Vent: The realtor who told me my backyard needed a "vision"

Had a showing agent come by last Tuesday to look at my house before listing. She walked into the backyard, looked at my 15-foot patch of dirt and dead grass, and said I needed to "envision the potential" before she could market it. I told her I've been envisioning it for 3 years while the weeds took over. She literally suggested I install a fake putting green to sell the place faster. Anybody else get a wild suggestion from a realtor that made you question their whole approach?

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lane.drew5d ago

Wait, I mean is a putting green actually kind of genius though? It's basically just a nice patch of grass that's easy to maintain compared to a normal lawn plus it could totally set your house apart from the boring yards in the neighborhood. Idk, maybe she just knew the market there better than we'd expect.

the_richard4d agoMost Upvoted

My cousin installed a putting green in his backyard back in '07. Spent something like $8,000 on it, including the sand trap and a little flag. He's not even a golfer. He just liked the look. The thing is, after about two years the neighborhood kids turned it into a bike ramp course, and he ended up tearing it out because the sod got all rutted up. It looked amazing for maybe six months though. So I guess it depends on your definition of easy to maintain.