On 4/26/2017 11:20 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 10:20:31 AM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote:
My neighbor is selling his house. He has a wood shop in his basement, maybe
15 x 25. Table saw, jointer, planer, bandsaw, a couple of workbenches, etc.
The shop is at ground level, with a door to the back yard. Some pretty nice
stuff has come out that shop.

The rest of the basement is unfinished, basically one large room with the
furnace, water heater, washer, dryer and some storage shelves. Oh yeah,
there's a shower stall bathroom in the corner. The basement can be accessed
by stairs from the kitchen or through the shop. They are 2 separate spaces.
It's sloped lot, allowing for a walk-out basement in the rear for the shop.

His realtor has told him that he should empty the shop before showing the
house, so he has moved all of his equipment and material to storage until
his new house is ready.

What are your thoughts? Would you have left the shop as staging or emptied
the room like the realtor suggested? I know we are biased, so maybe we aren't
the right people to ask. ;-) If staging bedrooms and kitchens is all the
rage these days, why not stage a shop?

So, at the suggestion of his realtor, my neighbor emptied his woodworking
shop. He left a large rolling toolbox, a wet-dry vac, some boxes and paint
cans and other assorted odds and ends.

The only pictures of the basement are of the room that used to be his shop.
The main basement, with the washer, dryer, furnace, water heater, etc. is
not included in the listing pictures.

https://photos.zillowstatic.com/p_f/...1000000000.jpg
https://photos.zillowstatic.com/p_f/...1000000000.jpg

The listing includes the words:

WALKOUT BSMNT FEATURES GLASS BLK WNDWS, FBA, & LARGE SHOP W/LOTS OF ELECT!

So much for letting potential buyers use their imagination as to what the
room could be used for. ;-)


Nice size for a shop but if they don't show the rest it looks small
overall. It would be more attractive had he put some rock up on the
ceiling and would have brightened his shop.