I left the TV on while I went off to work on finishing up the bathroom plumbing today. TLC was having a ‘Property Ladder’ marathon or something and I caught pieces of a few episodes. ((((…shudder…))))

I have seen shingles that have been ‘laced’ in the valleys. I’m not sure if this is what you are talking about, I suspect not. Roofers have many styles when it comes to valleys. Some cut a good few inches to reveal the aluminum flashing underneath, some simply make a cut leaving almost no room between the adjacent planes.
My realtor says that not very often homes sell at open houses and that sellers generally have more luck at individual showings. I don’t know if this is true. Maybe she’s just lazy and doesn’t want to have showings for my house!!!!

I dont understand your comment on how the roofers finished out the valley. Can you explain better how it was done?

I just sold my house, and the open house we had was useless. Hardly anyone showed up. But we had plenty of individual showings and it sold within two weeks of putting a sign in the yard.
Now that I’m looking for a new house, I can’t stand it when someone has done a really cheap remodel just to sell the property. We looked at a house with gorgeous granite counter tops, but the cheapest, most poory built cabinets ever. And apparently it’s not easy to pull out the granite, get new cabinets, then put the granite back down. That’s mainly why we didn’t buy the house.

Norton, it’s hard to describe, a picture would be much better. These are asphault shingles and you can see the top edge of many of them. I’m sure that’s a no-no.
LLW, I forgot to say it’s all about the square footage AND the granite counter tops. That was the only other factor on the appraisal of our remodel. So the bank may have been a facor in putting pricy countertops on cheap cabinets.

Our neighborhood is “flip central” too and I have to say that when we were looking (5 years ago) a lot of them were so shoddily done that I can’t imagine buying them. You’d have to do them all over again. Are people really that gullible (throw down a piece of linoleum and it’s a “new house”?). Maybe it’s a good sideline job for housebloggers to educate them.

My good friend the realtor says open houses are all about 1. nosy neighbors and other types who aren’t looking to buy that house and 2. realtors looking to meet other potential customers. Anyone who’s serious about buying is coming through with their agent.