Fresh Baked Cookies at Open House

And what could make the seller and potential buyers happier than a lot of cookie crumbs mashing into the rugs, etc.? Maybe some red wine spilling everywhere? Lingering Open House recreationalists?

This is a suburb thing--cookies or baked bread smells. Not so urban. In NYC sellers would do better the make their apartments odor-free. That means no smoke smells (having a cig 10 minutes before an open house and opening the windows doesn't cut it), no funky frige smells (yes, people actually open that up), no hamper/shoe closet/garbage odors. A blank olfactory slate is what you want. Whatever pretty scented candle you select, someone will hate it. Immaculately clean is the NYC goal--leave cookies to Port Washington and Great Neck properties.

I went to one open house recently where the agent was offering everyone mulled cider that was brewing on the outdated kitchen stove. It was clear within minutes that it was a feeble attempt to mask the disgusting poopy baby smell radiating from the nursery. More time emptying the diaper genie and clothes hamper and less boiling cloves would have been a better way to stage the place.

I went to one open house in Manhattan that had cookies and I remember the cookies, but not the open house.

To make sure I got it kylewest, no smoking, no fridge rot, no garbage, clean out your hamper, and stay away from the apple flavored poopy?

And people wonder why there places don't sell, right?