The Weekly Poll: Would you buy a smelly house?
photo credit: Grahambones
The weekly poll smells something funny. Go vote and help it figure out what it is.
This week’s poll topic has to do with something I’ve seen my fair share of: smelly houses. Just like a bad case of halitosis can ruin your crush on that dreamy guy or beautiful girl, bad smells can kill a potential sale of home. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but iff the MLS had a scratch and sniff feature, it would certainly be worth a lot of saved gas for me and a lot of saved time and high hopes for my clients . I can’t tell you how many homes I’ve seen that look nice on the outside – and probably on the inside too -, but that smell so funky (think cat pee, smoke, mold, dirty diapers, “my grandma’s house”) my clients can’t stay inside long enough or can’t concentrate enough to even know if they like them or not. And yes, air fresheners can help, but I can tell you from experience that if you put Tropical Hawaiian plug-ins in a house that smells like cat pee and don’t do anything else, you will have a house that smells like Tropical Hawaiian Cat Pee.
But enough about what I think about smelly houses. What about you? Would you buy a house that smelled like smoke? Like mold? Like Tropical Hawaiian Cat Pee? Cast your vote and let me know!
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Author: Suzy
Hard working Knoxville real estate agent by day. Intrepid Knoxville real estate blogger by night.
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