Showing Granny’s House

by on February 27, 2008 in DC Metro Area, Pat Kennedy, Real Estate, Washington

I just got home from showing a bunch of houses in my favorite champagne-taste, beer-budget neighborhoods, and one of them looked amazing on the MRIS.

It was the only house in this neighborhood that actually was beer budget. It wasn’t the style my buyers were looking for, but they wanted a big lot, and this one was almost half an acre – a farmette by DC standards. So we put it on the list.

The showing instructions said no lock-box, but call the seller. And when I did, a very sweet sounding person with a sort of senior citizen voice picked up the phone. She was most gracious and said to come on by. Oh, and to please excuse the clutter.

When we arrived, she introduced herself and her very old doggy. Then there were the cats. Some were inside and others were swinging from the trees in the back yard. The attached 2-car garage had, not a car, but about 6 stinky kitty litter boxes. And every room had, yes, a whole lot of clutter.

And I felt my life fast forward a bunch of years. I have a dog. I have 2 cats (down from a high of 5 – yikes)! Sometimes, the kitty litter does get a little stinky. I have clutter, and it seems to spawn at night when I am sleeping. Is this where I am heading?

And I’m posting this thing and going down stairs to scrub down the litter box and put away the Christmas decorations.

I may need an intervention – NOW!

 

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4 Responses to “Showing Granny’s House”

  1. Margaret Woda March 7, 2008 at 7:12 pm #

    Patricia, I haven’t visited HousePat in a while, and I’m so glad I picked today… Enjoyable post, and I can identify with how you feel. Hopefully we can learn from others and not make the same mistakes. Is your cient able to see through the clutter to consider the property?

  2. Jan del Monte March 21, 2008 at 4:32 pm #

    Hi, Pat -

    Great blog. This takes me back. I’m still in Paris, helping people buy decorative arts.

    I hope you’ll take a look at my blog. The address is http://www.muguetdeparis.com. I hope you enjoy it.

    All the best,
    Jan

  3. Mathias April 11, 2008 at 12:51 am #

    I think that people should communicate, no matter where they do it – in real life or in Internet.

  4. clint_lver May 9, 2008 at 12:21 am #

    That’s better than having an open house where people are trying to have sex in it. While the bubble was still hot, I had Realtor friends in California tell me about this trend called “house humping”. It’s no wonder the bubble burst and the subprime collapse happened.

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