When we were selling out house in Illinois, our realtor was very forthright with us about our clutter/stuff. She begged us to take our pictures down and put our excess stuff in storage which we did. Our house sold almost immediately. Granted, the market was much different back in 2006. I couldn't imagine at the time that it would make a difference. But looking at houses online now, I can truly see the difference. I have a really hard time looking past people's multiple toothpaste tubes, hairspray bottles, CD's, DVD's, books, ugly curtains, etc. I cannot get past some of these people's stuff! And yes, I have plenty of it too. Plenty of it. But if my house were being photographed for its pictures and I wanted to sell it, I would stuff it or hide it. And also, people on the internet selling your houses, why do you insist on posting pictures of nonsensical parts of your house? A bookcase with books? That is not attached? Why do I care? This is one of 6 pictures, so obviously I want to see what your house looks like, not your book collection of random paperbacks.
That is all. I have been looking at way to many houses online lately.
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I totally agree. The cluttered bathrooms, the random bookcases... Is the seller going to leave that crap? It's really hard to see past all of the "stuff" in the pictures.
Our old realtor set us up right.
ITA! When Chris and I were entertaining the move that never came to be (thankfully!), I saw SO many houses online that were full of crap. Also lots of random closeups. If you only have 4 pics of your house on the site, WHY is one of them a shot of your baseboard heater from 2" away? That makes me think there's nothing better TO see in your house, and ensures that I will not waste my time visiting it in person.
Yeah - we want to see closeups of your foil-and-flocked paisley wallpaper and the burnt orange fireplace in your "rec" room! Not to mention that brown/tan/orange plaid furniture!
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