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No Picture of the Kitchen It must be antiquated

November 30th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News

I was looking, as I do most every day, at which listings had just come on the market in different Columbus Neighborhoods.  In looking at an Upper Arlington property that just came on the market for $1.7+MM, I noticed that there was no picture of the kitchen. 

It’s a good looking home on the outside, 4–5,000 sq feet and, like all too many Upper Arlington homes for sale, looked like it hadn’t been updated in years — old drapes, wallpaper, etc.

Any kitchen has at least one good photo in it.  People buy homes because of kitchens.  We all spend a considerable amount of time in our kitchens and if we’re buying a home, we want to see the kitchen.   Even if it is old and shabby, what is the space like, what is the view, is there room to eat in the kitchen, does it have an island, a pantry, decent lighting, is it open to another room

Nearly every buyer I have ever worked with wholeheartedly believes that no picture of the kitchen in the MLS means that the home’s kitchen must be a wreck.  The Columbus MLS allows ten pictures to be uploaded.  One of those had better be the kitchen.

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3 Responses to “No Picture of the Kitchen It must be antiquated”

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   Pictures You Must Include In Your MLS Listing - Real Estate News - Banks.com
   November 30th, 2007

   [...] The house must need a ton of work or even be partially unfinished. No bathroom or kitchen photo? Must be terribly small and outdated. And of course, if any of your pictures are dark, blurry, or far away, don’t even waste your [...]

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   Columbus Real Estate News - Helping You Buy Homes and Sell Homes in Columbus, Ohio » Sellers - Don’t Let your Listings Come out of the Gate with NO PICTURE
   December 9th, 2008

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   Joe Peffer » Hitting the MLS with No Photos is Like Cinderalla Coming to the Ball in Rags
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