I have worked with many buyers on finding them just the right house. Ive gone through questioning, interviews, looked at different types of style and construction, but I would have to say in my experience, buyers are looking for homes that are similar to where they experienced their childhood.
There is something innate in all of us that draws to that special place where we grew up. Whether it be an aunts house, a great grandmothers house, or the house that you grew up in, we are all looking for that place where we felt most secure as a child. Don't get me wrong, some people do not want to purchase anything that reminds them of their parents house, but a house that gives them that warm familiar feeling of home.
I remember the place where I grew up. I grew up on 26 acres in the heart of a smaller city. I always felt like I grew up on a farm in the city. We had many different animals including ducks, chickens, pigs, rabbits, and I remember even having a pet skunk. It was the simple life indeed. We had a 3 acre pond in our backyard which was great for a growing boy and his dog. I always considered myself having a "Huck Finn" or Tom Sawyer" childhood with so many adventures behind me and so many ahead of me.
I remember the sound that the bullfrogs made in the evenings just before sunset, and the sound of the blackbirds that would roost in the nearby bamboo that grew along side of the lake and fishing with my cousins. I remember my Grandfather came to the lake as a daily routine to feed the ducks, and check on the flow and level of the pond. I remember the beavers who would dam up the creek and how they would slap their tail on the water when sensing danger.
Wow thinking of it now really takes me back....
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