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Never had that problem we bought a custom home and it was very clean when we moved in.
You had a custom house built, and for that, I guess you paid a lot more money. Mine is a standard house in a tract of similar houses, not quite a starter home, and most of the house is well-laid-out, but it's certainly not a custom house.
The inside of my house was clean once flooring was installed and the house was turned over (except for the 2 flies in the paint, probably because the house was painted during the summer and the windows may have been open, and screens not yet installed). But the worksite was dusty many days (I visited daily) and the yards were just leveled dirt. In those days, the houses around here did not include landscaping of any kind, nor perimeter fencing for that matter.
Which type of custom house do you have? You supplied the plans and had the house constructed, or you bought a previously owned custom house?
I was going to suggest this before I read your comment as I ran across some the other day. The best are in the lower value homes.
Similar to the bad listing pictures would be the “can you believe they are asking this much” listings. The Canadian and California listings are particularly cringeworthy. Like when they are asking a million $ for a 1000 Sq ft dump that would cost under $100k in flyover country.
When I was an active Realtor, I occasionally saw homes that I joked that I needed a tetanus shot after visiting them.
Did a tour of a house once being sold by an older couple where the wife had some serious health issues. Not only did the house have the old people 'lived in' feel (and smell), but they were present during the viewing (wife spent the entire showing sitting in her recliner watching tv) as well as their dogs. Due to health reasons they couldn't maintain the second floor of their home and their dogs decided to use it as their 'dumping grounds'. It was surreal dodging poop going up the stairs and there were a couple of rooms where we just looked from the door because we didn't dare to go in.
It took a couple of months, but the market in this area is so crazy that they eventually sold it for asking price (just under $1mil).
Due to health reasons they couldn't maintain the second floor of their home and their dogs decided to use it as their 'dumping grounds'. It was surreal dodging poop going up the stairs and there were a couple of rooms where we just looked from the door because we didn't dare to go in.
It took a couple of months, but the market in this area is so crazy that they eventually sold it for asking price (just under $1mil).
Wow, that is unbelievable. Makes me wonder what the buyer is planning to do with it. I can't even imagine touring that place.
I did not like the photos, the floor in the living room makes me dizzy too many plants, and other accessories
I agree, I just meant the "quality" of the photographs was good, as in they looked like they were professionally done. What was "in" the pictures is a different story.
Did a tour of a house once being sold by an older couple where the wife had some serious health issues. Not only did the house have the old people 'lived in' feel (and smell), but they were present during the viewing (wife spent the entire showing sitting in her recliner watching tv) as well as their dogs. Due to health reasons they couldn't maintain the second floor of their home and their dogs decided to use it as their 'dumping grounds'. It was surreal dodging poop going up the stairs and there were a couple of rooms where we just looked from the door because we didn't dare to go in.
It took a couple of months, but the market in this area is so crazy that they eventually sold it for asking price (just under $1mil).
That sounds a lot like the second house I ever bought. Apparently both of the elderly owners had been taken to a nursing home rather quickly. One had been bedridden and the other was legally blind - they definitely couldn't see dirt! All of their stuff was still in the house, including walkers, hospital bed, potty chair, etc. I didn't find out what the pattern of the kitchen floor was until I had scrubbed it four times; it was that dirty. However, the house had nice hardwood floors, a huge back yard for gardening, and was 1/2 mile from the beach. I fixed it up to be a nice little place once I used Raid sprays in every room to kill the bugs.
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