For Sale: Studio Condo 473 Sq. Ft.

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Our realtor tells us we should make room in our house so interested buyers can have the room to imagine their lives in this space rather than just ours.

 Gentle Readers, potential buyers will just have to have excellent imaginations.

 Oh, to be sure, we are packing as much as we can. We rented a storage unit about the size of our living room, and we keep adding to it car load by car load. 

 But still, we're a little tight on space and as much as we will love the person who decides to pay our price, we don't have any room to accommodate their imagination in our square footage.

 Well, with one exception... we have decided to move out the pet snake. A reptile such as this could potentially swallow whole many a potential buyer's imagination.

 Meanwhile, we've been working on some phrasing to use in the property listing. Some of my favorites include:

 1) A bathroom as big as a kitchen!
2) The closets, cupboards, and pantry are all ready to showcase your unique style in the doors or coverings of your choosing.
3) Spacious great room accommodates 3+ rooms in one!
4) Environmentally friendly kitchen maximizes economy of movement.
5) Bedroom closets so big, you'll wish you had more people to share them with.
6) Generous porch adds 30% to your square footage.
7) Charming family home nestled on (soon to be) quiet culdesac.

 So, any takers? If you're interested, we'll even take out the diaper trash and the dirty laundry before your walk-through... you know, so as to leave more to your imagination.

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