Underbelly to the Beast: Beyond Curb Appeal
The point is that most houses are what realtors call used resale homes–the operative word being used.
Case in point: the 🐱cat hotel pictured above. It keeps Keillor on the left and Orbison–who likes her half in the middle–nice and dry. ☔️
Plus the darling red tiles and stylish gambrel roof make for much much adorableness. As realtors say it: 🏡 it has curb appeal.
Yet there are issues: a floor board on the lower level needs nails 🔨and there’s a wobbly upper platform 🔩 these meows have lived with for ages.
So the question is, do the wonky deck and floor board tarnish the cat hotel’s charm to the point at which it’s a poor investment? 💵
In short, it’s true that freshly painted homes and cleaned up gardens put a spring in our collective step–and can be a great purchase.
That said, 👩🦳 🧑🏽🦳 our grandmothers would have us look carefully beyond curb appeal to the underbelly of the beast 🐲 and insure that over time the larger package will make good sense.