Friday, July 5, 2013

4 bedroom 2 bath with CHICKEN?


I think any Realtor or Tenant can relate to this one... It is awkward to show an occupied home. Let me clear this up once and for all. Showing an occupied home is awkward for both the RESIDENT and REALTOR!

We had a Realtor in our office that went to go show a very nice four bedroom brick home we have in a renowned neighborhood. It was supposed to be an easy show. We called our tenants the night before the appointment to give them plenty of notice, and we made our appointment. The next morning an agent in our office Carolyn left the office coffee and business cards in hand. She pulled up to the well kept, beautifully landscaped brick home with rock accent, and started her showing with her future clients in tow. The house showed beautifully, nice wood floor entry opening up into a soaring living room with high quality berber carpeting, and vaulted ceilings. (You get the picture). Once Carolyn got through showing her clients the interior of the home, it was time to take them outside and show them the backyard, and sew up the showing. She opened the door to the back yard showing off a privacy wooded fence. "This is the covered patio and the fenced yard sits on a quarter acre city lot, and includes lawn care. Over here is a nice sitting area, and some shade trees, and a chicken." Yeah I said chicken. Carolyn looked again and repeated chicken. The current residents had domesticated a rooster, and they had left it running around in the back yard. The rooster had wandered up during the showing of the back yard looking harmless, and started to peck at Carolyn's sandal clad toes, as she was trying to overcome the oddity of a domesticated rooster living in a suburb. She nudged her foot at the rooster pecking at her feet. Apparently this was a territorial rooster. The rooster began flapping its wings at our agent, and she began to back up under the patio. The rooster followed, flapping its wings and hitting Carolyn, and pecking her toes. Are you laughing yet? Well apparently this particular rooster had anger issues, and would not quit coming back, he began to peck at her sandaled toes, and slap her more ferociously with its wings, and Carolyn's clients had to swoop it up and throw it off of her so they could run into the house. I know you think this is totally fiction, but it is the truth. Those clients have come back to us time and time again, and they always ask us if we have anymore homes with pet chickens in them! HA! Hope you enjoyed one of our many ventures of real estate.

 

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