Are The Blinds Closed?
A: Here is a good one. I preach all the time here on UrbanDigs about spending your hard earned money on the permanent features of a property; such as location, raw space, light, and views. For this post, I will discuss the last 2 features mentioned; light and views. As you browse the internet for possible new homes be sure to note whether or not the blinds are OPEN or CLOSED in the listing! That can tell you immediately whether or not the property has good natural sunlight and views or NOT!
NOTE: To err on the side of caution (as a broker who deals with other brokers on a daily basis) I will not list actual units or agents in this post!
Use this philosphy: IF THE BLINDS ARE CLOSED IN THE WEB AD FOR A SPECIFIC PROPERTY, THAN AT THE VERY LEAST CALL THE BROKER AND ASK WHETHER THE APARTMENT GETS GOOD SUNLIGHT AND WHAT VIEWS/EXPOSURES THE UNIT HAS
Uh-Oh CLOSED BLINDS - What Are They Hiding?
*Whats behind the curtain? A neighboring building, a dark alley, a disgusting rooftop? TELL ME!
and another...
*this agent blatantly closed these curtains! I wonder why?
Ahhh OPEN BLINDS - Nothing To Hide
Not the most scientific way to approach homebuying, I know, but a useful little way of saving some of your precious time! If you desire natural sunlight, and you certainly should for re-sale purposes, then make sure you do some more digging if the blinds are closed!
Posted by Teresa Boardman
Tue Jun 20th, 2006 09:06 PM
As a realtor marketing properties I try to get everything staged before the photos are taken. With one of my listings I actually trimmed the hedges in the picture using photo shop and then asked the seller to make the real hedges look like they do in the picture. I admit that I do enhance the photos any way I can. Folks are some times disappointed when the house after seeing the pictures. I guess the pictures are for marketing and I am assuming that anyone purchasing one of my listings would look at it first. The worst picture I ever saw advertising a property was one of the bathroom. They left the toilet seat up and took a picture of it.