Thursday, February 21, 2013

Why should you have your built-in gas grill repaired or overhaul to improve your chances of selling your property?

It is a fact that when a couple is shopping for a new house the lady of the house is the one who has to feel good about the inside rooms and the man usually has his heart set on a nice and welcoming backyard.

One of the areas that attracts the man the most besides the kitchen and his own bedroom is the backyard. This is a key area where you can actually seal the deal of the sale of your house if it has the right features to make the new homeowners visualize themselvesf there.

So many times the seller of the house only makes a minimum investment to improve the look of the backyard. However, the response that he or she normally gets from potential buyers is in the same degree of his or her investment: minimum. This unwelcome response is usually due to a hardly maintained pool, unattended lawn, and worst of all filthy-looking grill.

A good number of phone calls that The Grill Doctor receives for grill service come from homeowners who have realized how potential buyers react when they open the hood of a built-in grill and see all the grease and grime of a neglected grill. I am sure the main thing that crosses that person's mind is if this is the way they took care of the place where they cooked their own food,  I can't imagine the rest of the house.

Another interesting fact about having a built-in grill grill repaired and cleaned is that most of the realtors that have referred us to their customers, and have had their gas grills cleaned and overhauled, usually call us back to thank us for our service and mention that the house with the built-in grill that we worked on got sale a few week later.

It is such a common pattern that we decided to share this experience online and let other homeowners who have their house up for sale about this situation.

If you are a homeowner in this situation, don't take our word for it, simply look at your potential buyers' face when they approach the grill in your backyard and pay attention to what kind of gestures you see on their faces. That will give you a good indication of your chances of sealing the deal with that potential buyer.

Please feel free to contact us to assist you with you gas grill repair, grill overhaul, or grill cleaning requests you may have.

The Grill Doctor
561-305-5077
grilldoctor@gmail.com