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Oh No! The realtor says the sewing area needs to go!
Kim12469 MI USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1986	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/19/12 8:27 AM We had a realtor in last night to give us some comps and tell us what we were looking at. The good news is that the comps are higher than we thought so hopefully we won't lose any more money. The bad news is she told me to get rid of my sewing area. It's in the loft upstairs and overlooks the main living area...my domain that I can survey as I'm sewing! She wants it made into a "living area" not a sewing, craft, computer area! I'm going to go crazy if I can't sew. I don't have another room to move it into. The basement is dark and dreary, plus I can't monitor the goings on upstairs if I'm down there... Houses aren't selling fast around here so this could go on for awhile...June at the earliest if I move out of the house before it sells, maybe August if I move to get my DS in school before it starts. I offered a compromise, to pull the big cutting table out of there but leave the L-Shaped desk so I could sew but cut out in a different area. She wasn't appeased by that. Ugghhh! I should be happy about the possibility of the higher house pricing but darn, I can't get past the no sewing.... Anyone else have to do this? How did you get through it? Sewing is my relaxation. ------ http://kimsewsilly.blogspot.com/
poorpigling Advanced TX USA Member since 2007 Posts: 8680	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kim12469 Like this post Date: 1/19/12 8:32 AM Kim. I understand where both you and the realtor is coming from.. but ..... I would think. since it is a loft space.. as long as it is not cluttered.. it should be fine.. Just make sure to remove as much as possible from the area. and keep the mess down. Anyone looking at the home can see its a bonus space to be used for their personal preferences.. whether sewing, crafts, a space for the kids to watch TV.. or an office space . Too bad she was not appeased. but its your home.. and you set the rules here for the sale. Frankly in this day and age.. almost all buyers are looking for a bonus space to do their own thing in.. I don't see the big problem here your realtor does.
JTink Intermediate VA USA Member since 2008 Posts: 4036	Login to reply to this post In reply to poorpigling Like this post Date: 1/19/12 8:38 AM I'm with Pigling. Seems to me you are actually doing the "buyers" a favor, by giving them an alternative idea on how to use that space. I've watched so many of those HGTV shows on how to stage a house. They strip most of them bare and put a couch and a table back in. Yep, they look all House Beautiful, but they don't look like a home.
seaside sewer Intermediate UNITED KINGDOM Member since 2009 Posts: 216	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/19/12 8:43 AM I've moved twice in the last 7 years, and each time I kept my sewing room intact. Each house sold within 3-4 weeks, the last time during the height of a recession, and only £1000 less than our asking price, [making us a profit of £10,000 in 4 years] People were really taken with my sewing, we got to chatting, and the whole house viewing business became very friendly. ------ Bernina 440QE, 1008, 1150MDA, Brother QC1000, Juki TL98P, Janome Embellisher, Frister and Rossman Cub 7 [known as Kenmore 158 1060] Dream like you will live forever, Live like you'll die today Chocolate is for life, not just for Easter
movac Intermediate USA Member since 2006 Posts: 634	Login to reply to this post In reply to poorpigling Like this post Subject: The realtor says the sewing area needs to go! Date: 1/19/12 8:46 AM Quote: poorpigling and you set the rules here for the sale. not necessarily...the realtor knows how to sell a house and that's what you're paying her for ------ Since the mind is essentially a wet computer, our task is to figure out how we can best program it.
Karen31 Advanced CA USA Member since 2009 Posts: 859	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/19/12 8:53 AM Can you put up a screen so it's not visible from the living room, get it super neat and as you said take down the cutting table etc., put stuff away when you're not using it, have something interesting on a dressform - make it a fashion corner... As noted it gives another idea of what you can use the space for. When I sold a few years ago I signed many rooms with ideas for use, how many 7 year olds vs. 17 year olds would fit in a sleepover in the family room or that it could hold/feed an entire high school soccer team, ideas for my son's room - he'd moved out and it was a sewing/craft room with entertainment center. Same with the bonus room for ideas. BTW the buyers included a lady who was a hard core quilter and had lost everything in a home fire, she had a sewing machine make/model nearly same as mine so it was easy for her to relate to the possibilities when she walked into that room. You never know who's going to look! Model homes do this very thing, you never know what the theme/topic/use for a room might be until you walk in. ------ Karen
Kim12469 MI USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1986	Login to reply to this post In reply to movac Like this post Date: 1/19/12 9:04 AM Yes, that's how I see it too. She does this for a living, knows what makes a house sell or not. I don't like what she has to say about my sewing area but I think I need to follow her suggestions. ------ http://kimsewsilly.blogspot.com/
skae   Advanced MN USA Member since 2007 Posts: 2255	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kim12469 Like this post Date: 1/19/12 9:18 AM I would move the sewing table add a couple of chairs maybe a tv. That would look like a sitting place. ------ ý1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Kim12469 MI USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1986	Login to reply to this post In reply to skae Like this post Date: 1/19/12 9:35 AM Hmmm....that might work. I could pull out the cutting table altogether like I suggested. The actual desks I use are in three pieces, from Ikea. I could pull out one of them and condense my machines to one desk, keep the computer on the other desk and add a couple smaller chairs for sitting. I'm glad I posted here...always good suggestions ------ http://kimsewsilly.blogspot.com/
poorpigling Advanced TX USA Member since 2007 Posts: 8680	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kim12469 Like this post Date: 1/19/12 9:50 AM That does sound like a good plan.. Most people don't even use their formal Living room as it is.. but other places to veg, sit and do hobbies are much appreciated because of that. There was a recent thread on staging a home here on PR Kim. try to find it as there were loads of suggestions in that thread. A realtor is not necessarily a stager. .nor a designer.. nor a decorator.. but even I would have to agree that a large cutting table might be jarring to the eye.. and certainly all the clutter that can pile up in a sewing space would be a turn off. But I still think its okay to leave it a s a sewing space somewhat.. certainly enough to can still sew in it. It doesn't take much imagination on a buyers part to see that the space is a bonus space. I think you can meet your realtor half way on this. by just removing that large cutting table. and the extra clutter.. Also take down any ironing boards you may have.. that kind of item just reminds the buyers of work.. As you will read in the other thread.. cleanliness and lack of clutter are the two most important things in selling a home. Good luck to you.. keep on sewing.

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