Do You Know the Difference Between a Good and Bad Layout?

Homes with a bad layout are always the hardest to sell.

Ever walk into a house and say to yourself, “Something is wrong here?” But you don’t know what is bugging you about the house? Well, it’s probably your intuition telling you the layout is wrong. A bad layout is not always evident at first glance.

After listing a home that had fallen out of escrow while listed with another agent. I wondered why the first buyer canceled, so I e-mailed the buyer and asked. She said the home had a bad layout but she didn’t notice it until her final walk-through. She lost her earnest money deposit because she bailed right before closing.

Layout is more than the way the rooms flow into each other. Layout involves the structure, feng shui, the direction doors open, the view and other factors . . . read more about Bad Layouts.

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