Are You Making Your Mason Ohio Home For Sale Seem Small?

Marte, Exactly the thought process of buyers that see that.

Bet, True!  At that point, it's sticks and bricks, and you hope that your arrangement of sticks and bricks is better than your competitors for the similar price and location.

George, We'd have to make changes at OUR house if it was going on the market (but it's not!).

Jane, Definitely.  It starts before the door ever opens and goes from there.

Lou, Crowded House was a band I enjoyed back in the 80s, but it's a bad description for a house for sale.

Kathleen, Exactly!  Many of our sellers have heeded our advice and prepped their homes prior to going on market, and a key element of that was getting extra items GONE!

Brenda, Some buyers are a little deficient on imagination, so making it easy is critical.  Extra stuff begone!

Anita, Same here!  We can try to talk logic to them, but emotion is heavy during the home hunting process.

Nancy, I think we're down to two classes of buyers:  Investors (who will fix SOME things) and regular buyers, and the regular buyers have moved heavily into the "I want move-in ready" camp.

Rich, Definitely a common occurrence to see overly stuffed homes.  Whether it is collections, excessive family photos or allegiance to the "wrong" sports teams for the area, we see it time and again.

William, And the right goal to have too!  We're not looking to get to the point that the buyers question if anyone lives there, but at the same time an entire wall of baby pictures is probably not a good thing either.

David, Garages can be important parts of the home purchase, and having all the extra stuff in there reminds people the home doesn't have enough room.

Praful, Removing clutter is a key start.  Extra pieces of furniture can fall into the same category.

Conrad, We've been in the position that the sellers just won't listen.  Their way or the highway, and then we as their agents have to make the call whether or not we still want the listing.

Gita, Thanks!

Wayne & Jean Marie, And if they're not careful, they give away negotiation leverage with that clutter.  I may notice something that explains their motive to sell.

Beth, We see the same on a regular basis.  Most sellers probably don't realize how much emphasis gets placed on the master closet by some buyers.

Tammie, Congrats on the closing!  We've encountered some sellers like that, unfortunately their attitude was pretty much a take it or leave it, and the buyers chose to leave it.

Eric, Hopefully the stuff goes to a more tolerable level soon.

Lisa, That's got to help get the message through.  And the fish graphic seemed perfect as I searched through iclipart.com for the right graphic :)

Susan, Thanks!