Selling a home, remove religious crosses, statues, stars?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. Distracting. And I find people who feel the need to advertise their faith to be rigid and judgmental in other ways. I would expect them to be difficult to deal with.

that is really immature and narrow-minded PP. You're rather ignorant.

And you know who is totally not immature and narrow-minded? Kim Davis. Current ambassador of Christianity. Hallelujah.

Haha, yep!

[Anonymous]

Yes, take all religious symbols down. It's off putting; I am Christian and hate seeing crucifixes all over. It's been my experience, that extremely *outwardly* religious people tend to do less home maintenance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn't the reason we bought the house, but one house that we looked at had what looked like a guest book in a room filled with religious paraphernalia, but was actually a running list of all the people they wanted to go to hell. We thought about signing it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These people don't think so:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9711-Meadowlark-Rd-Vienna-VA-22182/51744465_zpid/

Forget the icons, the real problem there is the kitchen.

You must have missed the conference table next to the indoor pool.

[Anonymous]

The previous owner of my first condo had small Jesus statues next to small planters with ivy placed about a foot apart right near the ceiling all over the apartment. I mean in the living room dining room area and in the bedroom area. I remember he asked if I wanted them kept up. I look straight at him and said no I want them taken down and you need to patch all the holes and repaint. Actually wrote that into the contract.

[Anonymous]

It never would have occurred to us to put away our exactly two Bibles and two crucifixes for a home showing. They're just a part of who we are, and we both grew up in homes that had them.

Some of these negative comments about these items being a sign of scammers and neglectful home owners, etc. are extreme and troubling.

[Anonymous]

Lots of bigots in this thread so it's probably for the best that you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this another hindrance?

yes, it's a distraction. Remove personal photos and odd decorating preferences-- house should looked lived in but also like a Hyatt hotel room. Hard balance to achieve- we used a stager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. Distracting. And I find people who feel the need to advertise their faith to be rigid and judgmental in other ways. I would expect them to be difficult to deal with.

that is really immature and narrow-minded PP. You're rather ignorant.

And you know who is totally not immature and narrow-minded? Kim Davis. Current ambassador of Christianity. Hallelujah.

Haha, yep!

Could you imagine these threads if people were saying this stuff but just ranting about Osama & Muslims instead of Kim Davis & Christians. Remember these are people who love to pretend how they are open minded and tolerant and hate prejudice but they are shameless in their bigotry when it suits them and aren't self aware enough to even perceive it. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

it's not about prejudice. it's a business transaction. most people are very visual and have a hard time imagining different surroundings/decor. If you want the house to appeal to as wide a variety of people as possible you keep things as neutral as possible so almost any person or family can imagine themselves living there. this is not about whether the buyer would want to be friends with you or be respectful of your religion or political views, it's about whether they would want to live in your house. many people have trouble imagining themselves comfortably living in the house if it's filled with religious symbols (no matter what religion)--it may not even be conscious but an unconscious sense of feeling uncomfortable or like it's not "home."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's not about prejudice. it's a business transaction. most people are very visual and have a hard time imagining different surroundings/decor. If you want the house to appeal to as wide a variety of people as possible you keep things as neutral as possible so almost any person or family can imagine themselves living there. this is not about whether the buyer would want to be friends with you or be respectful of your religion or political views, it's about whether they would want to live in your house. many people have trouble imagining themselves comfortably living in the house if it's filled with religious symbols (no matter what religion)--it may not even be conscious but an unconscious sense of feeling uncomfortable or like it's not "home."

I agree with you on the business decision actually. I'm just also responding to the prejudice from multiple posters in the thread.

[Anonymous]

It's like with personal photos or anything else, when you sell your home you should make it as unoffensive and generic as possible. It's a PRODUCT and you should consider it as such. Remove the emotion from it. Once it's listed, you should actually think of it as someone else's house that you're living in temporarily. You shouldn't just take them down, you should remove most things you can because you'll be moving soon anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It never would have occurred to us to put away our exactly two Bibles and two crucifixes for a home showing. They're just a part of who we are, and we both grew up in homes that had them.

Some of these negative comments about these items being a sign of scammers and neglectful home owners, etc. are extreme and troubling.

... as are so many acts taken in god’s name, supposedly ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It never would have occurred to us to put away our exactly two Bibles and two crucifixes for a home showing. They're just a part of who we are, and we both grew up in homes that had them.

Some of these negative comments about these items being a sign of scammers and neglectful home owners, etc. are extreme and troubling.

Your clothes and knick-knacks are also just a part of who you are, and yet real estate agents routinely advise sellers to get them out of the house.

[Anonymous]

There's a difference between having one or two religious items in your home vs lots of religious items decorating every surface of your home. It's not any different than having 1 snow globe in your living room vs tons of snow globes in every single room.