One of my all time favorite movies is Rear Window starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. In this suspense filled thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Stewart plays a newspaper photographer who, while recuperating at home with a broken leg, becomes obsessed with what he sees out his rear window. With the help of the beautiful Grace Kelly, he tries to determine if what he suspects, is true--that a murder has been committed.
How many times as REALTORS® have we looked out the rear window of a home, only to be amazed--and sometimes frightened--by what we see?
In my real estate version of Rear Window, I play the James Stewart role as the ruggedly handsome voyeuristic photographer, thankfully without the broken leg! My wife Tammie assumes the beautiful Grace Kelly role. (Really, who else could I pick?) As the story unfolds, we are showing our client a house...
Upon entering the high end home, we marveled at the exquisite decorating. The colors were perfect, the light fixtures gorgeous. The chef's kitchen had all the bells and whistles. Off the kitchen was an extremely large eat-in space, beautifully laid out with "Pottery Barn" place settings and a large bouquet of live flowers. As we walked through the kitchen we could see that adjacent to the eat-in area was another room--I would call it a Florida room, again, beautifully decorated. It had enormous windows facing the back of the property.
As we gazed out the rear windows of this home, an amazing (and yes, frightening) sight came into focus. At first I could not believe my eyes. My stomach turned over as I considered what this meant.
About 75 feet behind the house, rising out of the ground and stretching to a height that appeared at first to disappear in the clouds, was an extremely large electrical transmission tower. Resembling the famous "Burning Man" it had been hidden by the roofline of the house.
Our client looked at his wife, and then settled his eyes upon us. He shook his head, almost imperceptibly, and we knew this house was not the one.
In this true story, what we saw out the Rear Window, wasn't murder, but it certainly killed our deal.
If you are frightened by the prospect of buying or selling a home in Franklin TN, contact Franklin Homes Realty at (615) 495-0752 and we can change your view!
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