Post #192185 by WenikiTiki on Wed, Oct 12, 2005 9:36 PM

My opinion, as a gal who spent 5 LONG years dragging folks around searching for their dream home in Florida, is that you should depersonalize your house as much as possible. The whole point of people buying a home is to be able to see themselves living there.... not you! I have seen potential buyers turn and run when the proud owners gushed about how special some feature or another was to them! If you want to take the middle road, you could offer the bar components as a separate sale, that way you would really know if they wanted it. And you would rest assured it wouldn't all hit the trash as soon as you give them the keys!
I also highly caution you against being there when potential buyers are looking at your house. It is a little know fact that people won't buy something until they have criticized it. Which they won't do in front of you. If you are doing a FSBO sent the family out and only have one person in the house. And make sure they take the barking dogs with them...