a third of a new shed that the seller obviously had on the property and decided to sell in the dead of night. What a mess....plus the selling agent had to pay for the new sod where the shed once stood.
Ellen: Those plastic sheds do not cost a fortune so I wonder why Sellers remove them. Cost more in effort to take apart and rebuild at the new house than just leave it. I like to shop too.
Diane: I am often delighted with the artistic work on Flickr. This is a prime example.
Sussie: I have a friend who has not had the room to put the car in the garage for 10 years. Sigh.
Ron: When there is a shed involved (and it is decent) I always include it in the chattels list. They do disappear in the dark of night.
Good one Zinger! I think Susan has the right idea on TLC. It seems to always work that way with me. LOL
Excellent point Valerie! Buyers like to see a shed & know that they can store their lawn mower & yard tools in there. However, better make sure it is an asset & not a detriment to the sale.
Valerie,
I thought the shed was used to store all the junk from the house. Now, where will the owners put it?
Brian
Laura: Time, labour and cash - but of course!
Christine: Sometimes a Buyer looks at a falling down shed and just sees the time effort and cash required to remove it.
Brian: So owners know that saving junk costs, I think they need to rent a storage locker. That will help them to decide to keep or toss. LOL I am VERY good at spending other people's money.
So true Valerie. Buyers don't want to have to dispose of dilapidated out buildings any more than they want to do a major fix up in the house.
I don't need to go as far as the shed!! LOL
Janice: Those buildings will cost money to remove. It should be the Seller doing it or the Buyer paying less. Buyers almost always overestimate the cost of a job so a Seller would be wise to do it before putting a house on the market.
Gail: I know of a few/several pounds of 'junk' I would like to personally shed. LOL
Valerie, I have seen a few listing this year excluding the shed. I agree with you, it hardly seems worth the effort for something that is used and might not look nor function the same once dismantled and re-assembled
Chris: It is always interesting where the seller decides to cheap out. A shed, for goodness sakes!!!!
Valeria--I always say that staging starts at the front curb and ends at the back fence. So getting a property ready for sale includes those outbuildings, too. I love the ones you can't walk into. Buyers don' buy what they can't see. Or in this case, they don't buy what they do see--which is in terrible condition.
Janet: I like your expression - starts at the curb and ends at the back fence. So true!!!!
Good point. Quite often the men will look at the garage, shed or basement FIRST !
Sandi: And that is what happened at one of my sales - the husband went directly to the back yard and to the shed. The front door wasn't even open at this point.