Should I Get A Sitter? Yes. Yes Please.
House hunting with young kids can be rough, especially if you want to see more than two or three houses. Young ones get super excited and are hard to control inside a home as a best case scenario. In a worst case, they get cranky and tired, spending their time fussing and crying. All of this, but it good or bad, can take the focus off the actual task of house hunting.
Jared Christiansen in Fort Wayne, IN tells a story about an experience that is not uncommon in real estate. If you have young kids and are house hunting, getting a sitter is definitely advised.
I'll never forget the day I met Jack and Jill and their two young hellions... I mean kids. The son was six, the daughter was four. They were both out of control.
It was cute at first. Then as the son knocked the vase off of the coffee table in the living room because he was practicing wind sprints, and then the daughter decided to stand on my feet, grab my pockets, and look up at me and scream bloody hell...
The cuteness quickly wore off. :)
This time around I was only showing them one home. The following weekend they wanted to see five more. Let's see... out of control young kids. Five homes. We will probably be out for at least two hours or so. Can you imagine the relief I felt when Jill said...
"Should we get a sitter??"
Now don't get me wrong here, I love kids and they love me. I just think that young kids these days get bored quickly. When I'm showing homes, the conversation I have with my clients is very important. If there are screaming and out of control kids (of any age), it makes it difficult for me to do my job.
My advice is this: If possible, find a sitter.
Amanda and Jared Christiansen are award winning Realtors with Century 21 Bradley Realty in the Fort Wayne area.
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