Teri, this is priceless and sooo true until they find one they like! When my teens saw our new house years ago though, they were all excited and promised to help cut the grass and take care of all the yard work....yeah. You guessed it, rarely happens!!

Teri, You said it all. Sounds like a few of my current showings and cases.

Teri - I had to laugh when I read your post.  It reminds me of a couple I had who made their decisions based on the dog and their 2 year old son!  After 80 homes, they decided the entire State was not for them! 

Teri, I have gone through this with the very young ones where they check out their new bedrooms.

WooHoo...and a lol! That was great. Wonder what kind of retorts I would come back with if the teen voiced so belligerently.... I mean, who's going to be paying the bills and for the mortgage? That was classic.

Teri, That gave me a chuckle.  But you have some great points here.  The kids can make the decision on the house when they get older and can buy their own.  Giving them a complete say is not sending any good message.  Happy parents will usually beget happy kids.

LOL, I love your scenario of what teens say. Sounds SO much like them, especially the green house as a landmark. I really think that today's children/teens are given too much latitude. They would be allowed to check it out if they wanted to go along, and in fact, they did. They just would immediately start choosing which room would be their's.  Much simpler....

TERI, I made moves at all stages of our childen's development and I think those teenage years was the most challenging.  Now that they are grown we have stayed in the same house for 11 years.  Our house is really too big as we bought it when they were in 5th grade and 9th grade but oh well we love our house.  Great information!

Hi Teri:  Aren't kids wonderful.  I had one once say...who is this guy?  That was as he strolled by with earphones and music loud enough for me to know it was rap music.  The parent looked at him and said the Realtor that is going to sell your bedroom......they both laughed and he stopped in his tracks!  He turned and said, I am not cleaning it either....

This is just a great post...made me smile. 

Teri - you are so right. I recently experienced something similar. Another great article - wanted to stop by and say "hi" too!

Teri, Your post had me laughing because it is very true....I could just hear my kids (and they're older!) with almost the same comments :)  I think the parents should look first and take the children to the homes they are very interested in....

Funny stuff! I haven't witnessed this firsthand. I do see clients whose kids rule the roost. I can imagine how hard it is to keep a house clean with kids.  Teenagers have lots of opinions.

Hi Teri,

Guess introducing teenagers in the mix makes it more interesting to say the least. Look at this this way, they should provide you lot's of blogging fodder. You know lot's of fresh material.

Teens and younger children make disourging comments all the time. I've found you can't argue with them because they are always right. So we just move on. Good luck in finding a new home ! 

Colleen--They are so agreeable when it is something they want aren't they?

Mana--Young people are opinionated all over the US I guess. :)

Joan--I know that I for one will not allow my kids to make the decision but as they are older, it is hard to ignore their input...but it is amusing!

Gary--Funny thing is these are very young ones....These are the 13-21 crowd. The comments surprise me and make me smile! :)

Sally--My son IS a classic! Full of fun retorts but even these surprised me! :)

Rebecca--Sometimes we have to listen to our kids and sometimes they have to just accept our decisions...no matter what age they are.

Teri--That was an actual conversation I had with my son...He was dead serious that he hated the house because of the color and would only consider living there if we changed the siding. It really surprised me that he cared that much about a house he only has a few years to live in. Go figure...Mom has the last say though...hehehe. ;)

Marchel--We have only moved once...Looked a few times but have spent 11 years here. The market is good but finding a house that makes everyone happy is going to be difficult...especially because we don't HAVE to move. It will be an adventure looking though...weird being on the other side of the decision.

Gary W--LOL...That is a great story. They all walk around with the earbuds these days...and no one wants to clean their rooms. Must be a rite of passage to being a teen. 

Cyndee--As a buyers agent, you must have a ton of similar stories...Thanks for stopping by! :)

Carole--It is funny how we want them to voice opinions but sometimes the opinion is quite funny. Keep an open mind is not part of their vocabulary yet.

Lizette--I think Chanel is easier to train to be clean than kids...Even as they get older, they don't seem to have cleaning as a priority.

Lynda--Indeed...Plenty of funny fodder for the old blog. Hopefully I will have time to share it all! :)

Missy--Many of the comment made came from clients children too...These kids range in age from 13-21 so they should know better but sometimes it just comes out...Amazing what they say isn't it?

This post brought back to mind a family that after showing them several new home developments the final decision was made by the 8 year old son say "I want that one".

Shannon--I don't believe anyone of my buyers...myself included...plans to leave the final decision up to any of our offspring. But they voice their opinions anyway! ;)

Now that I think about it, I am not sure how much fun I would have home shopping with my own children at their current age.  I haven't thought about that before.

Teri - That was classic.  It's always interesting and often entertaining to watch the exchange between parents and their kids when they're looking at homes.

Teri,

So true! We're holding an open house tomorrow that is really beautiful, but just not what the hub and I are looking for right now. My 6-year-old really wants it, though, because there is a step up in the little guy's closet and a door to the attic from there. What else could you ask for, right? ;)

Thanks,

Terri Hayley

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Teri~ loved your post.  As my husband says about our three kids, they leave no thought unexpressed!  Good luck with the new house hunt, can't wait to hear what the final verdict is with your kids.

Teri,
Funny but then I'm not their Mom!  :0)  Remember their brains are not completely developed and pay them no attention.  

Hi Teri thats funny, I do have many such stories that I came across in my carrier as Realtor.

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Gives you sympathy for those buyers with teens doesn't it? :-) It's all in the eye of the beholder.

Teri - thats pretty funny, and exactly how it is! My son once said a color that I liked for our exterior looked like puked up fish guts. Too bad for him - I guess I like puked up fish guts, (Sherwin-Williams Poised Taupe)and amazingly, so did all my neighbors when we did the update. There have been two copy-cats since in my neighborhood who like that flavor as well.

Teri ~ Teens can be very opinionated, just like parents, friends and other people our buyers bring along.

Good luck! 

Teri, after a really long househunt, parents took teenage son back to see The Contender - at least it was a contender until the kid said,"Mom!  Dad!  I'd rather live in a tent!"  Yeah, teenagers, even if they'll be off to college very soon, are part of the decision-making process these days.  You know, The Advisory Board!