I like it when neighbors visit open house at my listings. Usually.
I was was hosting open house at a nice listing in Laguna Niguel. Visitor parking in the community is limited and an open house visitor parked in an assigned space. About half of the assigned spaces were open at the time and the visitor randomly selected one.
The open house visitor and his sister who was helping with the home search were in the open house for a few minutes when a neighbor stormed in and yelled "Does someone in here own a white pick up truck?" The answer was Yes. "You're parked in my space. Move your truck now." The neighbor slammed the door shut and then marched off. Way to make a great impression.
I was embarrassed and somewhat horrified. The open house visitors were very nice and the brother said that people like that don't bother him. It may well be true. BUT....the neighbor didn't have to take the approach she chose.
No one else has given us the slightest bit of grief over having open house and the traffic it brings with it. In fact, all of the other neighbors have been nothing less than delightful.
Did the neighbor's rude behavior affect the visitor's desire to buy my listing? It may not have hurt, but it definitely didn't help. Could the neighbor have approached us in a nice way? Of course she could have; she just chose not to.
Most people are very nice! Others...not so much, but if they tried it, they'd probably like it.
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