I've shown several homes lately where the air conditioning was either off or was set so high that it achieved the same effect. This is an incredibly bad idea for many reasons! Let's talk about a couple.

First of all, many potential buyers will wonder what's wrong with the air conditioning system. Sellers will say, they have the opportunity to check that when they do the home inspection and they'll find out then that the air conditioning is fine. That strategy might work if your home is the only one for sale! But when there are dozens more that are very similar and where the air conditioning is actually cooling the house, they're just going to keep going!

Secondly, you want potential buyers to linger in your house so they can fall in love with it. No one lingers in a hot, humid house on a day when the outside temperature is above 90 and the inside feels like a sauna! They are NEVER going to fall in love with your house under those conditions! They'll rush through and breathe a sigh of relief when they can head to the next house where the air condition is actually ON!

And, if you need another reason, it's not good for your house! Now, if you're just out for the day and have turned the a/c way up, no problem. But if your house is vacant, as many of them are right now, running the air conditioning is helping to take the moisture out of the air and prevent the growth of mold and mildew. Believe me, that's very important when you're not there scrubbing things down on a regular basis.

I'm sure there are other reasons as well, but I'm hoping these are enough to convince you. Turn that air conditioning on and/or up!

And this winter, keep it warm in there!