A little background: At one point in my life I wanted to be an architect and design homes. That isn't the direction my life ended up taking, which can be a topic for another day, but that didn't kick my love of homes. I love going through open houses and critiquing everything. And as homeowners ourselves, we are meticulous about maintaining our properties. I should also, at this point, create a shout-out to my husband without whom we would not have the amazingly clean and organized home that we do. That's all him, and he's totally talented at it. He thinks about things that never cross my brain and knows how to get things truly clean and organized. I think about things like layout / flow / general home use. We both think about maintenance. Let's face it, those things together keep a house nice and make it so someone wants to pay top dollar when you're ready to sell.
Today's commentary: Please clean your house before a showing. We went to an open house this weekend and then a private showing, and the open house was covered in spiders. Spiders everywhere. And that's not the first time we've been to an open house where the person showing the house hasn't cleaned up right. But for now, let's focus on spiders. Seriously, someone walking around your house (esp if you want them to consider paying top dollar) is going to be put off if every hallway and every turn has them checking to see where to step. If you couldn't spend the 10 minutes with a duster or vacuum (seriously, just a Swiffer) walking the perimeter of your home and shooing away the visible intruders, they're going to wonder what else you didn't bother to clean.
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