Two weeks of working the full time job. Then going home to work on projects you've been putting off. It's not as fun as it sounds.
My wife and I made the decision to buy a new(er) house this summer. We had put together a list of what we thought our house needed to ensure a quick sale. Then had our realtor come through and give us her list. They were close in length. The biggest things on the list. Popcorn ceiling in the kitchen and the back bathtub surround.
I put together a schedule with a desired date of the 27th for listing. Plenty of time to get everything done. In the mean time we had been looking online at what was on the market trying to get an idea what we liked and didn't like as far as features go. Then we found it (mistake #1). One house in one of the neighborhoods we wanted to be in. Price was high but just listed. We drove by it a few days later (Mistake #2). Then my wife comes to me a few days later. They are having an open house next Sunday. We went (Mistake #3). Damnit if I didn't like it more now.
The price is to high at this point. So it was easy to ignore it. Then I get a Zillow App notification. Putting Zillow on your phone (Mistake #4). Price Drop. OK. Getting closer to the budget. By this time we are into our list of projects. Then the next update comes out. Price drop again. Zillow on phone still (Mistake #5). price drop another $5,000. Now it's cleared the budgeted ceiling I set. CRAP. Call the realtor to get schedule to walk through it with her. She agrees it is in great shape and doesn't see anything other than some paint touch up.
Well that lead to the last two weeks of scrambling to get the list done. Tonight we are going back through the house one last time before signing an offer on the house. It would have been a lot easier to just pay someone to do this for me. But that goes against my saying of, "why pay someone to do something that you are more than capable of doing."
So tonight I will finish assembling the last frame I'm building for the mirrors we cut down and putting that in place while the Mrs. finishes touching up some paint. Then the deep clean begins. The storage space has been rented to stick all the unwanted items to prepare our house for showings.
I'm sure the stress of getting the house ready to sell is going to be less than that of waiting on a solid offer in a timely fashion. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
My wife and I made the decision to buy a new(er) house this summer. We had put together a list of what we thought our house needed to ensure a quick sale. Then had our realtor come through and give us her list. They were close in length. The biggest things on the list. Popcorn ceiling in the kitchen and the back bathtub surround.
I put together a schedule with a desired date of the 27th for listing. Plenty of time to get everything done. In the mean time we had been looking online at what was on the market trying to get an idea what we liked and didn't like as far as features go. Then we found it (mistake #1). One house in one of the neighborhoods we wanted to be in. Price was high but just listed. We drove by it a few days later (Mistake #2). Then my wife comes to me a few days later. They are having an open house next Sunday. We went (Mistake #3). Damnit if I didn't like it more now.
The price is to high at this point. So it was easy to ignore it. Then I get a Zillow App notification. Putting Zillow on your phone (Mistake #4). Price Drop. OK. Getting closer to the budget. By this time we are into our list of projects. Then the next update comes out. Price drop again. Zillow on phone still (Mistake #5). price drop another $5,000. Now it's cleared the budgeted ceiling I set. CRAP. Call the realtor to get schedule to walk through it with her. She agrees it is in great shape and doesn't see anything other than some paint touch up.
Well that lead to the last two weeks of scrambling to get the list done. Tonight we are going back through the house one last time before signing an offer on the house. It would have been a lot easier to just pay someone to do this for me. But that goes against my saying of, "why pay someone to do something that you are more than capable of doing."
So tonight I will finish assembling the last frame I'm building for the mirrors we cut down and putting that in place while the Mrs. finishes touching up some paint. Then the deep clean begins. The storage space has been rented to stick all the unwanted items to prepare our house for showings.
I'm sure the stress of getting the house ready to sell is going to be less than that of waiting on a solid offer in a timely fashion. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
