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Moving question
Specifically looking at houses...
We had our fisrt showing on Saturday and DH parked in a neighbor's driveway, since he had the dog with him. Anyway, he said that he saw the potential buyer open up the exterior garage door and stand looking out at the driveway.
Does this seem bizarre to you? I mean, when we looked at houses, of course we looked at the garage, but we never opened up the door! DH is concerned becasue if we ever do have to leave Kodi in his crate, in the garage, that opening the external door will just get him worked up and excited.
Would it be weird to put a sign by the opener stating to not open the door?
My three sons!
Re: Moving question
Ditto. I think if you make anything "off limits" when someone is house hunting, it sends off red flags.
Not weird at all. We have done it at every house we have looked at. DH checks the door and the woodwork around it to see if there is damage.
I will also say that we have looked at several houses that were appt. only because of pets and whenever we did go, the dogs were not there. I personally would not feel comfortable with people coming to look at my house with the dogs there, even if they were crated, too much liability.
We opened the garage door in any house we had interest in to be sure that it worked. I don't think it's terribly unusual.
If a sign was posted, I'd be curious if that meant it didn't work, too.
And I always wondered if homeowners were right next door at a neighbor's while we were looking at their house! LoL.
Agree with everyone else. I think it would be common to make sure it works and a sign would be a red flag for sure. I also think that there is no way Id have showings with the dog there. I'm sure the logistics will be a pain but I wouldn't want it obvious we have an animal. That may be an automatic turnoff for people. Not to mention stressful for dog and what if he were to get out.
It is stuff like this that makes me wonder how we could show a house having a kid, a dog and 2 cats!!
Oh wow - ok!
I agree with the sign raising red flags - it was DH who brought it up and that was my immediate thought as well. But to hear that people will open and close the door... that's not something that ever dawned on me!
As for the dog, we did list thehouse as 24-hr notice and we do plan to have the dog with us during showings, but in the off-chance we ever need to leave him, the garage is the only place to crate him, as we don't have a traditional basement.
Thx for the feedback!
(Amber - interesting story about your friend and laundry. I'm guessing they were at least under contract at that time?)
My three sons!
I think so, it was 10 years ago. (We bought at the same time). So I think it was during the home inspection. He bought Home Buying for Dummies and used it as his Bible. Like he did everything it said you should. But I still thought it was weird to wash and dry something (I think he just took some towels or something) in a home that isn't yours yet.