Cover Up the Smell
May 20th, 2007 Categories: Keller Williams, Selling
Last week I advised my seller to stop smoking in the house. I advised this since the first thing I noticed when doing our final walk through before the open house this weekend was the pungent smell of lingering stale cigarette smoke. Irony has it that today, when I was opening the house to potential buyers, I found the owner huddled in the back of the garage, smoking. This was a good thing, but I still noticed the smell of stale cigarette smoke lingering throughout the house, clearly it had adhered itself to the paint on the walls and sheer curtain hanging on most windows. Before opening I began spraying air freshener all over the place to cover it up when I realized…
Is there anything worse than the strong smell of ‘Cranberries and Roses’ covering an underlying smell of stale smoke? I thought better of my spraying and opened up all the windows…
I’m still wondering however, is it better to cover up the undesirable smells like tobacco and/or used kitty litter boxes, musty rooms etc. with air fresheners, candles, cookies baking in the oven or do we let potential buyers experience the moment?
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Any scent is better than smoke or pet odors, although I understand the mixing of odors with some scented products is not good. Try repainting the home or area with Paint Pourri “Simply Clean” fragrance additive for paint (if it truly needs painting) or spraying a little “Simply Clean” Filter Breeze on your the air filter. Filter Breeze allows you to cirulate scent throughout the entire home at a nice, subtle level and really takes care of smoke odors. www.scentco.net HGTV just featured Paint Pourri on “Designed to Sell” last night… helping to sell a home by having a nice fresh smell.
Comment by kevin — May 21, 2007 #