EEK - Wish me luck!!!

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EEK - Wish me luck!!!
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Tue, 03-08-2005 - 2:24pm

Well, we've got 2 biters. We have two separate people coming by tonight to take a look at our home. I'm excited and nervous. Since we don't have a lockbox they're coming after my DH and I get home. All homes in our subdivision very recently have pretty much sold in two weeks or less - so that's kinda quick! I'm wondering how it'll go now that we're officially on the market?....

Question though...

Do you think it would make the potential buyers feel crowded upon if both my DH, I and the dog were there? Did that make any sense? Do you guys think maybe the dog and I should go for a ride before they come so they can take a look at the house with their realtor at their pace and not feel like they're in the way, and only my DH would be home? Just wondering I guess....I guess if it were me I'd feel kinda weird if I went to go look at a home and the family was there...like I'd be in their business, KWIM??

Anyway, I'll update tomorrow on how our fisrt experience on this goes, eek...

:)

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Tue, 03-08-2005 - 2:52pm
I would leave with the dog and have only one adult there.
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Tue, 03-08-2005 - 2:59pm
When I was house shopping I didn't like when the family stayed. The woman we bought our house from always went to her neighbor's when we came to see the house. We looked in the summer, and sometimes people would go hang outside and leave us alone. One person showed us around and that made it really hard to picture ourselves in that house. If I were you, I would have you, dh and the dog take a ride while they are there.

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Tue, 03-08-2005 - 3:03pm

I agree, people might feel more comfortable and will spend more time looking at the house if they don't feel overcrowded. Good luck to you and DH and let us know how it goes! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you and saying a little prayer!

~leanne

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Tue, 03-08-2005 - 7:42pm

When our home was on the market, as long as the weather was somewhat nice, we would wait until the realtors showed up, prepared to walk out the back door (always bring a key...realtors frequently locked us out of our own home :-D). When the doorbell rang, Dh would go up to the door while Ds, puppy and myself all went out the door to the backyard. Dh would simply tell them, "Thanks for coming, take your time, and we'll just be out in the backyard". They would walk out on the deck and walk into the yard, and we would just mind our own business, playing soccer or t-ball or even just a simple game of catch with our dog on a tie-out so he could run but not jump up on the prospective buyers.

We stopped leaving the house completely when we realized that the realtors didn't show. They'd call and say they'd be there between 3 and 5pm, and we'd leave to have dinner out or go walk the mall...and then return home around 5:30pm, figuring we could get comfy and relax, only to find out that the realtor was late, and we had to still go out again when they came. LOL! Or we'd return home and there wouldn't be a realtor's card left behind anywhere, so we had no clue who had just been in our home. LOL! :-D

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Wed, 03-09-2005 - 12:00am

When we sold our house, our realtor told us it was very important that we not be in the home at all when potential buyers came by with a realtor (it was equally important not to let anyone in the house w/out a licensed realtor in case they were casing the joint...)


She said that when people see the folks who live there, they have a hard time picturing themselves living in the space, and it interferes with their ability to place themselves in the rooms because they keep picturing the current occupants.


We sold our house in 11 days, so I do think it was good advice!

All my best,
Danni