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Okay, so in my first story. I admittedly was being nosy, a neighbor had put their large old Victorian style home for sale and I wanted to check out the inside. Well, I can honestly say I was disappointed, not just because the interior had been poorly decorated but also because of the mess. I have pets, I love pets, however even I noticed the huge stink from their pets. They had several Guinea Pigs and none of the cages were clean. I could smell the cat litter throughout the house. One of the kids bed rooms had nude posters all over the walls. Kids toys and junk was every where. Worst of all though, was an over flowing diaper pail, full of dirty diapers. I was surprised the real estate agent had even allowed them to show the house in this condition, in fact I believe they should have canceled the Open House.

In my second, and most unbelievable encounter, was when I was went to an Open house held by the realator selling his own home. You would think the place would have been immaculate, but you would be wrong. In fact it was so bad, I actually phoned the Real Estate office to complain about it the following Monday. The yard was messy, there was broken lattice work laying in the yard. Not small lattice, it was a big 4 foot x 8 foot piece, less the broken bits. The front porch was filthy. The Television was on, and there were cats and dogs everywhere. I recall vividly the little Sheltie dog getting hit when we walked in because it had urinated on the carpet. I remember this so clearly because it was hit when we made a comment about stepping in the wet spot, as we were accustomed to removing our shoes at the front door when entering homes. A big mistake in this case. There was dirt on the carpet as well, they immediately referred to their cat as doing this, by tipping over a plant. I don't know when the plant was tipped over, but obviously nobody was going to bother cleaning up the dirt. The dog was put out in the yard.

We proceeded to look around the house. The place was a mess, nothing was clean. It was obviously a bachelor pad.

Now you have to realize the realator who owned the home was there and following us around somewhat. This was for a reason as it turned out. We were about to enter one room which had the door closed, at this time he spoke up to inform us "Oh there is somebody sleeping in there, so open the door quietly." We did, it was obviously his bedroom, and the person in the bed (with the sheets pulled part way down I might add) was obviously some girl he had brought home from the bar the night before. He had told us that she was there with absolutely no shame at all. Fine if you don't want to feel bad about bringing home a girl, but to think it acceptable that she was still in bed half naked during an Open House was a bit odd. This was two o'clock in the afternoon. That was pretty much the tip of it all, we couldn't believe it.

The final tale is not about one occasion but several smaller examples of some poor Open Houses. On one it was obviously some important day in sports, Hockey if I recall. The realtor sat in front of the wide screen television the whole time, glued to the game. I suggest that you never schedule Open Houses on the day of a sporting event, or at least select a realator who is not into sports so much he cannot do his job. Inattentive agents are almost as bad as when home owners have their own Open Houses and follow you everywhere. If they are nervous about their valuables going missing, they should not have them in plain view.

I also remember one very smelly house. No, it was not pet odors, this person practically sprayed two or three bottles of air fresheners throughout their home. It really stunk. I am not overly sensitive to smells, but I know a lot of people are, or have allergies. I also know that many people use these air fresheners themselves and have become "immune" to their scent, so probably this home owner was not even aware of how potent their house had become. It was nasty.

One other time we went a house for sale and there were loads of naked women posters in the garage. It was obviously a workshop, but not only where the posters huge, the women were too. I am not a prude but when you have families looking to buy a home, you don't want to greet them with big naked women. Oh, did I mention we had to enter this particular home by walking through the garage?

The final story is brief but not actually about an Open House. Somebody I knew was going to put their house on the market, but the outside looked terrible as the paint had been badly pealing for years. So the realator had instructed them to paint the house before listing it. The house had been white and, I think, blue, but for some crazy reason they painted it two tone pink. Bright pink, and brighter pink. Maybe the paint was on sale, I don't know, but that was not a good way to sell a house.

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