Is it Possible to Sell an Overly Customized Circus theme Home in Columbus?

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Is that a Tiger peering through the window with the brightly colored trim?Let’s say that a while back you found your perfect home. You painstakingly made it your own. I mean Really, Really made it your own. 

Maybe you painted the living room ceiling to resemble a Big Top Circus Tent and you used Really Bright Circus colors all over the home because, well, you’ve got a thing for the Circus. 

Even if you were wise enough to leave all the gorgeous original wood trim and floors unmolested, kept up the yard and had the house all cleaned up, you may not be able to sell that home.

Even if potential buyers could see past the paint and the life size dinosaur head protruding into the bedroom from behind the painted foliage above the marbleized slate mantel, they can’t see themselves in an overly customized home.

So do the little things.  Take down the foil wallpaper, paint over the crazy colors, neutralize, modernize, match and clean.  You will do yourself a favor and save thousands while being able to move on with your life.

 

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Posted by Joe Peffer - Columbus Homes Blog on 04/09/2008 11:03 AM   Comments (1)  

1 Comments on Is it Possible to Sell an Overly Customized Circus theme Home in Columbus?

Joe, what if you looked at this from another angle.  Instead of making the home suitable to any buyer, why not find a buyer that might be suitable for the home?  There are tens of thousands of circus enthusiasts in the country, and there might even be another one that loves the way the house looks enough to buy it.  In the internet day and age, why not advertise the home for sale in places where those other circus enthusiasts might find it? 

I know where you are coming from, and your advice is spot on from the traditional perspective, but let's try looking at things from a different perspective.  

Aren't there thousands of properties listed in the central OH area that are having trouble moving?  Aren't those homes also geared toward the average buyer?  As marketers, aren't we looking for something to differentiate our property from the one down the street?   

04/09/2008 11:16 AM by Lane Bailey - The REALTOR for Car People (Diamond Dwellings Realty)

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