I had several people praying for a fast sale of our home. Well, we officially went 'on the market' on Thursday, by Sunday we had an offer on the table, and last night we signed our agreement of sale! How's that for fast?We still have some hairy details to wait on and settlement isn't until June, but praise God!
We are specifically praying now that our home will appraise for the sale amount. (which it is entirely possible it won't and then I think we will pull out of the sale). I go back and forth about being in a panic about it. During the day, I tell myself that God has it under control and that I have faith that it will go smoothly. But being the ever positive person that I am, never thinking of all that could go wrong, HA!--My dreams tell me how much anxiety I have over the sale I have. Last night, all of my fears played out in my dreams. I dreamt that the house didn't appraise, and Scott left me. LOL. Gotta love your subconscious.
But anyway, Thank you God for the first step being completed so quickly! Thank you for your continued blessings.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Well, What's Up?
Not much. I have been busy cleaning and cleaning. Then my Realtors came over and messed my house up, moving things around to take pictures, and then didn't put them back the right way. Which only annoyed me a little. Well, a more than a little. Especially when they moved the area rugs and disturbed the dirt that lived and bred underneath them. Same thing with my bed and nightstands. Stuff grows under there. I seriously vacuumed under and behind my bed, but these nasty dust bunnies multiply faster than a rate of real bunnies, and more appeared when they came, causing me embarrassment. But I digress.
We haven't done much but purge, clean, re-do, and move things to our storage unit for the last month or so. I haven't talked to people on the phone much or blogged, or do much of anything else and I'm tired. Phyicially tired.
The house 'should' be on the market today or tomorrow. Just waiting to hear from my realtor, who has mysteriously not called me back for a two days now...hmm. I'm a little anxious to see the pictures they took of our place to see if I even recognize it. I know they photo shop things for the Internet, so I'm interested to see what they did to make our house look sell able.
Yo, and Realtors are a funny bunch. Super positive about the house one second, then nit pick about the color of my throw rugs at the front and back doors. Really, you want me to buy a floor mat and lamp shade because they are the wrong color? Puh-lease. When we bought this house the deck was green with mold, the fence was falling down, the basement had no carpet and they listed it as a fourth bedroom, and the entire family was IN the house when we walked through it. Including this beast of a dog that smelled. But we looked past that and saw the gem we have come to call home. So you can look past the floor mats that may be a 'little dark', oh and the horrid red color on our hallway walls(which I didn't hate enough to ever paint), and our dark basement (which we painted dark to give us a cozy feeling and Scott's dream of a manly room, but whatev.) If you can't look past paint, then don't go house shopping. Granted, I know we bought in a crazy market where people would have bidding wars at the open house, and bid over asking prices, but really. Paint is paint. And I will take my dark floor mats with me when we leave. Thank you.
Anyway, I'm a little bit cranky. Can you tell.
Real Estate has to be a fascinating business. I love the psychology behind things in marketing, and I feel like Realtors really think they know how a person's mind works when it comes to buying a house. I just must not be a typical buyer. Because when they tell me how they plan to attract buyers by reducing the price on our house by $1,500 every 7 days, I'm like, "that would just make me think something is wrong with the place, and what's $1,500 when it comes down to a mortgage of much more than that?" But they assure me, its worked for them. I'll have to trust you, cause the last time I sold a house was, um, never.
So that's what's up. Aren't you glad you asked?
Did I mention I was cranky?
We haven't done much but purge, clean, re-do, and move things to our storage unit for the last month or so. I haven't talked to people on the phone much or blogged, or do much of anything else and I'm tired. Phyicially tired.
The house 'should' be on the market today or tomorrow. Just waiting to hear from my realtor, who has mysteriously not called me back for a two days now...hmm. I'm a little anxious to see the pictures they took of our place to see if I even recognize it. I know they photo shop things for the Internet, so I'm interested to see what they did to make our house look sell able.
Yo, and Realtors are a funny bunch. Super positive about the house one second, then nit pick about the color of my throw rugs at the front and back doors. Really, you want me to buy a floor mat and lamp shade because they are the wrong color? Puh-lease. When we bought this house the deck was green with mold, the fence was falling down, the basement had no carpet and they listed it as a fourth bedroom, and the entire family was IN the house when we walked through it. Including this beast of a dog that smelled. But we looked past that and saw the gem we have come to call home. So you can look past the floor mats that may be a 'little dark', oh and the horrid red color on our hallway walls(which I didn't hate enough to ever paint), and our dark basement (which we painted dark to give us a cozy feeling and Scott's dream of a manly room, but whatev.) If you can't look past paint, then don't go house shopping. Granted, I know we bought in a crazy market where people would have bidding wars at the open house, and bid over asking prices, but really. Paint is paint. And I will take my dark floor mats with me when we leave. Thank you.
Anyway, I'm a little bit cranky. Can you tell.
Real Estate has to be a fascinating business. I love the psychology behind things in marketing, and I feel like Realtors really think they know how a person's mind works when it comes to buying a house. I just must not be a typical buyer. Because when they tell me how they plan to attract buyers by reducing the price on our house by $1,500 every 7 days, I'm like, "that would just make me think something is wrong with the place, and what's $1,500 when it comes down to a mortgage of much more than that?" But they assure me, its worked for them. I'll have to trust you, cause the last time I sold a house was, um, never.
So that's what's up. Aren't you glad you asked?
Did I mention I was cranky?
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The End is Near...
However, its just the beginning.
The kitchen just needs touch up work. Like paint touch up and caulk. And then I just need to purge and clean a little bit more inside, then we have some yard work to do and we're done. I'm not sure Scott and I are on speaking terms right now, but the end of the endless home improvements is almost here. We have a date for the realtor to come out and take pictures and list this place for Friday.
Whereas that date signifies we are done, it also signifies the beginning of me actually keeping a clean house ready for perspective buyers. Something that I'm sure will actually kill me. But I think I'm recalling me actually praying for God to make me a more organized and structured mom. This just may be his way of answering that prayer. People, be careful what you pray for...
The kitchen just needs touch up work. Like paint touch up and caulk. And then I just need to purge and clean a little bit more inside, then we have some yard work to do and we're done. I'm not sure Scott and I are on speaking terms right now, but the end of the endless home improvements is almost here. We have a date for the realtor to come out and take pictures and list this place for Friday.
Whereas that date signifies we are done, it also signifies the beginning of me actually keeping a clean house ready for perspective buyers. Something that I'm sure will actually kill me. But I think I'm recalling me actually praying for God to make me a more organized and structured mom. This just may be his way of answering that prayer. People, be careful what you pray for...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Please Save Me From My Kitchen
I'm working with a toaster oven, and coffee pot. What can one make for dinner in a toaster oven and that's it. I'm sick of take out, going out is worse...
Help!
There are glimpses of hope that its almost done. But punch list items are the worst. The little details like, trim being painted, and the under counter lights installed. I won't mention that initially Scott told me this all could be completed in a long weekend (president's day to be exact). But I know his time estimating skills for home improvements are always off. Like when he says he needs two hours to change the brakes and oil on his car, I can count on a whole 8 hours. Scott has this curse that has been laid upon him. If it can go wrong, it will, if the person before him left out a step, he will correct it, and if it needs a special tool, he won't have it, and will have to run to the store approximately 9 times and begin cursing (my cue to leave town with the kids). And all this has happened to him with this kitchen thing, except the people who put in the old tile floor did such a great job, it was impossible to get the floor up and took 3 times longer than expected to remove it.
And please please please pray that all this work is worth it. Like, have our house sell at the first open house. I told the realtor that I know that selling quickly is unlikely, but that we have a God that can make it happen!
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