12 Things Real Estate Agents Avoid in Their Own Homes

Barn Doors on Bathrooms

“Country chic has its place,” says Rob South, an agent with RE/MAX Real Estate in Lansing, Michigan. “But barn doors need to stay on the barn.

“These plank-board slabs are hung from a pair of pulleys an inch or more off the wall. Because of that, they have a gap all the way around that can’t fully be closed. So they are pretty bad at providing some of the basic functions of an actual door, like privacy. Put one on your bathroom and everyone in the home will know your business.”