Dear Home Searchers! (An Open Letter)

March 15, 2008

The truth… Weekly UN-Hotties

I showed 3 homes in one of Austin’s most beautiful subdivisions yesterday. I’ll admit, I was excited to tour this neighborhood (as always)- an Austin neighborhood with grandeur, that Austin neighborhood is Avery Ranch.

I want you to know that I’ve never been more ashamed in my entire life entering all three of these homes. Why? Because they weren’t ready to be shown.

…It Hurts

For starters they smelled like ass. Dirty and tattered carpet, dents in the walls, grungy paint, and completely unkempt. All I could say to my clients was how absolutely sorry I was for the experience.

In fairness to the listing agents, they are at the mercy of the spending power of the home owner to clean up and repair such a mess, but that is when it boils down to good old fashioned truth- it just isn’t ready for market.

A home should look and smell like a home, not a kennel.

Utter Disappointment

So, with much despair I say- I’m sorry you had to experience that. I wished I had my camera, or I’d be sharing the horrible images we witnessed yesterday, but maybe that would just be rude. Normally, I would preview such homes, but time does not always allow for such a luxury- you pray that the owners have some sense of pride, especially in a neighborhood such as that.

I would never allow my home sellers to lower themselves in that way, I would never let you go to market in a losing position. Why was it a losing position? Because my home shoppers were too good to live in your home- so we search on.

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