Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 2Apr 25, 2010 4:31 pm I think one of the best things you can do is open up all the doors and windows to let as much fresh air in as possible. Don't cook things like curry or spag bol, or anything with a strong smell the night before either. Sometimes no smell is better than trying to cover one smell with another. Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 3Apr 25, 2010 4:33 pm Vanilla fridge spray wins my vote. I still use it after cleaning, just spray on and wipe off vanity and kitchen benchtops. You can even spray a bit in the corners of rooms, although I'd be careful with light-coloured carpets and fabrics. I also tested a few of those plug-in fragrance air freshener things, and found a couple that I like. The Air Wick vanilla and orchid was my favourite. I read some research ages ago that showed that vanilla makes people feel happy and relaxed - I figured that has to be a good thing when you want them to like your house. Vanilla scented candles are nice too, as long as they're not the cheap and nasty kind; but if you're not going to be home, you might not want to leave candles burning. Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 4Apr 25, 2010 6:50 pm Just fresh, well aired and fragrance free is the most plesant and attractive home. I have just dragged myself through 8 open houses this weekend and I was a bit taken aback by the very obvious and cheesy attempts people had used to create the perfect smell. One home in particular had the strongest scent of brewed coffee and one of those 5min bake at home breads still cooling in the oven. A lot of effrot and yet the home was quite messy, the walls were kinda grubby and the walk in wardrobe smelled like a sweat locker. They had open books ****** around and a pile of soiled undies soaking in the laundry sink. It made me feel like a home intruder, like I had snuck in while the owners were mid meal and any second they were going to catch me sneaking through their house. A second beautifully presented home was overpowering with the scent of vanilla candles burning in every room. By room 5 I was starting to wonder if they were conceling a dead body in the basement. I have a friend who insists on replacing all of the bed pillows in her house during open homes because she believes that pillows are the thing that smell most strongly of their owners with an added extra swetty drooly smell. Ewww . Interesting thought though Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 5Apr 25, 2010 7:06 pm misskittyfantastico Just fresh, well aired and fragrance free is the most plesant and attractive home. I have just dragged myself through 8 open houses this weekend and I was a bit taken aback by the very obvious and cheesy attempts people had used to create the perfect smell. Agree. I also go to many many open inspections (my job) and seriously, fresh air is the best smell. Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 6Apr 25, 2010 7:08 pm Ha ha I was one of those people who always had coffee percolating away, as well as fresh flowers on both dining tables and a huge big drooling-ly gorgeous cake in a glass cake dome when we were selling our home. We also put the water features on and made sure there was a kid's movie playing in the home theatre. House sold within 6 days for the full asking price. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 7Apr 25, 2010 8:13 pm and I bet your house was pretty much spotless or at least very tidy Kyton. I can't see any point in making a house smell overwhelmingly "pretty" or even slightly nice if the house looks like a tip. I have to admit I was guilty of the coffee brewing but then I also drank it heaps during the home opens. and I did the vanilla wipe inside cupboards and along benchtops in the kitchen. That was it. No other smells or scents. Thgough there was a big bowl of fresh fruit on the table. Music playing softly all lights on, patio roof scrubbed, house spotless, windows washed gardens looking nicer than they'd looked in forever, decluttered to the max but still liveable. etc etc. Turned out to be a bit pointless as the girl next door waited until we'd moved and came and inspected and made an offer. Ours wasn;t a typical time to sell just before Christmas but that was when we had to do it. But if I was selling again I'd do it all over again,. hmm cake yummo. trouble is we'd have eaten it every day after the home open. It would have meant a lot of a baking or buying of cake Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 8Apr 25, 2010 8:19 pm kyton Ha ha I was one of those people who always had coffee percolating away, as well as fresh flowers on both dining tables and a huge big drooling-ly gorgeous cake in a glass cake dome when we were selling our home. We also put the water features on and made sure there was a kid's movie playing in the home theatre. House sold within 6 days for the full asking price. Ours too, kyton.... complete with stacked towels tied with ribbon in the bathrooms, big vases of flowers everywhere, bowl on the kitchen bench piled high with fresh fruit, Norah Jones playing softly on the stereo, classical guitar and sheet music "casually" arranged, wine glasses on the table near the barbecue, the works. Wish I'd thought of the cake. Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 9May 03, 2010 6:33 pm LOL thanks everyone I always open the windows every morning and will shut them just before I leave. I hear you on the cooking smells. I do have one of those reed diffusers I was thinking of using. With 3 kids some of the things I would like to do are too hard but the house is always decluttered and spotless so are the windows are gardens and all laundry is taken with us when we go. It is open next weekend. Pics are being taken tomorrow EEK I cant believe it is actually happening Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 10May 03, 2010 7:37 pm Good luck Penny I'm sure they'll be gorgeous. Hope you sell quickly and get a great price Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 11May 03, 2010 7:43 pm There are three positive smells that shoppers find attractive. Citrus Coffee Fresh baked bread etc. Those fragrances are used in ways you would be surprised with. Use them in your home and get the benefit. A small bowl of slightly crushed Citrus leaves in places that may otherwise be smelly like dunnys and maybe a few cupboards. Bread in the kitchen and a hot coffee pot on the go. Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 12May 03, 2010 10:10 pm Hi have to agree with the fresh air we opened all our windows before an inspection, fresh towels in the bathroom, fresh fruit and flower on display, as much natural light as possible, load the dirty laundry in the car in hide before inspections, clean all toilets. Bi carb and vinigar followed by hot water down the drains takes away any musty smells, and citrus skins down the garbage disposal freshens the kitchen. Avoid the air freshener as there are a lot of people who have alergic recations to them I find with many of them I start sneezing and get head aches thats not the impression you want to leave on buyers. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: How to make your home smell nice for inspections 13May 05, 2010 5:11 pm I LOVE my woodwick candles. 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