When a home gets stuck and doesn’t sell,  so many times its just ONE idea, not two or three, is needed to solve the problem  For this home it was loud noise nothing more and nothing less. I bought a plane ticket to St Louis, Mo and made a surprise visit to the Corporate Relocation office who sent me the selling listing.  It was an out of town executive move and the home was vacant.  Corporations don’t like to spend money needlessly so it took some bravery when I showed up at their office and asked for $10,000 – it would be $30,000 plus today – to totally rethink the back yard landscaping.  I asked for ten evergreen trees to hide the visible traffic whizzing by plus some extra low cost changes. I was immediately told no re the $10,000. I made a surprising offer of my own money for the relocation professional to enjoy a visit to Denver and see the home for herself. That culminated in a yes answer and enough money to solve the problem.

: The minute the relocation professional walked out on the deck I heard  her say “you can have the $10,000”.  There were a lot of details to the new landscaping plan and I recruited the  workers to make it happen.  It happened fast and was beautifully transformative for a totally new feel of the back yard which allowed the five physical senses to engage, including the sense of sight for  the sensational mountain view.  The ‘sense of taste’ would be for new owners to have a nice steak or some  burgers that would be enjoyable to grill out on the huge wraparound deck. Even the sense of smell was at work – that special scent you get on a mountain hike when you catch the unmistakable smell of evergreen trees. Note:  Homebuyers use all their senses.