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I've been in a bunch of homes -- some that were even staged that I thought would look better vacant. Some people have put inflatable beds with a comforter in a bedroom, I guess to show it is a bedroom. But it looked awful.
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It's not to show it's a bedroom, a bedroom should be obvious, it's more to show how a bed will fit in there. Sometimes s small or medium sized room will look smaller without a bed in there.
Buying a home is a business transaction. I don't want to see pictures of your family.
I also don't want to be subjected to any added fragrance. No matter how "fresh and clean" you think your spritz or spray or plug in is, I am highly allergic to scents. It's just as bad as cigarette smoke.
Buying a home is a business transaction. I don't want to see pictures of your family.
I also don't want to be subjected to any added fragrance. No matter how "fresh and clean" you think your spritz or spray or plug in is, I am highly allergic to scents. It's just as bad as cigarette smoke.
If you don't want to see the pictures don't look at them, and no one ever got lung cancer from second hand scents.
I always say when you have your house for sale potential buyers should have no idea what your family looks like, where you work or what your interests/hobbies are.
And if you think people can look past your stuff, I recall a poster a while back who complained that the people whose homes she was looking to buy were uneducated dolts because they didn't have any books in their homes.
If you seriously can't envision a house as your home because someone has a picture of their kid on their desk, I really hope you and I are in the same housing markets in the future.
Unlikely we'll be in the same market. And we will probably not be looking in the same price range as you, so I wouldn't trouble yourself too much about it.
One picture of a kid on a desk isn't a problem, although the real estate agent will wonder why the seller can't make the effort of putting the picture in a drawer for the viewing. A wall of photos is very distracting.
I have been to hundreds of Open Houses over the years (on the weekends, without a realtor tagging along), and here in the SF Bay Area it is extremely rare for photos to be displayed.
Homeowners are rarely present for weekend Open Houses.
I always say when you have your house for sale potential buyers should have no idea what your family looks like, where you work or what your interests/hobbies are.
And if you think people can look past your stuff, I recall a poster a while back who complained that the people whose homes she was looking to buy were uneducated dolts because they didn't have any books in their homes.
You can't please everyone, so don't try. Some will get mad because you have pictures up, some will get mad because you don't.
People are getting more spoiled and more childish. In the past people didn't have time to worry about nonsense because they were busy trying to get by.
Now everyone had imagined psychosomatic allergies which are a cry for attention.
No. I'd fix the nail holes and put something else on the wall.
I'm still waiting to hear one good reason to leave a bunch of family photos on the wall. It makes it look "homey" = somebody else's home. It makes it look like a great home for making memories with kids = possibly turning off a potential buyer who doesn't have kids (like us).
There's just no benefit to it except seller convenience and comfort. And too many valid reasons to get rid of them.
And if you think people can look past your stuff, I recall a poster a while back who complained that the people whose homes she was looking to buy were uneducated dolts because they didn't have any books in their homes.
Lol. Would this be a good or a bad thing? If you have a stupid seller, you're likelier in a better negotiating position.
Was this a complaint, or merely an observation? I wouldn't care if the people I bought the house from were uneducated morons. But if something led me to believe this were the case, I might comment on it.
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