Last thought before bed

[unixronin]

And it's more than half rhetorical, inspired by a mention on a mailing list of selling your house yourself, and advice on preparing to do so.  Right there on the list of to-do's, sure enough, was"de-personalization".

I've always wondered about that.

Why is it that, when endeavoring to convince some person that your house is a place they want to live in, the first thing a realtor will advise you to do is to remove all personal touches and turn the house into a bland, sterile, cookie-cutter place that you wouldn't want to live in?

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[elegantelbow.livejournal.com]

Because it's easier for them to imagine their personality if the house is in a neutral state.

Did you read ossuarian's journaling about selling his house with the reality TV show, Sell This House? Apparently one of the biggest complaints potential buyers had about the house was that there were too many books in it. They thought maybe the owners were from Russia because of it.

The bigger issue, though, is bad smells. Catbox, mold, mildew, anything like that. People buy houses because of how they feel when they're in the house, most of the time.