"Life's too short to clean your own home."
I remember reading this on a marketing piece for a housecleaning service and it just popped into my head as I recalled a recent experience...
"Life's too short to clean your own home."
REALLY?
Had a showing last night and was not at all amused.
Still trying to figure out exactly what happened.
First of all, it was only after a week's span of 4 different attempts at appointments that I was able to gain entry into the property. Called the showing service. Declined several times. Called the listing agent. Ignored several times. Granted, I needed showing times outside the normal range to accommodate my hard-working buyers' schedules but, beyond that, I finally got an appointment confirmation from the sellers via Centralized Showings.
Cut to the chase - Why-oh-why did I bother?
Seriously.
My hair, my clothes, my very being...were all beyond funky when I left that place.
I was freshly showered when I entered.
It wasn't your average untidy home. Trust me, I know messy. I'm married with 2 children.
But enough about me.
There was nastiness at every turn in this home and the sellers sat right in the family room, smoking cigarettes and watching TV as I showed their home to my dumbstruck buyers.
Umm...I apologized to the buyers FOR the sellers.
Really, I did.
Note to seller: Please clean your home before you list it and keep it clean while it's on the market...unless. of course, you're not really wanting to sell?
No?
Just sayin',
Lanette in Bel Air
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