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60 Comments on It's Really Hard to Sell a House with Your Legs Crossed!
Charleen: Open houses are long enough.
Maureen: I ammended my original blog because of that.
Barbara: It's a look but don't touch deal.
Cheryl: Drying your hands with toilet paper is the pits!
Cindy: I like it too!
David: You've got a good point!
Teresa: Thanks!
Alan: You're so right!
Terrylynn: A good realtor is like a Girl Scout 'always prepared' or is that a Boy Scout?
Phyllis: I've done the same thing.
Amy: Thanks for the suggestion.
Maureen: That's fine as long as you have a powder room. A lot of my listings only have one bath.
Susan, once when I was pregnant with my second child, I was showing houses and well, I had to go to the bathroom. When I went into the powder room, I noticed that there were little rounds pieces of paper in the toilet that you get from a hole punch. I knew that the seller did that to see if anyone used the bathroom but when you are 8 months pregnant and you have to go... you HAVE TO GO!! So go I went! Later that day the seller actually called me at home, I have never met her, to suggest that if I, or my buyer need to use the bathroom in the future, that I find a gas station! Needless to say, I was not in a hurry to sell her home and I was very glad that the buyer, who was also 8 months pregnant, didn't like it!
Susan: This really takes the cake! What were they thinking?
Amen! And Amen! Clients are usually very worried about using restrooms, but I tell them that is what they are for. Although, in vacant properties, I advise them to make sure the water is turned on :) It is especially an Amen when your client is 7+ months pregnant. You just try to tell that woman she can't use the toilet.
Sarah: Fortunately I haven't run into too many houses that have the water turned off but with the increase in REOs it may become more common.
Susan, I just tripped over this post, and you make such a great point here! We call it "testing the plumbing".
Susan,
I agree with you a 100%. People want to feel AT HOME when they are viewing a property. Even if they do not use the bathroom, my clients flush the toilet once in a while to check that it works.
Thanks for the ideas!!!
Fern Hamberger Broker @ NestQuest Inc.
Susan, loved the post. Neither me nor my clients care if someone uses the bathroom during a showing, after all, you want to make sure the plumbing works:) I only ask that if they do use the bathroom please FLUSH (that's always a great surprise), and if you clog it...fix it, or at least call me and I will!
Patricia: The real challenge is showing houses where they have turned off the water and the electricity. Yikes!
Fern: Thanks for the comment and I love your name (Nest Quest Inc.).
Tim and Laurie: It's really hard to get people to fess up when they incapacitate the toilet. Yuk!
Wow ... it happens there too? :) I took a client recently to see a luxury condo and the bathroom door had a note on it, the bathroom mirror had the same note on it, and the toilet lid had the same note on it: "DO NOT USE. USE PUBLIC BATHROOM OUTSIDE" ... We were out of there very fast, and ran into the seller, waiting outside the door, and he asked why we were leaving so fast - no way we could possibly have seen the entire condo ... we told him we had to go to the bathroom, but wouldn't be back. (My client bought, but not that one - he was turned off by their attitude/notes.)
Of course I've also walked into vacant homes, after another agent, and it was quite obvious by the 'scent' in the air, that someone forgot to flush the toilet, so I suggest to Realtors that they double check the bathroom, before they exit with their clients. :)
Sylvie: That guy deserves to have his condo sit on the market!
Susan, that is the best suggestion ever - about the disposable hand towels in the bathroom. It is so unclassy not to let guests use the bathroom and it is always a turn off for me.
I always carry my own paper towels and toilet paper when working or travelling. Call it experience,
When you are staging vacants sometimes there are neither available. Better to be prepared than the alternative.
Great idea about the disposable towels. Hadn't thought of it before. Will do it now.
It is so refreshing to read the point of view by Realtors. I read the Realtor group each day but rarely see these topics come up.
thank you for posting and keep them coming.
I didn't realize that people have taped toilets down... You bring up a valid point on catering to the buyer, not just with the decor, but with "other" amenities that would make them comfortable in a home. I really like the disposable towel idea. Thank you for sharing your insight into this "urgent" matter!
Lisa: Tell me about it! Especially after a 6 hour tour.
Michelle and Kristina: Thanks, my pleasure!
I agree and have never tied up the towels, but do place decorative towels on the towel bars and then place an additonal towel to use on the sink, decorative, but functional. In fact, it's the way I do it in my own home.
Joyce
Year ago I was searching a site where I could sell my house. I found really great site. It was called Fizber. There were great services. You can find them here http://www.fizber.com/sale-by-owner-home-services/index.htm.
As a stager with a good portion of my business coming from new home builders, I've never seen it from this point of view. New home builders have models, so I always thought their buyers would just use the model bathroom. But, qeez, you're right. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. I've never gone to any length to stop people from using the towels but when I found them used I would always be peeved. So simple, give them an option!
Joyce: It works for me!
Jack: Hmmmm.....
Amy: It saves your good towels too.