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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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 ...

As are so many acts taken not in god's name by atheists like Stalin, etc. What is your point? This is a thread about presenting a home for sale, not for an open invitation for bigots to grind their axes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 ...

As are so many acts taken not in god's name by atheists like Stalin, etc. What is your point? This is a thread about presenting a home for sale, not for an open invitation for bigots to grind their axes.

If anybody has pictures of Stalin on their wall, they should remove those before selling, too.

[Anonymous]

If the price is right for the location and house, I REALLY don't care who I'm buying it from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 ...

As are so many acts taken not in god's name by atheists like Stalin, etc. What is your point? This is a thread about presenting a home for sale, not for an open invitation for bigots to grind their axes.

If anybody has pictures of Stalin on their wall, they should remove those before selling, too.

Very witty response, troll. Because mother theresa = stalin. Right.

Just remember that what goes around comes around, so if you get your kicks attacking people for their religious belief, don't be surprised 10, 20, 30 years down the road when you realize that a whole bunch of people are well past giving a **** about whatever pieties your ideology is banging on about. The end result is just going to be a country of 320 million people who all hate each other and can't even communicate in the same language anymore. But I guess some people don't care about that as long as they get to have their fun now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 ...

As are so many acts taken not in god's name by atheists like Stalin, etc. What is your point? This is a thread about presenting a home for sale, not for an open invitation for bigots to grind their axes.

If anybody has pictures of Stalin on their wall, they should remove those before selling, too.

Very witty response, troll. Because mother theresa = stalin. Right.

Just remember that what goes around comes around, so if you get your kicks attacking people for their religious belief, don't be surprised 10, 20, 30 years down the road when you realize that a whole bunch of people are well past giving a **** about whatever pieties your ideology is banging on about. The end result is just going to be a country of 320 million people who all hate each other and can't even communicate in the same language anymore. But I guess some people don't care about that as long as they get to have their fun now.

I’m the pp that posted that your home is a product a few posts back. IMO all the arguments about religion and Stalin or whatever are irrelevant. You want to depersonalize and make it generic because you want the people looking at your home to imagine themselves living there. This has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with the fact that you are selling your home and should not consider it your house any longer. If you’re living in someone’s house and you made a mess you would clean it up but you wouldn’t cover it in family photos and crosses because those are your personal items.

[Anonymous]

The point of removing personal items so that it does not distract potential buyers from seeing the house. It allows the buyer to envision themselves living in that space (with their belongings). This includes removing crosses, pictures of Mother Theresa/Stalin, crystal dog figurines, nude paintings, etc.

It's bizarre that some pps think that religious items should be exempt from this marketing strategy. Obviously the seller is free to do what they want but they do so at their own risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 ...

As are so many acts taken not in god's name by atheists like Stalin, etc. What is your point? This is a thread about presenting a home for sale, not for an open invitation for bigots to grind their axes.

If anybody has pictures of Stalin on their wall, they should remove those before selling, too.

Very witty response, troll. Because mother theresa = stalin. Right.

Just remember that what goes around comes around, so if you get your kicks attacking people for their religious belief, don't be surprised 10, 20, 30 years down the road when you realize that a whole bunch of people are well past giving a **** about whatever pieties your ideology is banging on about. The end result is just going to be a country of 320 million people who all hate each other and can't even communicate in the same language anymore. But I guess some people don't care about that as long as they get to have their fun now.

The point is that you should remove ALL of that stuff. Pictures of Mother Theresa, pictures of Stalin, pictures of dogs playing poker, original Monets, whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’d advise a more thorough cleaning of the bed covering than your average Hyatt.

[Anonymous]

Nobody is skipping on a house that has a couple of bibles or korans out.

But if you have large crucifixes of mostly naked Jesus on the walls, or a large pentagram like one house we visited, it is distracting.

I am the Christian who has had bad luck buying houses from other Christians who have religious icons all over their houses, so I know from experience.

The more you depersonalize, and take down your altar to Satan or to Jesus, the better off your house will sell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I found some houses creepy that had too many religious artifacts around. Better to keep it neutral.

Yes I agree with this.

One or two crosses aren't a big deal but if they are religious statues they probably aren't enhancing your decor any and should be removed. Stars? What kind of stars? I can't imagine those look great so just take them down. Any rugs around your toilet or fluffy toilet seat cover too (religious statues seem to go hand in hand with this kind of grandma decor)?

All of this sounds like clutter you should remove.

I'm Catholic and I think most people who are super Catholic are really odd (I mean Mike Pence makes the super religious seem like kinky, self-righteous freaks).

For what it's worth, if the rest of the house was great, I'd still buy it. I'd just make fun of you and call you the religious freaks with the statues.

[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.

OMG! Did you read the list? Anyone you knew? What had the people done wrong?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 ...

As are so many acts taken not in god's name by atheists like Stalin, etc. What is your point? This is a thread about presenting a home for sale, not for an open invitation for bigots to grind their axes.

If anybody has pictures of Stalin on their wall, they should remove those before selling, too.

Very witty response, troll. Because mother theresa = stalin. Right.

Just remember that what goes around comes around, so if you get your kicks attacking people for their religious belief, don't be surprised 10, 20, 30 years down the road when you realize that a whole bunch of people are well past giving a **** about whatever pieties your ideology is banging on about. The end result is just going to be a country of 320 million people who all hate each other and can't even communicate in the same language anymore. But I guess some people don't care about that as long as they get to have their fun now.

I’m the pp that posted that your home is a product a few posts back. IMO all the arguments about religion and Stalin or whatever are irrelevant. You want to depersonalize and make it generic because you want the people looking at your home to imagine themselves living there. This has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with the fact that you are selling your home and should not consider it your house any longer. If you’re living in someone’s house and you made a mess you would clean it up but you wouldn’t cover it in family photos and crosses because those are your personal items.

oh pp, now you've done it - you're going to end up in the other pp's book of people she hopes are going to hll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These people don't think so:

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

Most of it looks more like a retreat of some sort rather than a house. I wonder if it was used for that as well.