Looking for real estate advice

mom60
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:22 +0000

I have had two friends sell houses in this market. They both did serious decluttering and had staging items. Before they would leave the house for an open house they would set the table both in and out with matching items, fresh flowers. Nice fruit bowl on the counter. Being Ca they also invested in new cushions for the patio furniture. It was all stuff that doesn’t stay but it made the house look inviting. If it was cold they would light a fire.
When we had our house on the market I had a small photo album with pictures of the house and view in different conditions. We have an ocean view and awesome sunsets but if someone came on a foggy or cloudy day or during the day they missed what was for the us one of the key highlights of our home.
For us once we began seriously looking we found that we were trading one set of problems for another. We loved our lot, our view and closeness to the ocean. We eventually made the decision to tear down our old house and build a new one in the same location. We were lucky we were not looking to move to relocate.