Relative Something

We have entered the 4th calendar month with our house on the market. The house has received a fair amount of interest, and the majority of feedback has been positive, but there is one feature that has been repeatedly panned: lack of yard. It’s ironic that it ends up being the lack of a yard that has kept people from wanting our house. I have worked to progressively replace the grass on our lot for virtually the entire time we have been here.

To be fair, it isn’t just the changes I have made. A large part of it is that we are on a corner lot, where the back of our property is very short, and abuts the side of our neighbor’s garage. Add to that, the fact I have largely eliminated what little grass there was, and the young families that might be interested in our property don’t see any space for their little ones to play. Space like we had for our kids to crawl, picnic, and play in a sandbox and swing set.

The changes I have made over the years, could turn out to be more costly than I imagined, when I was focusing on burning less gasoline, creating less noise pollution, and reducing the need to water and fertilize in order to keep grass healthy.

That little grass patch is what is left in the front yard by the driveway today.

Not much grass to mow here.

I feel that the landscape around our house is one of the finest features, and not a flaw. I recently pointed this out to our realtor and asked that we market it this way, to let buyers better know, in advance, what they will find, hoping to avoid disappointment. It appears my yearnings to have a different kind of yard have narrowed the field of potential buyers.

I am left with the challenge of needing to find people who sees things the way I do. Uh oh. Is that possible?