Please Adjust Your Thermostat Before Showings!

Bliz: it's all about the buyer, not the seller. Let them know that AC works. In the winter make them feel toasty. When sellers are anxious to sell their home, it is unbelievable that they do not get this. Great collage. Next on my to do list is learning how to make a collage.

Liz & Bill great wisdom about the Thermostat. We had a few cold spells followed by a hot spell I kept running to my Listing in Encino to up/or down the termostat. You are so right it makes such a difference....and in today's market we need every edge to keep the buyers happy:))

It was 90 degrees here today and very humid...and I showed a house ($159,900) with no AC...between that and the new paint fumes...I had to excuse myself....

Do the homeowners who don't consider the buyers really ready to sell?  I'm not sure I understand the "sellers" who put so many obstacles in the way for buyers...  Great post, Bliz.

Bliz,

Let me tell you in Florida right now it is HOT HOT HOT and that is not GOOD! I tell my sellers to turn a/c on and ceiling fans going. A hot home here can grow mold, smells and running out the door potential buyers.

One of my sellers is downsizing greatly so she is looking at manufactored homes (mobile homes) in a retirement park. I can't believe how many homes we went in with air off. Does the owners not realize that is aluminum siding, tin roofs and REALLY HOT. I finally had to hand her off to a specialist in the community but I was not that sad.

Oh and REO vacant homes are teh worst!  We dont' get the humidity that most of you get but the heat is some thing else!   And the cold in the winter...many a home I showed wearing gloves this year!!!

Something so simple yet so over looked!  I think it should be welcoming and very hot or very cold is NOT!!

Okay, first I have to tell you that you are all wimps, LOL.  It was 105 here in Scottsdale, AZ tody.  But, it's a dry heat, LOL. 

On a serious note, you are SO spot on with this blog.  We keep out thermostats at 82 but keep the ceiling fans on.  We dress in tanks and tees so skimpy, we would never be seen in public.  For us, we're fine.  But, people are moving about, getting in and out of cars to the hot air.  A chance to cool off is so very welcome.  Great reminder.

Very good point.  The same applies when it is freezing outside.  Walking into a cold house certainly doesn't do much to "warm" the buyers to the house.

BLiz

An excellent point, for both summer and winter. Too often buyers walk in and complain, immediately, about the temperature. WHile they KNOW it can be adjusted the immediate impression is that the home is cold or hot. Just another turn-off to add to the list adn a strike against a good first impression.

Jeff

Just like we stage the furnishings and all the little touches, having a comfortable temperature is critical.  The longer prospective buyers remain in the home, the more likely they are to "picture" themselves living there.

BLiz, you definitely hit a nerve here with all of us...i had one seller who wouldn't turn the heat up in the winter over 60!  I had her ex husband come over & unlock the thermostat...i eventually turned this house back to her...good reason.

Bliz ~ Very important point concerning adjusting the thermostat ~ showing homes all day today...our clients literally walked back out of the house because it was so hot!!

It's time to get around to the vacant listings and set the thermostat at a reasonable level. The temp has changed so dramatically all of a sudden that we're not acclimated yet.