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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you give some examples of what they actually say? [/quote]

"What are you planning for the kitchen?" [Kitchen is fine; granite, nice cupboards, new appliances in stainless steel. Not all of it was all our pic, but no real estate agent would put it on the "must-do" list.]

"When are you going to get new carpet upstairs?"

"What color will you be painting the deck?" [Deck is in great shape and we power-wash it twice a year.]

"When you do this room, are you going to do built-in bookcases?" [In regards to the parlor, which is perfectly fine, freshly painted and nothing wrong with it at all. Apparently it's not "done" because it has a stand-alone bookcase instead of built-ins.][/quote]

OP, playing devil's advocate here, I can see all of those questions as being totally innocuous.  It sounds like you've done a lot around the house, so these all seem like things you'd be considering and would want to talk about.  We are building a house, and when I walk people through it and they ask me if I'm going to do a built-in somewhere, I don't take it as them saying my house will be crappy if I don't, but more of a topic of conversation.  Now, it's also possible to say all these things in a rude tone, and maybe that's where you are, but maybe try assuming the best of intentions, answering nicely, and then hoping they'll leave it be?[/quote]

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