Real Estate in Barrington & The Northwest Suburbs: For Your Illinois Realtors Sake - Please Fix Your Sticky Door Lock

As Realtors we tell you to keep your listed house clean and tidy. If you don't know by now it's, curb appeal, location, price. A well presented and positioned house in the market will attract buyers and bring you an offer, maybe two.

As a buyers agent I show a lot of homes. Most of the time the listing agent has a key available in the lock-box for me to open your door and show my buyers your home. What could be easier? For me it makes my scheduling simpler, I don't have to stick to an exact time, for the seller it's important to know our lock boxes are indestructible, so your home is safe.

Time after time I get to a property and then have to deal with sticky locks. The key won't turn,  I'm supposed to pull the door to turn a key, or push or lift. You might look at me and wonder what the fuss is all about, all I have to do is........turn left, turn right, lift up, push down etc. etc. Well it's easy for you to say, you know what to do to get your sticky lock to turn, but I don't.

So for your Illinois Realtors sake, if you are going to list your home for sale, please fix a sticky lock. It's also worth the little extra effort to make sure your door is easy to open and close. If you have one of those more complex locks, tape the locking instructions to the inside of the door where I can see it. Then I'll be sure to lock your door nice and tight. Make it easy for me to open and lock. I will truly appreciate it.