Searching Homes for Sale in Bucks County, PA? Ditch your "Must Have" Lists
In keeping with this week's theme of respecting your buyers enough to let them evaluate their housing options, even if it means - gasp! - being patient while they try on different styles, locations, amenities and floor plans, here's a wonderful blog on the subject by one of my favorite SWS'ers, Heather Oberhau.
If you're searching for a home in Bucks County, PA, you may have your "must have," "desirable," and "would be nice but not necessary" lists all typed out.
Here's my advice - chuck 'em.
Oh, we've all heard about making your lists. We start our journey armed with a mental picture of our dream house, and then blaze through home search websites, ignoring the 3 bedroom homes, or those without a fireplace, or without a 2 car garage.
One of my favorite Soulful Sisters Susan Haughton wrote a great blog, entitled, If Buyers are Liars, then I'm the Biggest One of All. Spawning a surge of posts by like-minded (and awesome) REALTORS like Kim Brown and Jennifer Allan, we've all decided to nod our heads and agree with each other wisely.
You may think you know, but you have no idea.
Have you ever had a mental picture of exactly what you wanted? Maybe it was an outfit, or a piece of furniture, or even your new home in Bucks County? The subsequent shopping trip is usually a lesson in futility, because you can hardly ever find what you've envisioned in your mind.
Once you start looking at homes in Bucks County, you'll find that those lists you've made are pretty worthless. You buy a home, not a house, and that's more than the number of bedrooms, fireplaces, and acreage. When you walk into a home that works for you, it's an emotional connection, a feeling of "This home is GREAT!" I've recently compared it to this: You've always had a thing for blonds, however, you haven't been connecting with any of the blonds you've been meeting lately. Then, WHAMO! You meet this smoking-hot, charming brunette, It's love, baby!
So, how do I suggest Buyers search for homes in Bucks County?
- Get a list of every home on the market in your price range / area.
- Take a Sunday drive past every single one and cross out all of them that immediately give you an "I don't like it." feeling.
- Tour the rest. If it ain't working for you, move on. Give it a fair shot, but you won't talk yourself into liking a home the longer you stay in it. You either like it or you don't.
- Realize that "I don't like it" is an complete answer. Sometimes, there is no "because."
- As you continue to tour, figure out what you like and don't like. Haven't found a new development you like after looking at 5 or 6? Then you can probably eliminate them from your search from now on. They just don't do it for you.
You can visit my website to start your search for homes in Bucks County, PA.You also should find a REALTOR who really "get's it."(Psssst, click below)
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