Have you ever been to listings where the homeowner requests "shoes off". Okay, we can understand this in bad weather, although if we were selling our home, we wouldn't want anyone's dirty feet walking on our clean floors (even those booties tend to sweat).
I must say that we've seen buyers take off their shoes and get hurt by small toys lying around, cold basements that buyers didn't look at, someone who slipped while walking with those plastic booties on, and what dogs have left around...well we won't go there!
I remember last winter when we had lots of snow and the homeowner asked that we take our boots off before entering. Sure, we'll take off our boots, but where can we sit to help us remove them?
"Take them off by the front door" she replied.
Okay I said, would you happen to have a chair for us?
"I don't have a chair" ... And with that our buyers turned around and left!
Inclement weather surely can be a problem, but if a buyer is willing to go out in this type of weather to look, most likely they are motivated buyers.Is there any reason a homeowner would not provide a chair to make it a little easier? Did we ask for such an unreasonable request? The home we were showing was in a 55 and over community, and although our buyers were "Young" 55's, taking off boots can be a challenge.
So our message to homeowner's is this...If you expect buyers to remove their boots, please provide somewhere for them to sit!
Don't Miss An Opportunity To Sell Your Home Just Because Of The Weather!
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