Things Ottawa Buyers May Notice #29 – Door to Nowhere

Posted on December 28, 2009 
Filed Under Listing and Selling Your Home, Things Buyers May Notice, Valerie Zinger

While this house is in San Francisco, it has cousins residing in Ottawa.  By this I mean, houses that have doorways that lead nowhere.  It would be dangerous to step out of this door as it would be a step to the outside with nothing to step onto. 

I was recently showing a home that had a doorway built on the second floor with the builder’s intention of one day putting on a deck / patio outside.  However, as the years passed, the owners never got to the work.  As a result, when the house went on the market, there was a door to nowhere. 

What should the owners have done?  The least expensive fix out be to take out the door and put in a large window.  Maybe have a window with a Juliet balcony, much like you see in Paris.  The windows open but there is nowhere on the balcony to step – just decorative balcony railings around the base of the window. 

In any case, Buyers all wondered why there was a door and no where to go.  For likely less than $2,000, this problem would be solved and the house more saleable - One renovation worth the price.

Photo credit:  Door to nowhere @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/3666711793/

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  1. Quick Roundup « katesimons on December 28th, 2009 1:30 pm

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