So house is on the market. It’s taken a lot of work (decorating, decluttering etc) to get it to how it is and I’m really proud of how it looks now to how it did.
DH, child and I went away for a long weekend Friday am, dropping keys at agents on the way. They had block viewings for Friday and Saturday so we thought we’d just let them get on with it.
We got back a short while ago and immediately I spot a big red juice spill on my previously clean doormat. Going through the house I discover dirty/greasy hand drags on almost every wall, a gouge out of the wall 7ft high (how?!), a cracked dressing table where someone has either sat or leant heavily on it, scuffs on one bedroom wall and the most filthy bannister hand rail - when I wiped it, it came away grey. Don’t people wash their flipping hands?
I’m not asking for people to wear silk slippers, cotton gloves and tip toe through the house not daring to even breathe but a little bit of respect for someone else’s home is a given surely? As the home owner I shouldn’t be expected to have to fix furniture and re-paint walls after just 10 house viewings.
Urgh. I probably need to be more zen during this process but I’m not impressed right now.