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Most of the feedback's have been of the can't change variety- I just don't appreciate it when an agent makes a statement such as possible mold issue's. Maybe I am taking this response too personally but that is a serious issue to claim you think the house has- well no wonder the buyer isn't interested.
I gave that feedback once to an agent. She probably thought I was a loon.
I'm allergic to cats and mold. So, I'm kinda like the canary when I walk into homes. I had a massive allergic reaction to a house one time. The downstairs smelled a bit wet so I was pretty sure it wasn't cats. Someone would need to have like 10 cats for me to react that fast to that allergy. So when she asked for feedback, I told her I thought the house had a mold problem. I did explain that I was allergic to mold and that I reacted to the house though.
Lots of feedback is going to be absurd. I've sold starter homes under $100,000 where people complained because there was no granite and the new appliances weren't stainless. Don't take complaints personally. If they write something that seems egregious (such a mold complaint that is not accurate), just replace the feedback sheet before other viewers see it and panic. I agree with oneslip that many people complain about things you don't even have any control over. As others have said, those comments are merely their excuses to leave.
I went in the basement and searched for anything that resembles mold- I think I might have a guess on what they are referring too. I have an old coal bin room which the walls have remnants of coal on- maybe they didn't know what the coal bin room was & think the black stuff is mold?
In which case you head down there and wash the walls, and the next dozen potential buyers don't assume it's mould. What helpful and useful feedback this person gave you!
This is a 93 year old house in a historic area- buyer's and the agents should know about certain details/features typical with an older home. It would be like saying the closets are small- of course they are as that is how people lived in the 1920's they didn't have hoards of clothes and things like we do today.
This house in 93 years has been bought & sold by who knows how many times to different people and I'm sure like us we understood the coal bin/ room or closet and it is used for storage and that is all. I think that is an issue when agents from other area's show clients homes they are not familiar with.
This is a 93 year old house in a historic area- buyer's and the agents should know about certain details/features typical with an older home. It would be like saying the closets are small- of course they are as that is how people lived in the 1920's they didn't have hoards of clothes and things like we do today.
This house in 93 years has been bought & sold by who knows how many times to different people and I'm sure like us we understood the coal bin/ room or closet and it is used for storage and that is all. I think that is an issue when agents from other area's show clients homes they are not familiar with.
I think you're giving people too much credit. There are millions of newly married kids out there who fantasize about owning a charming bungalow because they like the architecture and the millwork and have no clue about coal bins or any of that stuff they don't talk about on HGTV.
If you really think that is what they were talking about, then clean it up and find a way to make it clear to potential buyers. Look for other possible sources of a so-called mold issue.
I think the issue is that it would make more of a mess to clean up the coal closet then to just continue to use it storage as we and other's have done. I guess if someone wanted they could take the closet down and "open" up the area but then the complain could be about the "wood" coal bin shoot door etc.
Since this is the only comment received regarding this and I have looked everywhere else in the basement & do not see any evidence of mold anywhere I guess I'll just forget it. Just pisses me off to have an agent make a comment as of such- this is the same jerk that scheduled a 9AM-10Am showing and showed up after 10 when I had returned to the house to turn things back off.
Any other comment is just their agent trying to give you a reason they are not making an offer.
I agree with this. If someone makes you an offer, and then says it's $X lower than asking because of mold, then you deal with it. Otherwise, if you know there is no mold, it makes no difference what this non-buyer says.
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