On Saturday we returned from a 10 day vacation that combined visiting family in the beautiful state of West Virginia with a wonderful beach vacation with more family in Virginia Beach! The weather couldn’t have been better, the ocean was wonderful and spending time with those you love just speaks for itself.
And then Sunday came…back to reality for sure! We had another showing of our home (I notice that I keep using home and house interchangeably!) and we received the same feedback we’ve been getting from many other potential buyers, “the upstairs is dated”. Apparently not everyone has the same love of 1983 wall coverings as we have…go figure! As Hubby stated, “1983 called, they want their wallpaper back”….
So as much work as we’ve put into the downstairs living space of our home, we are finding that this isn’t enough for some people, at least those that have been through our home in the past several weeks. At the advice of our realtor, over the past 3 days, we painted our bedroom (goodbye tiny peach flowered wallpaper) bathroom cabinets (OK, they do look 1000 times better) and bathroom walls (what, wallpaper borders aren’t a thing anymore???).
We’re hoping the new neutral pallet will be more appealing to potential buyers because this, my friends, is all we are doing. For now.
As a side note, 9+ years ago, when we first saw our home we couldn’t wait to replace the marbled green linoleum with tile, we couldn’t wait to rip out the brown shag carpet and replace it with hard wood. Every room (and there are 12 of them) had wallpaper that NEEDED to come down (sailboats in the den says it all)! The panel in our family room was dark, but we knew that a coat of paint would brighten it right up. The wall between our kitchen and family room made the house feel boxy but we knew that would eventually come down. Seafoam green carpet was in the formal living room and the dining room and we were excited imagining how the oak floor would look. The price pushed our maximum budget at the time and we made an offer at full price. So I guess the question is, do people really want a new home to be 100% perfect for them as is, or have the right buyers not come along?
To be continued…
