This is the first post from a member of the Roost Local Agent Blogging Team, Heather DeDona. Heather is a wonderful agent from the state of North Carolina who serves the “Triad.” You can find more information by visiting her website. Please join me in congratulating Heather on her first post.
What’s not to love about our pets? They are loyal, cute, fun, non-judgmental, some of them shed, wait that isn’t a good thing.
What do your pet(s) have to do with real estate? Well, quite a lot actually. Animals can affect the sale of your home, or where you buy.
I was showing a home once and the home owner had left a small cat out. I hadn’t been warned of the feline’s presence and she greeted us at the door. She could have quickly escaped, and that would have been disastrous, and heart breaking. She snuck into the attic and hid, and the buyer I was with had to help hunt the cat down who pulled right out of her collar which we could not get back on. It was not a good experience for anyone because we were distracted by the cute kitty instead of the beautiful home.
Another time I was about to take a buyer into a house which I had been warned had a “big friendly dog.” The buyers I was with were worried to death about the dog licking them or jumping up on them. Some people are not dog people, or cat people for that matter, and even a friendly dog can scare someone who has had a negative experience.
So, while you may not want to be inconvenienced by taking your pet with you out of the house, or you may not want to disrupt your pets peace of mind, it seems to be the best thing in all circumstances. If you can’t take the pet out of your home with you, you may have to board your pet while your home is being shown, or better yet, let Fido stay with a friend.
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