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From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
Don't forget lack of stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors!
Patrick
2012 Apr 16, 5:13am
You'll probably want to allow anonymity on that forum...
Everyone is already anonymous, except for me and a couple of people who choose to use their real names. Should there be some kind of hyper-anonymity? Then again, anyone can re-register with a new throwaway email address. that would make them pretty hyper-anonymous, so maybe I don't need to do anything.
I decided against showing that multiple users are on the same IP address, so that people can preserve that extra anonymity if they want to.
CL
2012 Apr 16, 7:37am
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
Don't forget lack of stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors!
I've seen them complain about paint. PAINT!!
10 other couples at the open house with realtors pointing out all the possibilities of an over-priced fixer-upper and one of the husbands raving about all the things they could do to improve the house to his wife who did not seem too happy.
I always tell my kids not to comment until we're in the car - don't like giving my game away - obviously some people have more money than sense.
ArtimusMaxtor
2012 Apr 16, 9:43pm
Old houses have a lot of dead skin in them. Gets in everything. Hardwood cracks, ducts, everywhere. It can make you sick to. Its dead flesh. Sometimes its better to burn them down. Start over. You can actually smell dead skin if its bad enough. Like people shed skin dude its a fact. Very serious, even tearing the walls out doesn't help if its bad enough.
ArtimusMaxtor
2012 Apr 16, 9:50pm
Seriously if that was built out of all stone you just hose it down. You can't do that with wood and chalk. Forever rehabing. Lowes loves you of course so does every hardware store on earth. I'll try it again. Tornado - goodbye. Stone lasts 500-1000 years mostly people never move from those. Handed down. They get a fortune on resale.
BayArea
2012 Apr 17, 12:28am
One thing that sticks out in my mind...
Go up to a house I was interested in, neighbor had a pitbull jumping against the fence that divided his yard and this one.
No thanks.
RentingForHalfTheCost
2012 Apr 17, 1:00am
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
If the homeowner isn't insulted by your offer...you didn't bid low enough!!!
5K to add if you can do it yourself. Easy work.
freak80
2012 Apr 17, 1:08am
Go up to a house I was interested in, neighbor had a pitbull jumping against the fence that divided his yard and this one.
Were there hub caps on the fence? And a "beware of dog" sign too?
Asbestos, mold, no garage, not enough room, no closet space, priced too high, realtor scum.
Badly done additions
Creepy bathrooms
Dark kitchens
Particle board cabinets
Pergo
Latex paint on top of oil-based paint on the woodwork
freak80
2012 Apr 17, 7:29am
Those trees where all of the branches have been removed and only the trunk remains.
elliemae
2012 Apr 17, 7:55am
headless barbie dolls hanging by nooses
How does that work?
You've obviously never torn the head off a Barbie. There's a notch that holds the head (or noose) on.
rufita11
2012 Apr 17, 10:08am
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
If the homeowner isn't insulted by your offer...you didn't bid low enough!!!
5K to add if you can do it yourself. Easy work.
Actually, it can be less than half that if you go direct to the supplier and not Home Depot. In the BA we have several.
Patrick
2012 Apr 17, 10:46am
Go up to a house I was interested in, neighbor had a pitbull jumping against the fence that divided his yard and this one.
No thanks.
If that guy was a renter, he's a genius. His rent will remain low.
If he was an owner, he's a moron and you're definitely better off not living there.
Actually, either way, you're better off not living there.
PockyClipsNow
2012 Apr 18, 7:44am
patrick heres an idea to help solicit a large # of 'daily buyers remorse stories' (AWSOME IDEA!)
You could place a 'donate to original poster via paypal' link up for them in exchange for them detailing thier sob story and answering our questions. (The board will not be kind to these people for actually_buying_a_house!)
Patrick
2012 Apr 18, 8:03am
Thanks Pocky! It would give away their email address though, since to accept a payment, you have to let people know who they are paying. Think they would write their remorse story anyway?
Or maybe I could take a percentage, forward it on, and keep their email anonymous? But then there would be two Paypal commissions instead of one. Great deal for Paypal.
Quote: "The No. 1 biggest mistake is not getting the home in the best possible condition. That's huge," says Goldwasser.
Yeah, that's huge. "Dirty" describes 90% of housing under half a million $$$ in the bay area.
"I won't even represent sellers at this point unless they are fully aware of how important it is to get their home in the absolute best condition that they've ever had it in."
Need more realtors with values like that in Cali.
elliemae
2012 Apr 18, 3:14pm
Need more realtors with values like that in Cali.
Nah - we need LESS realtors. Don't give a shit what their supposed values are.
I thought Paypal didn't charge a commission if the money were a gift. Patrick, maybe you could take the donation and then forward it on to the poster with no extra charge, if this is true.
freak80
2012 Apr 18, 11:32pm
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says
'The House That's Dragging Me To Hell!', right?
Is that similar to the Amityville Horror?
Patrick
2012 Apr 19, 10:57am
I thought Paypal didn't charge a commission if the money were a gift. Patrick, maybe you could take the donation and then forward it on to the poster with no extra charge, if this is true.
Pretty sure that's not true. Paypal charges exactly the same commission on gifts like donations. They sure charge me!
Let me know if I'm wrong about that. I'd be delighted to be wrong.
freak80
2012 Apr 20, 6:01am
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says
Yes but much, much worse: the Amityville Horror didn't come with Realtors®
The Amityville house would be great for the banks, since the house does the "foreclosing" (destroying the occupants) all by itself!
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According to an article on Yahoo:
Dirt
Odors
Old Fixtures
Wallpaper
Popcorn acoustic ceilings
Too many personal items
Snoopy sellers
Misrepresenting your home
Poor curb appeal
Clutter
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-ways-turn-off-homebuyer-070118154.html
Nowhere on that list did it mention headless barbie dolls hanging by nooses from the ceiling in a bedroom that was painted black... when I was selling my house 12 years go, one of the prospective buyers described this to me when I apologized for the unicorns on my daughter's wallpaper border.