Do Smells Make A Difference When You Buy A House?

July 26th, 2007 categories: Down to Earth Information, Real Estate News

Noses Since I want this blog to be a resource for people that don’t know Kuna very well, I thought this would be an important topic to cover.

Yes, we know smell does make a big difference when trying to sell your home. “A house that smells will never sell” is not entirely true, but it does turn off lots of buyers and can account for lower offers coming in.

I have a very sensitive nose and really love my sense of smell, most of the time. I always equate a smell to a memory. Since I grew up with lots of wonderful childhood memories, most smells, conjure up great feelings.

So do smells from the community make a difference when you buy?

To some people it does! That is something you have to know about yourself.

There are lots of “smells” in Kuna. As a manner of fact, that is something I hear often from the city folks, Kuna has some smells to deal with. This is my list, may it bring good vibes to your nose.

1) Cows: We do have some dairy farms in the surrounding countryside. There is a dairy farm across the street from the high school. I’m sure that thrills the students when a rival school team arrives on campus.

2) Horses: Entirely different from cows. Probably because horses are related to more fun activities than cows are.

3) Mint: Especially when they are harvesting

4) Hay: Different smells at different stages of growth, and we have lots of hay fields.

5) Corn: Smells are only during tasseling time, wish there was more of that smell (you can tell I’m from the Midwest)

6) Dryness: How does that smell? Well you’ll just have to be here to experience that. But it does smell, maybe it is dirt I’m smelling.

7) Styrene: What? Unfortunately we do have a manufacturing plant in Kuna that emits this in low quantities, but you can still smell it in certain subdivisions in Kuna.(Ask your Realtor)

If smells are important to your quality of life, I suggest you do your house hunting just about dusk with the car windows down. That is when those smells start to waver in. Personally, I love the smell of a country town.

Tags: Kuna+Idaho, smells