Sell your house with - Candles

This week I walked into a condo in Hawaii Kai and the first thing we all noticed was the wonderful aroma of burning candles. The owner must have been burning them for hours to fill the house with such a nice scent. From that moment on we all had a nice pleasant time looking around her tastefully decorated home.

The thing is, this condo was right on Lunaluli Home Road, one of the busiest streets in Hawaii Kai. But my client barely noticed. The nice scent of the candles, which she said were from Pier 1, gave us a nice warm feeling as we looked around. (by the way, yes we have Pier 1 imports in Honolulu, it's right in Ward Center.)

If you can be home around the time of your showing, burn some candles to make buyers feel soothed, relaxed. One thing I really don't like is the smell of almost every air freshener. For some reason they tend to smell very chemical, like a cleaner. Now, most people like the smell of a clean house, and what they're smelling is probably some kind of cleaner.

While cleaners tend to smell ok, (not great) the air fresheners that you can buy for a couple bucks and plug in or spray seem to be less pleasant. One exception I have found is Fabreeze. I like the smell of it, but I don't know if most people do. Go with some nice candles (not cheap ones, they're cheap for a reason) and you'll be sure to give a good first impression.