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Rob Childs's Blog
When Home Buyers Get a Little Too Comfortable
Posted On: June 20th, 2019 4:11PM
WSJ: 6/20/2019
Q: Have you ever had a buyer get a little too comfortable in a home for sale?
Hillsborough/Montgomery, N.J.
I was showing a lovely, four-bedroom colonial to a husband and wife one Saturday. They were in the kitchen with their son, who must have been about 10 years old. The son didn’t want to go outside, so he and the mother stayed inside while I showed the husband the backyard and garage. When I came back inside, she had made the son a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich. She said he was hungry and wanted lunch. She saw nothing wrong with it. The husband then asked if the son wanted a glass of milk. I quickly jumped in and said I’d be happy to buy them lunch, but for now we needed to clean up and put everything away. I made light of it because they were my clients and I didn’t want to offend them. But I made sure everything was nice and clean before we left—I cleaned the knife she used. They didn’t buy that house, and if I remember correctly they haven’t bought anything yet.
