When selling a home, pets can be an issue. We love our pets, but will a potential owner love the stains on the carpet or the odor from the litter box as they are looking at your home? NO!
People seem to have a difficult time knowing where or where not to put the cat litter box. Here are all the places I have seen the litter box and I highly recommend NOT putting them there.
1) The litter box was in the master bathroom. The bathroom was so small that the person using the toilet would have to straddle the box.
2) The litter box was in the laundry room, on top of the washing machine (so it is eye and/or nose level).
3) The litter box was in the master closet, where there is carpet. The kitty litter was scattered all over the carpet.
4) The litter box was in the corner of the pantry (the thought of this, still grosses me out).
5) A client had put a kitty door in one of their cabinet doors in the family room. When I looked inside the cabinet, I found the litter box.
6) I have seen a litter box in the kitchen. I had one client who positioned the box within 4 feet of the kitchen table, (ick!)
7) I have seen the litter box in a child’s bedroom.
8) I have seen the litter box in the main floor ½ bathroom (not a great impression for visitors).
So what is the best place to keep the litter box when showing a house? Well, if it is possible, it is always best to clear out the pets, their paraphernalia and any signs that they ever lived in your home! It may be difficult, but not everyone is a pet-lover, and
Staging is all about making a home appeal to the broadest demographic.
…and if you need to keep a litter box and little fluffy at the house, remember to keep the box meticulously clean and discretely tucked away in a basement or garage. When it comes to pets and
Staging… “out of sight, out of mind!”
