Need to sell a house? Sell your street!
A while ago, I was showing a property to my buyers in Natick, MA. It was quite a good fit for most of their criteria, location being first on the list. They knew this particular house would need work, but price reflected that, and all other variables seemed to be met.
Yet once we arrived at the house and got out the car I saw faces elongating, shoulders shrugging, and overall reluctancy.
What's the matter? - I asked
Turned out, buyers didn't like the look of the street. It's a small dead end street, and to be honest it did look somewhat run down.
But it wasn't! There were about 3 houses close to each other - and to the property for sale - that had unkept (or questionable) lawns, some old wood piled up. Truth be told, house for sale could also have benefitted from some landscaping spruce up.
Here's the thought:
When you are selling, and have a feeling that properties next to you might make not the best first impression, is it possible to approah this as a team? Say, if your street and neighbors are on friendly terms, ask them if they would like to hire a service together. It would be cheaper per household, yet results would be great for everybody.
It can be a simple lawn maintenance. The highest fee is for getting out there, actual charge for mowing and fertilizing is much smaller.
As you can see, I showed that property a while ago - Summer into Fall season, hence the lawn talk. Yet same applies to current conditions, and all the snowstorms of late. A commonly hired plowing service could clear off everybody's driveway for example. The street would immediately look nice and "put together".
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