The Floor Plan Or Layout Of Your House Can Make Or Break The Sale

If a buyer is buying over $400K, or even over $300K, the layout of the home becomes very important to them.  That is not to say that it is unimportant for a $200K buyer -- but someone buying a more expensive home oftentimes plans to stay in it for a longer time frame.

If not the #1 feedback, then perhaps the #2 feedback I receive from showings of homes priced over $400K is that the layout just didn't work for the buyers....

• They wanted another bedroom here, instead of there. 
   
  
• They wanted a more open floor plan. 
   
  
• They wanted more of a formal dining room. 
   
  
• They wanted a more spacious basement. 
   
  
• This room is a bit too big. 
   
  
• That room is a bit too small. 
   
  
• They don't like how close this room is (or is not) to that room. 
   
  
• And on and on.

Frustratingly, the layout is something that is hard (nearly impossible) for a seller to change in order to appeal to a wider segment of buyers.  Thus, if your home has a layout that continues to not work for buyer after buyer, you must either wait (and potentially wait and wait and wait) for the buyer who loves that layout -- or adjust the list price to make the house (even with its layout) more appealing to more buyers.