Still on the market

The in-laws house is still on the market. It's a nice enough house. It's on a corner lot. On a cul-de-sac. No homes behind them - a street runs behind their house. It's got 3 bedrooms. 1 3/4 baths. An office. A living/dining combo in front. Then the kitchen/breakfast nook/family room in the back.

A couple things might be messing up a quick sale. The listing for the house says it's a 4 bedroom 1 3/4 bath home. Their realtor is stating that the office is a bedroom. WRONG! There is no closet in there. So it's not a bedroom. Also, check out the photos below.

It's basically a panoramic view of their kitchen/nook/family room.

Can you say stuck in the 80s? Yes. They are PEACH vertical plastic blinds. With grey blue/peach toppers. I told the Hubs to tell his folks to change the window coverings. Get some of those inexpensive woven things. You know. Like they show on "Sell This House"? And did you notice how the barstool chairs, the breakfast table chair and the sofas have the same colors as the toppers?

I know that those peach blinds block a lot of light. And in the two extra bedrooms my MIL has some heavy curtains. I have no idea if they open up all the windows and turn on all the lights when they show the house.

It's a clean enough house. My MIL is a serious neat freak. It's something she holds up like it's sacred. But the house is so bland. Nothing stands out. With so many houses on the market like theirs in that area...they have to do something to make theirs stand out.

This past weekend? They had open house #5. That's right! FIVE open houses and not one offer. E-gads!