We are trying to sell our home in Renton Washington. Our home is only three years old. It is a tudor style home with a stucco exterior. The dimensions of our home are deceiving from the outside. How do I get people to want to come in and view my home?

I'm not a listing agent, but I would make sure you have the sqaure footage in your listing and try to get an angle shot of the exterior.

I agree with Charming regarding angle shots. My house also has a deceivingly small exterior appearance if you're looking at it "dead on", people are often caught off guard once inside. However, if a picture were taken at an angle it would give a person a better idea of possible sq.footage.

Make sure your agent is putting multiple photos on realtor.com to give people a varied perspective. Also ask them to put the square footage in the description as well as appropriate comments such as "loads of storage space", "walk in closets", "King-size MBR", etc.

Also, you could see if your realtor could put up a rider on the sign that says something like, "4 bed/3 bath" - so the drive-bys have an indication that it is bigger than it looks from the outside.

We have exactly the same problem - You know how they have those "I'm gorgeous" signs attached to the For Sale Sign - I'm seriously thinking of asking the realtor if we can have a sign made up that says something like "Very Spacious Inside" - everyone is always surprised how large our house is once they come inside.

Good luck selling your Tudor.

Our house was like that too... our agent listed it as Loads of space and DEFINITELY NOT A DRIVE BY

My step-daughter and her husband bought a house like that. It's like some kind of magic tent - looks fairly small on the outside, but you could practically get lost inside!!!

Our house is like that too, somewhat, because it goes straight back. I'd suggest working at getting some good angle pics, also, have you checked out the satellite view of your house? You can really see the size of ours in that view Maybe do a screenshot of that and include it with your pics?

Our house is like that too, from the street you would swear it's a tiny house (it's a cape) but once inside it's fairly large especially with the 17 x 13 cathedral ceiling office at the back of the house (original intended as a master bedroom but we use it as an office and use the second master bedroom upstairs as our bedroom). I never would have considered looking at our house when it was for sale had I not seen photos of the house from the front, back and side as well as seen the sq footage listed in the listing.

Why don't you have the realtor put the sq. ftg. on a rider sign. Also. on the flyer in the flyer box....go heavy on the sq. ftg. verbage.

Angela,
Could you post a picture of your home here? There are some visual tricks to give your home a larger look from the street. Be sure to remove or significantly trim any bushes or trees that obstruct the view of your house from the street. For my parents home (who also live in the Renton area) I added a large arbor leading up to the front door and planted roses on either side of the walk leading up to the front door. Good Luck!

A picture is worth a thousand words. Landscaping tricks can make a small looking frontal exterior look larger.

If you are into signage and you have lots of square footage and the house looks like it is a shoe box from the front, then plaster the square footage out front on the sign!

Curb appeal is everything. Include pictures of the home from the curb. Give us a virtual tour of the interior for input tips that may help you sell.

I currently live in a rental condo at the backside of a neighborhood. The little house next to the condos always looked very tiny and nondescript. Yesterday when I took my laundry down to the laundryroom, I decided to explore the grounds. I spied the lady next door. Her back yard had blue bird boxes and I saw blue birds flying about catching insects. She was busy tending her flower beds. I walked farther away so it would not appear that I was spying on her should she happen to stand up. I peered at the house. The tiny front was deceitful. The house was huge and extended deep within the lot. There was a covered, attractive patio. As I studied the windows on the rear of the home, I tried to imagine what rooms were behind the windows.

Point is, yes, potential buyers may drive by because the house looks small from the front. Put the sign out front that states the SF. I never thought about it until now, the condo neighbor may also have a finished basement that could add another bunches of SF.

Remember, you can't judge a book by it's cover? That's why they have book jackets. Flip open the cover and read a synopsis.

Make sure that front yard is absolutely delicious. Even if you have to hire a landscaper.

A picture of interior photos could provide additional input for members to comment and help you get your property moving. You can post at www.photobucket.com or other and post the link here. If you already have a virtual tour on a realtor's site, post the link here.

One of our local realtors has a sign that hangs beneath the "For Sale" sign, that says "Must See Interior" and it gets me interested every time I see it, even though I'm not househunting.