Evening Open Houses
On Thursday, I held an open house for a 3 bedroom townhouse off of Keller Ridge Drive (201 Condor Place for $595,000). I normally hold open houses for new listings on Thursdays from 3pm to 7pm because it is a great time for the neighborhood to view the property on their way home from work. Many people leave Clayton for the weekend and this timeframe allows them to see the property before their trip.
At any rate, this is the first time I had less than 10 people visit on a Thursday. I determined this to be the reason: Oakhurst neighbors visit open homes that are at least of equal or higher value. The higher in value, the more curious the neighbors. Since this property is one of the smaller ones in the area, it puts it at the bottom of the food chain, hence fewer local visitors.
An open house in Eagle Peak or Peacock Creek at Oakhurst, where home prices exceed $1 Million, normally gets up to 20 guests on a Thursday evening. Come to think about it, the majority of those visitors are from the Keller Ridge area. There’s no such thing as too much exposure though, so even if I get one visitor, you never know if they are going to be the “one.”