I agree. Doesn't matter what you sell, you will get a higher price if it is cleaned and tidy when presented to the market - because the kinds of people who pay higher prices are looking for clean and tidy things.

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namdnay 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> because the kinds of people who pay higher prices are looking for clean and tidy things.

I'd say it's also "because the kind of people who clean and tidy things also maintain them"

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wongarsu 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Exactly. "Is it clean and tidy right now" is a decent proxy for "Has this been properly taken care of in the past"

Obviously it's not infallible. But even if the owner only cleaned their stuff now that they are selling it that still tells you they are the type of person to take action where it's beneficial

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DharmaPolice an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I think it's more of a negative indicator. It's like turning up to a job interview wearing dirty clothes - unless you're a savant it's probably indicative that you don't give a shit or have some sort of other problems in life. But wearing clean clothes doesn't give you points because it's assumed to be the norm in that setting.

	▲	dd8601fn an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Right. Clean house on the market means almost nothing. Gross house means almost certainly not maintained.

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williamdclt 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> "Is it clean and tidy right now" is a decent proxy for "Has this been properly taken care of in the past"

I don't think so, esp at selling time, I definitely expect that the owner has just made it look pristine. But the opposite is definitely true: if you can't even bother making it look clean and tidy when trying to sell, I'm pretty sure you've not taken care of it in the past!

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jjice 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Definitely. On the other side, if you can't even bother to clean it before you sell it, I have no reason to believe you've put any effort in maintaining it.

Cleaning in general is also usually a core part of maintaining something. Dirt and grime lead to wear and tear.

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throw0101d 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

See also "staging":

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_staging

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saagarjha 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why is it written like that lmao

	▲	Nzen an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Wikipedia is written by various people, but likely someone with interest in a given topic. One or more realtors probably wrote or edited this post. Actually, the history of edits shows that this is contested territory where people regularly remove what they term as spam links. So, while a disinterested editor might remove a link to a listicle about how to stage your home, they might leave in the breathless tone as harmless. The drive by editors probably feel that they have no more time to rewrite it than we do, given that they watch over many articles, not just this one.
	▲	blitzar an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Its been "staged"