How Buyers have changed over the years. When we bought our first home, we bought the home not the color of paint on the walls or type of counter tops in the kitchen. We looked for the house that met our family's needs and offered the neighborhood in which we felt comfortable. We knew there were things we would be changing as we made the house our home.
The right fit for our family came in PINK - yep a pink house! We moved into the home in Sept. and the following summer I - yes ME- I painted it white! The little "pink" house went through many changes in the 4 years we lived there and by the second year, it was just the way I wanted it.
We put new tile in the bathroom, new carpeting throughout and repainted to our taste in colors. I always had the feeling that if I looked for a place that needed nothing, it would always be someone else's house and I wanted it to reflect our family. There also was a lot of pride in knowing we had done it and made it "Ours".
I have the feeling that today's buyers are missing out and paying a lot more than they have to for someone else's decor.
I've seen "laundry lists" of things the buyers want sellers to do.Of course, the offered bid was very low. New roof, new furnace, remove wall paper, paint basement...Yes, it is ridicules!
I suppose this all started because sellers were so desperate that they were willing to do most anything to sell. Let's see...buy low and have the seller remodel!
The market is improving and sellers are not as desperate. I would like to see common sense return to the real estate market. Think it will happen or do we all watch "House Hunters" too much on tv?
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