{"id":430,"date":"2006-09-26T09:27:16","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2006-09-26T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T18:03:42","slug":"blogoff-post-53-vacant-property-requires-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/430\/blogoff-post-53-vacant-property-requires-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #53: Vacant property requires attention . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a favorite from my Arizona Republic<\/i> column<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I will walk into a vacant house and immediately the odor hits my nose. Worse than cat urine in the carpet or cigarette smoke in the walls.<\/p>\n

“That’s just sewer gas,” I’ll say quickly, trying to take away the objection before it is raised. “This house is unoccupied, so the water in the J-pipes under the sinks has evaporated. All we have to do is run water in the sinks and the smell won’t be able to get into the house.”<\/p>\n

All that is true, but there is more that I won’t say if I don’t have to: Those giant red cockroaches called sewer roaches can also invade a house through dried-out J-pipes. But if I don’t see any sewer roaches, I don’t want to talk about them.<\/p>\n

This highlights just one of the special problems that go into selling your house when no one is living in it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I much prefer vacant houses. Cathy likes things staged, but I like to be able to see the rooms. Plus, I can always work in an vacant house — provided the utilities are on:<\/p>\n

The water must be on, and not just because of the J-pipes. People will use your bathrooms, and a toilet stores one or at most two flushes without replenishment.<\/p>\n

The power must be on. Not only do buyers want to see that electrical fixtures and appliances work, we may be looking at the home after dark.<\/p>\n

If the home is plumbed for natural gas, the gas must be on. This one will cause a problem during inspections, too, because, by contract, all major systems must be functional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more covered in the column, particularly the idea that a vacant home needs extra security attention: “An unoccupied house is a target for thieves and vandals, so enlist one or more neighbors to keep an eye on things.”
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Technorati Tags: arizona<\/a>, arizona real estate<\/a>, phoenix<\/a>, phoenix real estate<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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