Can A Detached Garage Really Sell A House?
Posted by Bradley Chazin on Sun, Aug 16, 2009
Earlier this spring I had a customer in Minnetonka Minnesota who was trying to sell her home, have me out for a free garage estimate.
She explained to me that she had several open houses and not one offer. Her Realtor told her it was because of the old dilapidated detached garage. Her Realtor told her several cars pulled into the driveway and after looking at the garage backed out of the drive and drove away. Leslie couldn’t believe no one wanted her beautiful Minnetonka home because of a garage.
I told her I hear that all the time and I believed a new garage would help. Leslie thought I was just trying to sell another garage. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, I wanted to sell a garage but if it doesn’t benefit the customer I’ll tell them the truth. The Realtor was the person pushing for the new garage. He was tired of hosting open houses and not getting any offers.
Leslie and her husband Mike talked it over and decided to give it a try and build the new garage. We removed their old 22×22 detached garage. After the building permit was approved we built them a new 24×24 detached garage. That’s a good size garage for a suburb like Minnetonka. We matched the cedar siding of the home with JamesHardy cement board siding, a gable roof with 12″ overhang on all 4 sides wrapped in cedar. For added curb appeal we used a carriage style overhead door with glass in the top section to match the windows on their home. It was a very attractive garage with lots of curb appeal.
We had a very tight time line because there was all ready another open house scheduled. The garage was finished on Friday the owners painted the garage on Saturday and the open house was on Sunday.
Believe it or not there was a signed purchase agreement on Monday. Leslie called to tell me the great news and thanked Western Garage Builders for a job well done.
I don’t want to take all the credit for this home being sold BUT!
Before the new Western Garage: Not sold
After the new Western Garage: Sold
You be the judge.
How can we help you!