Things Ottawa Buyers May Notice #18 - Rotting Biological Material

Posted on August 22, 2008 
Filed Under Listing and Selling Your Home, Things Buyers May Notice, Valerie Zinger

As I go out with Buyers looking at houses and host Open Houses on Sundays, there are things buyers seem to repeatedly notice.  This series looks at the good and the not-so-good things that buyers have noticed.

Rotting biological material

Rotting biological material is so obnoxious that I thought it would be evident to Sellers to remove and clean up areas where rotting is occurring.  Not so, buckoo. 

Last week, I was out with my Buyers looking at homes.  At one place, the front and back yard gardens were well planned and maintained.  It was such a promising start of the showing.  However, when looking through the house, we opened the door to the garage and were overwhelmed with the smell of something rotting.  We did not turn on the light to check it out.  What we did do was shut the door quickly and immediately left the home.  We had not seen the second floor, the whole main floor or the basement.  It was a smell that made me think that the owner hunted and maybe butchered wild animals in the garage without ever cleaning up afterwards.  It was at least a 1/2 hour before I got the smell out of my system.   A skunk spray would have been more acceptable than that garage smell.    That house is unlikely to sell in its current state.

What were those Sellers stinking?

Photo credit:  Neighbourhood Skunk-9 @    http://www.flickr.com/photos/akeg/2836538022/

Valerie Zinger ~ Ottawa, Ontario ~ Phone 613-723-5300 ~ Email vzinger@royallepage.ca

 

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