Open Houses SUCK (at least when you are the seller)!
Have you ever cleaned one room so well, and were so proud of it that you actually stopped going into it for fear of it returning to its former state? That is my entire house, everyday....
I should start off by saying that my house has been for sale since the second week in July and it is now October 27th; we have had an open house almost every Sunday. Had an open house Sunday and had a realtor's open house Monday night. This week people are coming to look almost every day, which means I have to run home, clean up dog hair and drool, pick up any magazines or toilet paper rolls he has eaten, and get him out of the house for about an hour--an hour when he usually eats dinner. I'm not saying I'm not happy about the sudden spunkiness of my realtor (which is another story soon to be highlighted) and the interest of potential buyers, I AM HAPPY, can't you tell? All of this means I have to keep my house excruciatingly clean for an unreasonable amount of time. Usually the minute the people leave on Sunday afternoons, I can hang up laundry, let the mail pile up, leave papers around the office, not wash my cereal bowl until I do the dinner dishes, and have until the next Sunday morning to start the cleaning process all over again.
Then a woman on the elevator tells me the other day, "Houses never sell at an open house, it's a proven fact!" Yeah, well where's your proof? I mean, you don't just say that and saunter off the elevator. I thought maybe I should do some asking around. I know I would never have looked at my house (the place I am trying to sell) if I hadn't driven by an open house sign. The two offers we've had so far have been from open houses.
Anyway, open houses SUCK! Keeping your house so clean that you are afraid to even shower for fear of making spots on the chrome SUCKS! Having strangers walk through your house looking in your closets SUCKS! Did I say open houses SUCK? Except when you are the buyer. Stay tuned for open houses are GREAT! Coming soon, I hope, to a blog near you!
I should start off by saying that my house has been for sale since the second week in July and it is now October 27th; we have had an open house almost every Sunday. Had an open house Sunday and had a realtor's open house Monday night. This week people are coming to look almost every day, which means I have to run home, clean up dog hair and drool, pick up any magazines or toilet paper rolls he has eaten, and get him out of the house for about an hour--an hour when he usually eats dinner. I'm not saying I'm not happy about the sudden spunkiness of my realtor (which is another story soon to be highlighted) and the interest of potential buyers, I AM HAPPY, can't you tell? All of this means I have to keep my house excruciatingly clean for an unreasonable amount of time. Usually the minute the people leave on Sunday afternoons, I can hang up laundry, let the mail pile up, leave papers around the office, not wash my cereal bowl until I do the dinner dishes, and have until the next Sunday morning to start the cleaning process all over again.
Then a woman on the elevator tells me the other day, "Houses never sell at an open house, it's a proven fact!" Yeah, well where's your proof? I mean, you don't just say that and saunter off the elevator. I thought maybe I should do some asking around. I know I would never have looked at my house (the place I am trying to sell) if I hadn't driven by an open house sign. The two offers we've had so far have been from open houses.
Anyway, open houses SUCK! Keeping your house so clean that you are afraid to even shower for fear of making spots on the chrome SUCKS! Having strangers walk through your house looking in your closets SUCKS! Did I say open houses SUCK? Except when you are the buyer. Stay tuned for open houses are GREAT! Coming soon, I hope, to a blog near you!
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