The HUD home for sale was TOO cold to be SOLD!

Good morning Richard.  I've been in the same situation except .... the kicker was they wanted the house after just a quick run through!!!  So that meant I made several trips to that freezing house.   Imagine that.

Good Morning as well Richard! Great post.. maybe someone from USDA will see this post and try and do something about it! Have a great week.

Wordsmith! Nice verse. Some of the best poems come from the hardest circumstances.

It's true Richard and not just HUD houses, but second homes that aren't occupied or heated are a challenge too!  I'm wondering how cold does it get in Atlanta, anyway?:-)

Imagine the same house in my area.

We deal with this all winter long.

Richard, I showed some homes like that yesterday morning, the thermostat read 27 degrees on both of them.  Wearing snow covered shoes on wood and tile floors is hazardous to our balance and health, but walking around on cold floors is hazardous to our attention spans.  Homes with heat get buyers to stick around long enough to actually gain some interest in the home.

Richard, I definitely hear your plea/complaint. I guess the home will wait on the market until it warms up!

The bad thing about houses without heat in the cold, is that it is colder on the inside.

Richard, I worked an open house once on a foreclosure. The agent didn't tell me that the utilities were disconnected. It was 35 degrees in the house. People came in and would leave right away because it was so cold. Although, I did pick up a buyer that day who closed a few weeks later on a different house.

Richard, these houses are so cold it's almost numbing! No thank you. I'm already cold enough.

I remembered showing houses at -20 just like the agents are doing today.

Makes me wonder if the banks really want to sell at times.

Richard - They are like big freezers! Once a home becomes cold soaked, it takes forecer for it top thaw out...and to sell! Stay warm!