A EUREKA MOMENT! You Can Take The Buyers Out Of The City, But That Doesn't Mean They'll Like The Country!!!

Lenn,this sort of sums it up for me LOLOL! And so true. I have experienced this before with Buyers.

They love seeing Bambi in the meadow while driving around but want to be assured that there won't be any snakes or bugs around their home.

I think living in the country would be creepy.  So much silence and no activity.  Oh, and imagine living by a corn field!  NO thanks!  

Good Morning Lenn, I have had similar responses when people want to see my rural listings, my favorite is "what is that smell?"  Have a great Friday.

So true! I've had very similar experiences here in the Hudson Valley just north of NYC...city folk like the idea of it until they are actually out here!

I live on three acres out in the country but six minutes to a Walmart.  People still say that I live SO FAR OUT from everything.  It is just perception.

Dark at night? So quiet you can hear the crickets and cicadas, and the wild turkeys at dawn? Country roads and a long driveway? In Northern Virginia? YES, PLEASE. :)

What a good post and share. I had a buyer comment on a listing I had that was semi-rural that it was too private. They were worried about it being so far from everything. (5 minutes and around a mountain). Well all my marketing and the listings strengh was based on country living, quietude, wild life corridor and private living....So, what brings you out here were my thoughts? Lenn, I love this this business

Hi Lenn, I really like your list, that absolutely hits the nail on the head, about what people really want.

Sounds like "Green Acres" to me.  And if they aren't ready for a spectic . . . that always seems to be the dividing force.  "WHAT? No public sewer line?"  Hmmmmmmm, no.  On the plus side, there's not an out-house, LOL  I'd rather see stars at night.

Lenn -- reminds me of a house we lived in for a while -- 17 miles down hill to the nearest anything.  But the views and quiet were outstanding.  Me, I don't care if in countyside, or town/city -- as long as I have family with me, and can earn a living.

I don't have much experience with taking buyers out to country homes, but this post certainly nailed down what I might expect.

I'd love to be able to look up and see all the stars at night, but to be honest, the "alone" feeling would be kinda creepy.

Lenn yup that happens on occasion here in our AZ deserts. Home buyers have a romantic idea of how great it would be to live on that horse ranch. Reality hits hard and fast when they understand the roads could be flooded during monsoon season or getting to work every day will take an extra hour or so...and let's not forget about all the critters you need to watch out for. It's just not for everyone. City folks are better off in the city and country folks love the country.

My favorite reaction of people moving to my 'country' suburb where everyone has an acre, but the pizza guys still deliver is they can let their precious dogs run freeeeeeeeee!

Uh, no. Not if that means your pup is pooping on my lawn regularly or chasing my kiddo.

My second favorite country misconception are the people who want to live in the country and see cattle as their view as long as the cattle don't smell or attract flies. HA!

I've lived in the country--35 miles from the nearest town, nearest neighbors a mile away, dark except for our yard light, quiet, quiet, quiet and complete with cattle, horses, deer, coyotes, skunks, bugs, owls, and rattlesnakes. Loved it! I've also lived in an urban city apartment and 'regular' town suburbs. I can tell my clients all about each which is good--what gets me is that some things just don't sink in until they live it. Driving around and showing buyers the good and bad is a good way to help them see the light...or the dark. lol

Lenn-this is way too funny! Moving from the city is really something that buyers really have to be ready for, it's way different in so many ways. 

Lenn, that is kind of funny.  I lived is large metropolitan city years ago, and when I could get back to the quiet Shenandoah Valley, I was so happy.  I love the quiet.  Definitely a matter of choice.  I can see their dilemma too.