Potential Homebuyer Walks Into Glass Door
In the real estate business, you wouldn't think that
there would be very many accidents, showing houses. It's rare, but every
once in a while when a real estate professional isn't paying attention
or in a hurry, safety takes a backseat.
I was searching the Internet for home safety tips, when I came across a
video that showed a man walking into a sliding glass door. It got me
thinking about something that most people often forget about or even
overlook.
Glass doors that are sparkling clean look like they're open. I have
mistaken clean glass doors myself, and know exactly what happened to
this potential homebuyer as he walked into the glass door. He assumed
that the real estate professional opened up the sliding glass door, but
like most of us through trial and error, soon realized that he was
mistaken.
I would like to make a few suggestions to real estate professionals who
show property. It wouldn't be a bad idea to put a piece of tape on each
sliding glass door and the other glass panels next to them. This might
not look attractive, but could save you some frustration and
embarrassment, just in case someone assumes that the glass doors are
opened, when they really aren't.
Another thing that works well is to go around and open up all of the
doors in the house while your prospective homebuyers are there. This
eliminates a lot of frustration for the potential home buyers,
especially if the doors are hard to open and close.
I don't know anybody who hasn't walked into a glass door, if you're one
of the lucky ones great, but realistically, the last thing that you want
to happen, is for one of your prospective homebuyers to walk through a
solid glass door and get injured.
A little bit as safety goes a long way and it wouldn't be a bad idea to
get some more information on home safety, especially if you're planning
on staying in the home selling business.