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<\/p>\nMany times we get used to odors in our home\u2026whether it\u2019s cigarette odor, doggy smell or strong food odors. Did you know odors in a home will turn away a buyer in a heartbeat?<\/p>\n
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We have shared this before but since it is coming into the season to buy and sell homes, Clear The Air thought it would be appropriate to share this article from Coldwell Banker again.<\/p>\n
One of the top mistakes a home seller makes when trying to sell their home:<\/p>\n
A recent survey of real estate agents by ActiveRain has confirmed that there are certain things a seller should avoid if they are trying to get their home sold for the best price in the least amount of time. Out of 1000 real estate<\/strong><\/em> agents interviewed by ActiveRain, 28% said Unpleasant Odors are the number one turn off to a potential home buyer. (Coldwell Banker\u2019s recent article<\/a>)<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what they had to say:<\/p>\n Unpleasant Odors in the House<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cMr and Mrs. Seller, your house stinks!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Most agents aren\u2019t going to be this blunt. But in some cases they wish they could be. They\u2019ll take a more tactical approach and say something like\u2026..\u2019during the time your house is on the market, it might be a good idea to smoke outside\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n But what they know is that nothing will stop a potential buyer in their tracks faster than a strong odor of any sort. In some cases this could just be the left over smell from last night\u2019s dinner. In more extreme cases, agents tell horror stories of entering homes that have a bad smell of pet urine or smoking.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n The main concern for the buyer is, of course, \u201cis the house going to smell like this once we move in?\u201d Real Estate agents confirm that many a buyer has passed on a home after coming to their own conclusion on that answer.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Your agent isn\u2019t suggesting a fresh coat of paint and new carpet because they don\u2019t like how things look. They are making this suggestion because they realize that the smoke odor in your home is going to be a major turn off for anyone thinking about buying your home.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Honestly, does your home smell?? If you are planning to put your home on the market, you may want to get a second opinion on the way your home smells. Many times we get used to odors in our home\u2026whether it\u2019s cigarette odor, doggy smell or strong food odors. Did you know odors in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,4],"tags":[41,54,123,21,695,358,55,183,448,25,38,270,20,876,27,44,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1782,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions\/1782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}