Goomba > wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>
> > When I was selling my condo a year ago - my real estate agent told
> > me to put my dish drainer/rack away.
> > I had a dishwasher, but I also did a lot of dishes by hand.
> >
> > I always keep the drainer out. I know some people put theirs away
> > -but mine is always right next to the sink.
>
> I have a small drainer that fits down into the second sink and
> anything that gets hand washed goes in to that sink to drain and dry.
> I hate the look of messy plastic dish drainers out on top of
> counters, nor would I want to lose the usable counter space to one.
> I think your Realtor knows what people expect and how they interpret
> things.

I have a similar drainer (fits in the 2nd sink). Still, I don't agree with
Tracy's realtor that people with dishwashers don't wash dishes by hand.
Maybe the realtor doesn't (or doesn't cook), but most people I know wash
pots & pans and at least their good knives by hand.

Harking back to HGTV (yes, I watch it a lot! LOL), on 'Designed to Sell'
they tell you to get stuff off your kitchen counters, even the microwave if
possible. They're engaged in "staging" to make the property appeal to all
potential buyers. They make people get all the kids toys off the living
room floor, for example. (What ever happened to toy boxes?!) They rearrange
furniture to highlight features in the room, such as the fireplace if there
is one. Stuff like that. But seeing a dish rack on a counter wouldn't be a
deal breaker for me. I can easily imagine the space without it!

Jill