You did such a great job I don't want to sell my home anymore...

Like Dalia, this made me think about "Love it or List it." It's a good thing this does not happen all the time or we would all have zero inventory! 

I'm glad your seller was kidding. It actually happened to me once, after hours and hours of preparation. Oh, well!

Anna - I'm glad he was kidding!

Like Joanna and others mentioned, I've had sellers fall back in love with their home after making changes to stage it. Never had anyone actually back out of selling though!

Anna - That actually happened to me.  I'm still in touch with the potential seller.  One day, she will sell.

When I have a client who calls and says they want to move to a different neighborhood I have a mental checklist I go over with that client to make sure they have done a thorough job of reflecting on why they are selling.  And yes...it has cost me a couple of sales over the years but has probably rewarded me many more times over.

I am working with a seller right now.  We were joking about how now that he is moving he is making all the improvements he never got around to doing or enjoying.

So funny. It has happened to me recently. Got a home all spruced up and ready to market and the sellers decided they liked their home too much to move.

That is so funny, Anna. I too just had a similar experience. The sellers had always arranged their furniture in the home in a manner that blocked the visual flow of the room. They changed it per my recommendations and keep telling me, "We come downstairs and into that room each day and can't believe the difference. Why didn't we do this years ago? " Lol. ( They never asked me before)

Anna: Love the story, so cute! Carrie

It's a compliment to you. It's nice to be trusted by those that hire us.

Glad that you didn't lose the sale.

I doubt I would want to keep my home even if staged. I love the location, but not the house. Wife sez bulldoze and rebuild!

Anna~ What if he wasn't kidding? I don't even know what I'd do if a client ever said that to me!

That did happen to me once but it wasn't anything to do with our preparation or recommendations to market their home. The homeowners simply changed their mind and still own the property.

It's funny how oftentimes when a homeowner gets ready to sell their home, they will fix things they had not fixed in years, upgrade things, and add fresh paint throughout. Of course they want the home to look it's best for any potential new buyer, but what about wanting the home to look it's best while you are living in it? I guess that's just the way things go.

That is quite a compliment - not wanting to sell now. Of course, knowing they are kidding makes for a bigger !

What nice clients you have!  And I loved the cartoon!

One of the benefits that we provide to our sellers is free staging since we own our own staging company. You know that we have all had the experience of a client saying, “You have made my house look so beautiful that I now wish to stay.”…said tongue-in-cheek. As long as they are kidding – at least semi-seriously – we laugh along. I fear the day when one to them is serious.

Anna - I had to stop by and plop down a comment.  I saved the e-mail with your featured post to comment, but forgot about it until today when I was going through opened, but not yet deleted e-mails.  

Love this post.  I'm sure you and your team did a great job for him - kudos!