Coffee

[vernonk]

Can anyone recommend a coffee making machine that emits a lovely strong smell of coffee. I need it to help sell my home!

[Jennykenny]

People are wise to that nowadays. Much cheaper is to spray some furniture polish into the air just before the buyers arrive. Makes them think that you take care of your house.

[rockyracoon]

I agree with Jenny, a strong smell of coffee wouldn't make me want to buy a house but a lovely clean smell might be welcome. I mix Zoflora with some water in a sprayer and squirt the curtains, carpets, cushions and any other soft furnishings.

[sandyRoe]

How could a vendor get the aroma of freshly baked bread without going to all the trouble of baking?

[grasscarp]

Once we went to view a house and a childrens party was in progress. We stood in the back bedroom looking out as rain lashed down in the back garden. The harassed owner snapped at the estate agent who tried to speak to her "thats why I employed you ..." and rushed out. We bought the house and stayed there for 25 years. If the house is what someone wants I think they will go for it with or without various aromas!

[rockyracoon]

Sorry, to answer your question, what about a cafetiere or one of those italian coffee pots that go on the hob, I'm sure you'd get a decent smell of coffee out of them. Maybe grind some coffee beans, though I'm not sure if they'll smell though.

[Mosaic]

There's a world of difference between a scent of something on fresh air, and powerful scents introduced to mask an underlying whiffiness. If it's the latter, nothing really works. Derren Brown summed bathroom air fresheners up thusly: floral on vocals, sh 1t on drums n bass.
Mop your kitchen floor with zoflora, tip a little down the waste, and you'll have freshness and cleanliness. I'm sure you have the latter anyway.

[Postdog]

They will either want to buy or not, no matter what you do. Best thing is be clean, tidy, and clutter free.

[boxtops]

I'd be put off if a house stank of coffee, I don't like coffee. Far better to have a fresh smell, or no smell at all.

[ummmm]

It's more important to have the house as clutter free as possible.

[boxtops]

Better not sell mine yet, then, ummmm :-)

[vodkancoke]

Switch your oven on until it is hot, pour a few drops of vanilla extract on a baking tray, switch it off and the smell around the house is lush! Much nicer smell than coffee!

[woofgang]

If I walked into a house now and it smelt of coffee or bread or any of the "suggested" smells, I would wonder what was being hidden. and I LOATH the smell of vanilla.

[ummmm]

lol.....I just hide everything :-)

My son is always amazed when he asks where something is and I say 'I think it's in so&so cupboard' he wonders how I remember.

[snags]

I agree with grasscarp's last sentence. However, if you really want to test the buyer's interest, closing all windows and doors and boiling a large pan of Brussel Sprouts for an hour or so should do it :-)

[ummmm]

I like the smell of dettol...

[heathfield]

Why look for a machine to produce the smell of coffee? Just boil a panful of water, throw in some coffee grounds, (continental roast might be best) and let it simmer for a while.

[jno]

much as I love the smell of fresh fried chips with vinegar, there's no way it would make me want to buy a home that smelt of it.

[woofgang]

We looked at a house once that smelt of the most delicious curry. The trouble was it was 9am, not lunchtime.......

[askyourgran]

We've just had a prospective buyer looking around here today she said she'd looked at some really messy houses where the owners haven't bothered to clean up. She also said the she was always suspicious of people leaving all the windows open. she reckoned to mask bad smells drains, damp etc. I had shoved stuff in cupboards, de-cluttering until she'd gone, warning OH not to open cupboard doors.