First Impressions

When selling your home, it is always important to make a good impression. Last weekend, we almost made the worst impression on a potential buyer that you could make.

We recently switched our realtors, and the new company decided to hold an open house on Sunday, which meant we really had to kick some butt cleaning, and de-cluttering our house. Friday, Becky began cleaning and I worked on fixing a loose railing leading down to the basement. While we worked downstairs, Becky decided to lock the screen door upstairs, and leave the main door open.

We worked into the wee hours. I didn't finish the railing because I needed to charge my drill, but we still got a lot accomplished. We called it a night, or morning, or whatever, and went to sleep, knowing Saturday was going to be the "big cleaning day."

Saturday morning, we decided to sleep in. We arose about ten minutes til 11 am, and made our way down to get ready to take on our day. While I stumbled into the bathroom, Becky went to the front door to get the mail. Before she could open the door, she noticed a shadow coming through the curtain. She carefully inspected, and quickly made her way to where I was.

"Somebody's on the front porch!!"

I pulled her into the spare bedroom, and said be quiet, they'll go away. She heard a noise coming from the backyard...

"There are people in the backyard now!!"

I began to panic. Why, you may ask? Because I was still in my underwear, and people were beginning to knock on the door!! I ran to the dresser and threw some pants on while Becky locked herself into the bathroom. I went to the back door and was met by a realtor.

"I'm suppose to show the house at 11..."

CRAP!!

I tried to explain to her that no one had informed us of this. She looked frustrated, and gave me the I-know-you-are-lying look. I told her to give us 10 minutes, and we would be gone. I ran downstairs and fixed the railing while Becky frantically swept the house. A few things got pushed into place, and we walked out the door, past the potential buyers, and drove off to get some lunch.

Remember when I said Becky locked the screen door? You see, if Becky hadn't done that the night before (which we NEVER usually do), those people would have had access to the Realtor Lock Box that they put on our door, which holds the key to the house. The realtor would have unlocked the house, and let this family of four (two young kids) straight into a house with me...in my underwear!!

Nobody needs to see that!!

Thank goodness for the screen door lock!!

(Oh, and if you are wondering, they didn't buy the house. Double Crap!!)