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Friday Foto: Serenity

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Friday Foto:  Serenity

Serenity by Silvia DukesRecently, I took a new listing.   Originally, the seller and her husband built this house as a "starter home" she told me and as we went from room to room, I could tell it was a difficult task to let go of her home where she had lived for over 25 years and raised her family - a home filled with so many memories. 

Now, her children are grown, finding their own paths in life.  The time has come for her to move on to a new and exciting chapter in her life.  Emptied of it's contents and cleaned from top to bottom in preparation for the listing, the home is now a vacant house just waiting to make a new owner happy.

It reminded me once again that there is a human component to almost every real estate transaction.  Sometimes it's happy, sometimes it's sad, sometimes it's bitter-sweet.   Buyers do not always get to see this side - nor do we as Realtors when we work with a buyer.  

As I was looking through the photos that I took that day to pick those that I would be using in the marketing of this home, I came across this shot of the front yard.  Like the rays of sun captured in the leaves, it reflects the happiness this home provided to its former occupants.  As the eye travels across the front yard, the serenity of the scene has such a calming and peaceful effect. 

There is much more to a house than the structural components, I'm hoping the new owners will discover the "soul of the home" and recognize all it has to offer.

 

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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate

Tropic Shores Realty, 3441 Deltona Blvd, Spring Hill, FL 34606

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Comments (9)

Petra Norris
Lakeland Real Estate Group, Inc. - Lakeland, FL
Realtor, Lakeland FL Homes for Sale

Silvia - beautiful photograph.  I'm sure with your marketing expertise and describing the home, coupled with the right price I suspect you will sell this home quickly.  Wishing you great success :)

Mar 30, 2012 10:44 AM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Petra, thank you, with our inventory going low, good homes priced right won't last long!

Mar 30, 2012 11:08 AM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired
Hi Silvia, You have added a nice marketinng spin to this porperty that should romance any Buyer looking for more than 4 blank walls. Well done.
Mar 30, 2012 12:41 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Sylvia, you really hit the point that we don't just list the house.  It's about the lives we impact.

Mar 30, 2012 01:00 PM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

William, thank you, I like that.

Patricia, it just shows that those walls would have many stories to tell!

Mar 30, 2012 08:52 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

From the pictures in the subsequent post, and this one, it looks like a very nice home.  I especially like the low maintenance yard with no mowing!  A lily pond is always nice too.

Mar 31, 2012 07:27 AM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Georgina, thank you, it's a house with a lot of appeal!

Mar 31, 2012 11:14 PM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

This is a really great post and a reminder that there is indeed more to a home than what we see!

By the way, congratulations on the approaching 600K!!!! That rocks!

Apr 01, 2012 09:26 PM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Thanks Barbara-Jo!  It'll be today! :-)

Apr 02, 2012 04:26 AM