Today Donna Harris, ASP, Texas posted a blog that said "what are you selling" showing pictures, of treadmills, lamps etc... and I must agree with her wholeheartedly. SHE IS RIGHT ON.
Too often we see pictures in the MLS where the toilet is shown, I may be old fashioned but in my opinion, that is poor taste. I even hate to those scenes in the movies, after we all don't we all have one and our bodies all funtion the same way (if we are luckly perhaps). So whay show it, why talk about it?
Cluttered counters, refrigerators full of magnets, toys everywhere and pictures of properties that should be taken over, it shows no curb appeal. Now there are times where an agent has to work with what he has. There are times where I would rather not show a room because, I can't do it justice (too small a room to get a good picture, lightning is't conductive to making it look right, etc). I have even seen in the MLS listing even shows an older car in the driveway a that comes with the house. That didn't do it for me.
I want like to see the features that will help sell a home, show the spaciousness, the curb appeal, a beautiful yard, the pride of the seller in how well he/she maintained the home during their tenure. A sunken living room might be instrumental in positioning a special feature, hight of the ceiling, make a beautiful hardwood floor look spacious or beautifully show off a floor to ceiling fireplace, two story foyers, large rooms, perhaps large windows that invite the sunshine to come right in. Make it look inviting and cheerful! We aren't selling caves!
Pictures will call attention to a property, its "Show and Tell Time" so why not put it on stage like it deserves and if you can't get nice interior pictures show the yard, the area, the nearby lake anything but make it say something about the property such as it's located near Massabesic Lake, or near all major highways, or if it's in a historical area that's an interest!
I wanted to repsond to her Blog but somehow I couldn't but she had something to say and she said it so well.
Kudos Donna. You did it right!!!
Thank you for sharing that with us. We can all gather something from your blog.
Fran MacDonald, Associate Broker, ABR, CRS, SRES
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