What is your house worth? Well, that depends on who you ask...
Not everyone looks at your house and sees what you see. The thing about "worth" is that the answer will be different depending on who you ask...
For example:
How YOU see your house:
How your LENDER sees your house:
How your APPRAISER sees your house:
How the PROPERTY TAX APPRAISER sees your house:
How do potential BUYERS see your house?
POTENTIAL BUYERS see what you show them, and 90% of them are incapable of imagining your house any other way. It's up to you what buyers see!
Consulting with a professional home stager prior to listing will guarantee your house appeals to buyers.
To answer the original question, What is your house worth:
Your house is worth whatever a buyer is willing to pay for it.
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Always funny! I took a series of photos of homes with the same siding and stone trim work...it is funny.
Love it! What a great way to start my morning. Thanks!
LOL!!! So true-love your post!!!! Thanks for giving my day a start with a chuckle!
Sharon -- great post and the photos tell the story!!
GREAT story with the photos.....really sets the "stage"!!! Very clever!!
Sharon - Ok, how long did it take to think that one up?!! Hilarious! A picture tells a thousand words. Gotta love the Appraiser's vision.
I wish you could hear me chuckling, Sharon. LOVED your original photos! That was creative, yet truthful!
:-D
Kathie
Although I've seen these comparisons floating around for some time, its the comment that you madethat puts it all into focus for our sellers:
POTENTIAL BUYERS see what you show them, and 90% of them are incapable of imagining your house any other way. It's up to you what buyers see!
Hi, Sharon. Janna said EXACTLY what I was going to say, almost word for word so I'll just say "ditto!"
Ditto, again! Love this post, Sharon! Hope lots of sellers see this!
LOL, great "show and tell" and it's sooooo true about buyers.
Fun post Sharon. You are very creative!
This is great! Are all of these your photos? You should've posted one more... "How your STAGER sees your house. Cute post.
Great post Sharon. And it's all so true. It made me giggle too. Thanks for sharing this.
Great interpretation Sharon...I love the sentiments
Yvette: Great minds, I guess!
Doug: I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Cathy: You are welcome, I hope the rest of your day was just as much fun, LOL!
Maureen: It's amazing how much of a difference there is when comparing these figures.
Kathy: Thank you!
Sally: Actually the idea was sent to me in another form. I tweeked it a bit and added my own photos and "staging" perspective. The appraisors "house" is from a cruise I went on...a family actually lives there.
Kathie: Oh, that was you I heard laughing this morning? So glad you enjoyed it!
Janna: I'm glad you enjoyed my version of this little funny! I hope sellers do get the message.
Leslie: Well then I guess you get the same response back as I gave to Janna...
Julia: Ditto, the comment to Leslie which is a ditto of the comment to Janna, LOL!
Anna: Sellers don't understand this! You and I know that buyers just walk away if they don't like what they see, unless they are one of the 10% who can visualize.
Shelley: Thank you!
Patsy: They are all my photos. One of the houses belongs to a neighbor, one I took on a cruise, one belongs to a friend, and the other was a staging client. Care to guess which is which?
Donna: I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Joan: Thank you, I had fun writing it!
I love how you ended this post. Right on target!
Debra: Thank you!
Very nicely done Sharon, love your post.........so true, everyone sees it differently.
Sharon- that is good stuff
Roger: Thank you!
Scott: Glad you liked it. Thanks.
I also think you put a clever spin on this one.
As you illustrate, depending on their part in the transaction, each will have their own take on it, yet sellers and their agents can be proactive--identify the homes' selling features and effectively market them. I.e. Stage!
Thanks Sharon.
Sharon- another superb post, timely, well written, and well "Staged". Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Love the photos you used to illustrate it. Pushed the '"suggest" button.
Marion: Sellers and agents do have some control over the perception that a house creates...they just need to understand how to do it. Thanks!
Kathy: Thanks for the enthusiasm! Glad you enjoyed and found it "suggest" worthy!
How funny. I did a home inspection last year for a lady from Italy. She had grown up in a two bedroom, one bathroom home with four siblings, maybe all of 700 SF, she said. Her home here was 1,400 SF, and when her parents came from Italy to see it, all they could comment on was how big it was and how many bedrooms and bathrooms it had.
Russel: My husband and I lived in our first home for 26 years...we raised three children there...a small cape with two small bathrooms. As soon as we became empty nesters we built a new home with 4 bathrooms. Crazy!