One of our candle companies sells these little blocks of scents that can be dropped into a bowl of with boiling water poured over that smell out of this world good. They have savory smells too - chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon etc....
For last minute showings these are good alternatives to baking.
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Originally posted by GoingSkiing: Dawn, congrats!!!!!
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Originally posted by Alli Coffin: keep a tub of pre-made chocolate cookie dough in the fridge, and bake one sheet (just a few cookies) about 30 minutes before people come to see the house.
I didn't want any cooking smells in my house when we were trying to smell it. We live in a VERY multi-ethnic area and we walked into some homes at dinner time... and it did NOT smell good. I like Indian food... but we walked into some homes and the smells were overwhelming... in a bad way and it made it very hard to be objective about the home. But it smelled like dinner and "home" to the owner.
I think baked goods, smell good to most people. I agree on other food smells though. WE went into one house, it was actually my second or third time through and my first thought was "I smell fajitas." It wasn't an offensive smell, just...odd. The seller had left bell peppers and onions in water in a slow cooker. (The realtor nosed around in the slow cooker, not me.)
I CAN'T have candles or potpourri or other air "fresheners" going because they trigger migraines. So, I bake cookies. (When I know in advance and am at home before a showing.)
When we sold our last house, at the closing the man that bought the house flat out said "I liked your yard better than the others, and the cookies. It was just so homey."
Dawn
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Originally posted by Alli Coffin: keep a tub of pre-made chocolate cookie dough in the fridge, and bake one sheet (just a few cookies) about 30 minutes before people come to see the house.
I didn't want any cooking smells in my house when we were trying to smell it. We live in a VERY multi-ethnic area and we walked into some homes at dinner time... and it did NOT smell good. I like Indian food... but we walked into some homes and the smells were overwhelming... in a bad way and it made it very hard to be objective about the home. But it smelled like dinner and "home" to the owner.
Denise
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I have a tip for selling your house, and it worked for me:
keep a tub of pre-made chocolate cookie dough in the fridge, and bake one sheet (just a few cookies) about 30 minutes before people come to see the house. Leave the plate out with a note for them to help themselves.
Baking fills the house with the authentic aroma of cooking, and that can make the place "feel like home" to the people viewing it.
But you have to be able to not eat the dough yourself! This was easy for me because I can't stand pre-made cookies, though I have no control around the real home made kind!
alli
Alli, I will do that. That's exactly how I sold my last house.
However, until an hour and a half ago, we weren't even getting any showings. We do have one at 5:30 tonight. So, I won't be home before hand to be able to make any cookies.
I agree with the advice though 100%.
Dawn
"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire." anonymous
Posts: 4334 | Location: Indianapolis, IN | Registered: March 15, 2004
I have a tip for selling your house, and it worked for me:
keep a tub of pre-made chocolate cookie dough in the fridge, and bake one sheet (just a few cookies) about 30 minutes before people come to see the house. Leave the plate out with a note for them to help themselves.
Baking fills the house with the authentic aroma of cooking, and that can make the place "feel like home" to the people viewing it.
But you have to be able to not eat the dough yourself! This was easy for me because I can't stand pre-made cookies, though I have no control around the real home made kind!
alli
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Congrats! I know you are sighing relief on that end. When you have a minute let's try to get together for lunch, dinner or even coffee. Let me know what works with your schedule and if you need any help with the move.
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