Alpharetta Real Estate Homes for Sale

ALPHARETTA - Would you be willing to allow a prospective buyer - or the buyer’s entire family - to spend the night or even the weekend in your house. 

This would give the term "open house" a whole new meaning, wouldn’t it?  An article in last Sunday’s Parade Magazine called it a "test drive sleepover."

Sure there are logistical problems with everything, but assuming you could work out the details, would you be in favor of this if you were a seller?  What if you were a buyer?

In a "Buyer Beware" state like Georgia, why shouldn’t the buyer have the chance to actually live in the house for a weekend?  Heck, we allow it with a lease-purchase:  We allow someone to actually live in the house (with a deposit) for up to a year before actually buying it.  Why not let someone spend one weekend … imaging the possibilities.

When on a sleepover, you can actually experience:

• how quiet it is at night and how dark the sky is;
• the way the sun comes in the kitchen window in the morning;
• how good the water pressure is in the shower;
• where the floor squeaks when you get up in the middle of the night (men);
• how functional the kitchen is to cook a meal in;
• how quickly the house warms up in the morning or keeps cool at night;
• what the commute home is like on Friday after work;

I could go on and on with both positive and negative things that could result from allowing a prospect to spend the night.  However, when marketing properties in Alpharetta, particularly million-dollar and above property, I would not rule it out.  I always try to put myself in the shoes of the people I’m dealing with:  If you were thinking about spending A MILLION DOLLARS, wouldn’t you want to have a thorough test drive?

If you were selling a property that was worth more than a million dollars, wouldn’t you want the opportunity to showcase it and allow a buyer to experience why it is such a worthy home?