please HELP! I need to sell my home but now the pool liner has a hole in it...should I spend over $1000 to?

Nita
Home Seller
Northumberland, PA

fix the pool or just cover it and tell potential serious buyers that I will help pay for a new liner? We live in PA, pool season will be over in a short time...or should I just tear the pool down altogether to show the house?

Answers (3)
Sean Dawes
Agent
Philadelphia, PA

In response to Rosie, I would not necessarily take it down but rather offer to remove it free of charge if the buyer does not want it. This way if someone sees it as a benefit you do not lose that extra advantage and if they dont like it you are being flexable.


-Sean

Fri Jun 26 2009, 06:22
Rosie West
Broker
Freeport, NY

If your municipality requires a permit for a pool and you dont have one I suggest you take the pool down.
some homes with pools takes longer to sell especially if the potential buyer(s) have small children. It can be a liability. If the price is at market value and your home has been on the market for some time, the pool could be the reason that it hasn't sold.

Wed Jun 24 2009, 17:35
Sean Dawes
Agent
Philadelphia, PA
FIRST ANSWER

Just tell them you will credit them for a new liner. As long as the house shows well no one should care.


-Sean

Wed Jun 24 2009, 17:22

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