This Is No Dress Rehearsal

It never ceases to amaze me how Sellers will list their property with an Agent who really does not fully understand the house. The Agent starts promoting the house referring to it as a Spanish Charmer with three bedrooms and two baths, using words such as remodeled, updated, charming and lovely - never to mention the shear walls and retrofitting, the new copper waste line, the 200 amp recently installed electric service and the totally new copper plumbing service including horizontals and risors. Over half the Agents in town do not know what a rizor is nor would they appreciate the difference between a two zone, five ton central air system over a single zone, two ton system. If you are an owner who has spent a lot of money fixing your house, you deserve to be well represented.

Wolf, Viking and Gagganeau ranges, Marvin and Anderson double hung wood sash windows, Baldwin Brass hardware, Grohe kitchen and bathroom fixtures, Kohler toilets, etc are some name brands associated with high quality. These should be pointed out. Special hand selected limestone, seamless marble and granite deserve special attention as well. Special designers, decorators, architects and landscapers will create extra exposure if properly introduced. Small things add up as well: solar heating systems, re-circulating hot water pumps, water purifiers, security systems, automated irrigating systems, steam showers, etc are all improvements that are expensive.

Certainly a Buyer should be told of these improvements to justify your price. As a homeowner who has spent many thousands of extra dollars, be sure your agent understands the total beauty, appeal and quality of your home if you are expecting to sell for top dollar.

I look forward to learning more about your home so that I can present it most meaningfully.

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~~ This article was written by Ron Wynn - 8/2000 ~~

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