🌻🌷 **Garden Dream to Selling Snafu: A Homeowner’s Tale** 🌷🌻
Meet Sue Libertiny, the avid gardener behind ‘Garden Moxie’, who dedicated 20 long years and a hefty sum to cultivate her dream garden. Inspired by iconic English landscapes like the one at Sissinghurst, she poured her heart into every bloom, hoping her labour of love would captivate future home buyers!
But when Sue tried selling her lovely Michigan home, she hit an unexpected snag. Despite the garden’s summertime glory, potential buyers were more daunted than delighted. Feedback revealed a surprising pattern: most saw her meticulously crafted paradise not as a selling point, but as “too much work”! 😲
Sue reminisced about her excitement: “The flowering trees were blooming beautifully and everything seemed perfect.” To her dismay, first-time buyers were spooked by the thought of maintaining it, despite its mature perennials requiring just occasional pruning and weeding.
The house lingered on the market while neighbours’ homes sold like hotcakes. Sue candidly shared, “I never thought my prized garden would become a sticking point. The fantasy was a feature-worthy gem, but reality saw it as a monstrous upkeep.”
Now, Sue’s diving into a new gardening adventure elsewhere, leaving behind a lesson for fellow garden lovers: sometimes, the splendour we cherish may be perceived as a burden by others! 🌿✨
Has your garden ever hindered or helped your property journey? Share your thoughts below! 👇💬 #GardenGoals #PropertyMarketWoes #HomeSellingJourney