Don't give too much value to MLS Pictures
I was at a party at a house I sold my friends the other night. I worked with these people for about a year, looking for a house they could afford, in a "good" location. This house kept popping up on the on the MLS, every time it came to my attention, it was due to a price reduction. I tried getting my clients to look at this house, but from the pictures on the listing, they did not like the house. Out of desperation, I drug them to the house. The house had ugly green carpet, blue counter tops and poorly executed faux painting. It was however on a golf course, with a lovely view and a great floor plan. We made a low offer, which they accepted. They bought the house! When I walked in the newly painted house, I could not believe the change. The carpet was gone and replaced with wood flooring and the ugly blue counter top was now beautiful granite. The house was stunning! They remodeled mostly themselves and paid less money in total, including the remodel, as the original house price. The moral of this story is that bad decor can be fixed, location cannot. Looking at pictures on the MLS can be deceiving. Some pictures make the house look better than in real life, some make the house look worse. Listen to your agent after all they are the Expert.
Elizabeth Birmingham
EB Realty
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