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Having an Open House (to sell home)-need aromatic recipe
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We are in the process of selling our home and buying another one. Our house is lovely, no cats, no smoking or other yukky smells. Last time we sold a house, our realtor recommended baking cookies right before so our house smelled like fresh baked cookies. I like the idea of having some homey aroma greeting you when you walk into a house, the cookie thing just didn't cut it last time. I was thinking of making something in a crock pot, thereby killing two birds with one stone (nice smell of cooking to greet you through the door and making something for my family). We haven't listed our house yet so this is down the road. I was thinking about this because these past two Sundays, my husband and I went to several open houses and all of them, every single one, had cloying, overpowering scented candles (like the Yankee Candles0 or the Plug-Ins. All I could think was: are they trying to hide the smell of cat pee?
My realtor really seems to buy into the idea of wonderful smells greeting you at the door, but I certainly don't want to anything that just reeks of artificial and overpowering stuff. So, assuming I take her advice-what would you recommend? |
Anonymous
| Get some mulling spices at Williams Sonoma. Love that scent... |
Anonymous
| Before our appraiser came, I used some of the apple cider mix and cinnamon and boiled it on the stove. |
Anonymous
Or, save your money, and throw some orange peel and whole cloves and cinnamon sticks in simmering water. |
Anonymous
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So glad you are avoiding air fresheners and scented candles. I would never buy a house that smelled like either.
Do you have a bread machine? Freshly baked bread smells great. |
Anonymous
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No crockpot -- you don't want anything extraneous on the counter and you certainly don't want any evidence that actual people live there and will return momentarily. It ruins the illusion for buyers trying to imagine themselves living there. Plus, one person's rich, meaty deliciousness is another's murdered animal carcass. Or sacred cow.
Open your windows to let out the stale air, wipe down your cabinets with lemon oil and call it a day. Any extra smell is going to trigger the exact same suspicions you had when touring other OHs. |
Anonymous
| Put a lot of cinnamon and sugar on a baking sheet and put it in the oven at around 250 degrees. The whole house will smell like freshly baked cookies. |
Anonymous
| Do not do that, worst advice, people imeediatly think you are covering up a smell. |
Anonymous
| Fresh flowers would make a room or two smell -- and look -- nice. |
Anonymous
| Braised cabbage. |
Anonymous
| Orange peals on a low temperature in the oven smells great. Just keep an eye on them! |
Anonymous
This is the same advice we received. In fact, if the aroma (cookies, flowers, lemon, or whatever) it can really distracting and overbearing. |
Anonymous
| fresh, clean air. Nothing else. |
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Anonymous
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Brussel sprouts. No make latkes!
Seriously, I would NOT do anything. Everyone knows this trick, it's gimmicky. I'd wonder if it was covering up cat urine. |