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There is nothing like a dirty shower to start the day

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Godzyk Real Estate Services NH License 033394

When you enter an owner occupied home that is for sale, you expect the home to be ready for you and your buyers to see it. However entering this Manchester NH area home, I am happy to share a picture of this tub I took. Now this was not a REO, not a vacant home and no short sale here. Did anyone tell the seller how to ready a home for showings? 

 

 

This home was not quite ready. It was not a new listing. It was listed with a big national name. The seller did still live here. I can tell you why the home has been for sale for so long in such a nice neighborhood.

 

 

 THE BEST WAY to sell a home is to have it ready, clean, clutter free and smelling good for potential buyers, I like to walk through a home when i list it so the seller can have the best advice to ready that home for showings,

 

THE BOTTOM LINE is that the BEST way to go about any home sale or purchase is to know that the consumer should not choose just any agent. All Agents are not created equal and every buyer or seller should take the time to hire the BEST not just the biggest. By using a philosophy, which is simple, to provide more personal and professional service to guide my clients through each step of the buying or selling process, I can help you find your dream home or sell your property.

 

 

                                 

 

To CONTACT Scott Godzyk please call 603.661.2121 or EMAIL: Sctprop@aol.com .

 

About the Author: Scott Godzyk is the Owner/Broker of the Godzyk Real Estate Services in Manchester NH. Proud to be locally owned and operated with 30 years of experience, Scott is a leading Agent for Listing and Selling Homes in this area.We are Full Time Agents ready to serve all of your Real Estate needs. Servicing Hillsborugh, Rockingham, Merrimack and Belknap counties. 

 

You can search for Manchester area Homes For Sale by clicking here. what is for sale by clicking here.

 

 

Comments(24)

Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

Good morning Scott,

A mud bath getting ready or he swine had taken a bath.

Make yourself an astonishing day.

Jan 20, 2017 05:46 AM
Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
Broker / Property Manager

It looks like somebody just washed their dog! Some sellers are their own worst enemy!

Jan 20, 2017 05:50 AM
Lori Gardiner
RE/MAX River's Edge - Bristol, RI
GRI, SRS, ABR, e-PRO

Good Morning Scott, I can't believe that. Disgusting is right. Great advice to Sellers. I would never show a home looking like that!

Jan 20, 2017 05:51 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

Soooo where is the agent who listed it?  YIKES! I would not list a home that was not clean and safe. 

Jan 20, 2017 06:17 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

Oh, but I see so much potential in that dirty tub . . . and I smell a bargain coming.

Jan 20, 2017 06:24 AM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

Showing homes is eye opening to how people live. I can understand why you left.

Jan 20, 2017 07:19 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Scott- I just can't imagine someone showing a home with that tub. Yikes!

Jan 20, 2017 08:49 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Sorry to say, I am seeing this more and more Scott Godzyk. I always leave a nice note now when I find a home that is parade ready to show... 

Jan 20, 2017 10:58 AM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Thank you Raymond E. Camp I still could not figure it out

Jan 20, 2017 12:24 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Perhaps Nathan Gesner , or potted some plants or who knows, but they knew we were coming

Jan 20, 2017 12:24 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

I was kind of stuck already there, had i known though, i would not Lori Gardiner 

Jan 20, 2017 12:25 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

That is the 24 million dollar question Sheri Sperry - MCNE® , where is the agent 

Jan 20, 2017 12:26 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Eventually yes Cheryl Dukes - Atlanta , homes like this can be bargains

Jan 20, 2017 12:26 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Every day is a new adventure Nick & Trudy Vandekar 

Jan 20, 2017 12:27 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Yes, i didnt get it either Kathy Streib 

Jan 20, 2017 12:27 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Yes, sadly i am too, perhaps less instruction to the sellers is going on Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, Broker, Tacoma Washington 

Jan 20, 2017 12:28 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks, Scott, for sharing your experience and your photograph.

I hope you can recommend a good maid service.

Jan 21, 2017 08:22 AM
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi
NMLS #216987, IL Lic. 031.0006220, WI Licensed. APMC NMLS #175656 - New Lenox, IL
708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience

Yikes!  Buy this house?  I think not, Scott Godzyk ... if this represents how they maintain it ... I'm out of there ...

Gene

Jan 21, 2017 02:58 PM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

That is a real turnoff to perspective buyers. I toured some high end homes on Friday with buyers. There was one nice home that might have ranked high with them, but the carpets had cat poop stains and the master bathroom wasn't clean. They didn't even want to consider this home.

Jan 21, 2017 06:49 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Oh yuck. That would turn my stomach and most likely the buyer's too.

Jan 22, 2017 12:45 PM