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[CANDLEQUEEN]

My aunt is divorced and lives alone. She is very much a clean fanatic and an exercise fanatic! Always has been. She is still young and in very good health, anyway tomake a long story short, she is planning to sell her condo and move to her daughter's city in Florida, so that she can be near her grandchildren, so her condo is up for sale, her realtor said I have someone who is interested in looking at your cndo, but she has very bad allergies so you will need to take all of these candles and potpourri out to the garage, so that she can walk through, so my aunt said sure no problem, mind you her house is decorated for Christmas.....So she gets her candles and potpourri all stored in the garage, and the womens's daughters come by first and walk through and said nope way too much scent still in here, can you please open your windows for a few hours and air out your house? Mind you we live in a climate that is cold right now, but my Aunt says sure no problem-so she does, and then the realtor and the daughters come back over and said, well my mom is not going to come until tomorrow because she wants to make sure there are no scents in this house when she walks through........My aunt was so frustrated and angry!!!!!!!!Now mind you her condo is small-two bedroowm and two baths and a living room and kitchen, it takes all of 7 or 8 minutes to do a walk through!!!!!!!isn't that crazy??? Have you ever heard of anything so crazy???I understand having bad allergies to pets and certain smells, but geeze what more could my aunt do?

[jackthebear]

If your Aunt is lucky this person won't want to buy, will be pickly picky buyer and want all kinds of concessions.

No advice,  what does the listing agent say?

[Isobel Archer]

Personally, I'd say she's done enough.  I'd shut the windows.  If she wants she can open them just before the walk through - altho then the woman will probably complain that the heating system doesn't seem to be working.

This woman doesn't sound serious - and even if she is - there will probably be more demands.  It may be better to wait for another potential buyer.

Just my two cents.

[itsmagic]

I think your aunt has done enough too and should tell her realtor that. I agree with @jackthebear - this potential buyer sounds too picky and will only cause problems down the line. 

[Reba055]

My advice to the "potential" buyer:  Bye-Bye!!

[silkyk]

I would be very careful if she wants you to leave the windows open at night...perhaps she has a relative that want to come on over and "walk through" the condo at midnight.

[curlywhitedog]

I was a realtor for over 30 years and never, ever encountered this kind of situation but I'd say your aunt has done enough, and then some.

My suggestion would be for the woman to invest in a mask that she can wear, perhaps something that filters out the scents but first, before I did one thing to accommodate her, I'd make sure she saw pictures in advance to give her an idea of whether or not she'd even like to see things in person.

I think this buyer's requests have gone way beyond the pale.

Maria

[zanna]

I think the potential buyer has been watching too much HGTV.

[jackthebear]

@Isobel Archer   good user name

[CANDLEQUEEN]

I agree with all of you, but my Aunt is so desperate to sell, so that she can move to Florida that she did all of this, now the woman has walked through and guess what-not one word from her!!!!!!!!I told her you are a nicer person than I........It was just so ridiculous because if you could see my Aunt's house, you would think you were ina model home-that's how clean and neutral it is...My aunt watched a lot of HGTV and she staged her house to all neautral colors and tones and it is super clean, but she does love her candles and potpourri-especially this time of year.....The woman wouldn't even look in the garage because my aunt stored all of her scented products in there.......What a waste of time for her!!!!!