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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think the yard is a real issue.  These pictures were taken a few weeks ago before things started to green up.  Our yard looked bedraggled then too, but it's filled in and greened up a ton since then.  I think that's just the end of winter look.  And if you hate to the putting green, I bet you could ask for an allowance to have it removed.  Any landscaper could do that.  The fence isn't great, but it would work for a dog until you save up to replace it with wood.  Not a huge deal.[/quote]

If everything else inside was great people might overlook the yard. But when every other aspect of the house is lacking, it’s a huge turnoff for potential buyers to look at the yard and say that’s $15k of fencing replacement plus navigating that with three different neighbors, $5k to rip up and return the stained putting green to grass, $5k for some decent minimal plants, $10-15k to rip up that terribly done ugly concrete patio and put in something that looks decent…

They add that up and realize it’s easier to just buy a different house. Not to mention the exterior is a big flashing sign that says “this home was not cared for or well-maintained”

That said, the answer isn’t for the sellers to spruce up the yard…it’s to drop the asking price by $100k.[/quote]

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