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Touring a house and seeing a cat lounging around would be a big turnoff to me.
Same with a parent whose kids were lounging around while the parent were at work.
We had two families tour our house while we were at work. So they had to do it while our chocolate lab was at home. And she was an inside dog that had the run of the house. Both families made an offer and one of them got the house. And our lab made a bunch of new friends.
Touring a house and seeing a cat lounging around would be a big turnoff to me.
Same with a parent whose kids were lounging around while the parent were at work.
You wouldn't have seen her. She hides. She would have been under a bed or the couch. Or if you interupted her nap, she would have been sleeping under the covers. If she was napping, you would have seen a cat sized lump.
People have lives. If they have a domestic pet, whatever. It won't bother me. If they have farm animals running around inside, I'd have some issues...
.......Same with a parent whose kids were lounging around while the parent were at work.
I know! Don't you hate it when sneaky parents try to trick you into buying their kids with the house. You'd think that if they wanted to get rid of their kids, they'd put them into a cardboard box in front of Walmart with the "free" sign on it instead of including them with the sale of the house.
"Too late, you already bought the house with the kids inside. You can't back out now."
I agree, to a point. Children can do things to sabotage a sale, so it is better to not leave them there unattended when potential buyers are looking at the house. (auto correct changed unattended to incarnadined; new word to me, I had to look up the definition. Now I know but doubt I will ever have a need to use it)
I know! Don't you hate it when sneaky parents try to trick you into buying their kids with the house. You'd think that if they wanted to get rid of their kids, they'd put them into a cardboard box in front of Walmart with the "free" sign on it instead of including them with the sale of the house.
"Too late, you already bought the house with the kids inside. You can't back out now."
I agree, to a point. Children can do things to sabotage a sale, so it is better to not leave them there unattended when potential buyers are looking at the house. (auto correct changed unattended to incarnadined; new word to me, I had to look up the definition. Now I know but doubt I will ever have a need to use it)
Teenagers- dirty underwear on the bedroom floor, weird smells in their rooms.
Nonsense. Who cares about the kids dirty underwear, or if they have a cat? It makes no difference to me at all.
All I care about is the age of the roof, the HVAC system and the basic structure. Do I need to redo the kitchen or bathrooms? Strewn the underwear all over, I don't care.
Well then in a hot market, a significant portion of the buying public is going to lose out - many, many people who are selling their homes have pets and I can hardly believe everyone who has a cat or dog is able to cart them out of the house, along with all their paraphernalia, for every showing.
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Not sure what that has to do with the house itself. You might miss out being so picky/judgey.
