Not much to report, except that Paul and Mr. Paintbrush are at it again. Of course, painting trim leads to moving furniture - so Paul hit the hay early as he is plum tired.
We are at T minus 10 days till the house gets listed. Next week the photographer comes to shoot photos for the MLS listing.
The race is on - and then it is in God's hands! Thanks for visiting, and feel free to leave a comment.
~Marti
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Sometimes Things Work Out For The Best
Back in January, we started on the road to putting the house on the market. Marti and I met with our Realtor friends, the market was "iffy" (read dead) at best due to the economy and real estate troubles.
In our discussions, we took our Realtor's advice and started the painting, de-cluttering and repairs and hoped that not only would we be able to sell the house, but hoped to get somewhat of a profit on our investment. Our target date for putting the house on the market was mid-March.
Well, if you've been following our adventures, you remember that Marti broke her ankle around the end of January and our house upgrades slowed to a crawl.
As we've talked about before, we've been working hard lately, with our efforts in overdrive to get caught up, trying to get on the curve of the springtime housing sales. There were some delays, the counter top material being back ordered for several weeks along with trying to juggle house upgrades and careers.
The last major project was to get the kitchen floor redone. The old linoleum had to go.
In our discussions, we took our Realtor's advice and started the painting, de-cluttering and repairs and hoped that not only would we be able to sell the house, but hoped to get somewhat of a profit on our investment. Our target date for putting the house on the market was mid-March.
Well, if you've been following our adventures, you remember that Marti broke her ankle around the end of January and our house upgrades slowed to a crawl.
As we've talked about before, we've been working hard lately, with our efforts in overdrive to get caught up, trying to get on the curve of the springtime housing sales. There were some delays, the counter top material being back ordered for several weeks along with trying to juggle house upgrades and careers.
The last major project was to get the kitchen floor redone. The old linoleum had to go.
We picked out new laminate flooring at, where else? Lowe's and had it installed this past week.
We have now just about wrapped everything up so we had the Realtors come over again to get the paperwork started for putting the house on the market. They were very impressed with everything we've done, including the new flooring. With their Realtor's eye, they pointed out a couple of items we'll need to address, yes, they require more painting.
However, the real estate market has picked up in our area, houses are moving pretty well. The best part is our house will go on the market on Friday, 17 June and will list for much more than if we had put it up for sale back last March like we originally planned to do. With that extra cash, we might be able to fill the Journey with diesel maybe two or three times... ;c)
Sometimes things work out for the best, for that kind of additional profit, I'd do the painting all over again! (must be the paint fumes talking).
Tomorrow we're taking the day off. We need a breather before I pick up the paintbrush one more time.
Thanks for visiting and feel free to leave a comment.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Marti's Musings: The list is getting shorter!
After the wonderful break last weekend, we have been able to knock more items off the 'to do' list. Our kitchen floor has been installed - worth the wait - it looks great!
Unfortunately, Paul's camera case is still, umm, well - missing... in it is his battery charger. (we think the case got sent to the RV) He purchased a universal battery charger - yeah, right. Don't believe everything they tell you... now the camera doesn't recognize the battery. *sigh* My lap top memory is nearly done, so I can't load pics from mine til I figure out how to free up some memory. (read: transfer the pictures to a thumb drive or similar). So, pictures may be few and far between for a while.
Living in this semi-moving state is already getting old. We had fresh corn on the cob for dinner (yum!) and when Paul went to get the ear holder-thingies - well, they are - umm, well packed and in the RV. Along with the grilling spatula that we replaced last week. Wonder what else we will find 'missing' in this state of limbo we are in?
Ah, but I digress. Also crossed off the 'to do' list: removed the large entertainment center, replaced by a smaller, and matching TV stand. That serves 2 purposes - the wood matches the fireplace mantel and the plantation blinds on the window, and makes the room appear larger. A few more paint touch-ups have been done. Our CD's have been sorted and moved from the stack of cases to the zippered holder, which is a huge space saver for the RV.
Saturday we will have our walk through with the realtor, so we hope all the final little things will be done, so the house will look 'staged'. There will be a some final sorting, runs to storage (and now probably to the RV) - and then we will know more after meeting with them. Tomorrow night and Saturday morning will be crazy busy as our meeting is set for 1pm.
Wish us luck - that light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!! We'll keep you posted! ~Marti
Unfortunately, Paul's camera case is still, umm, well - missing... in it is his battery charger. (we think the case got sent to the RV) He purchased a universal battery charger - yeah, right. Don't believe everything they tell you... now the camera doesn't recognize the battery. *sigh* My lap top memory is nearly done, so I can't load pics from mine til I figure out how to free up some memory. (read: transfer the pictures to a thumb drive or similar). So, pictures may be few and far between for a while.
Living in this semi-moving state is already getting old. We had fresh corn on the cob for dinner (yum!) and when Paul went to get the ear holder-thingies - well, they are - umm, well packed and in the RV. Along with the grilling spatula that we replaced last week. Wonder what else we will find 'missing' in this state of limbo we are in?
Ah, but I digress. Also crossed off the 'to do' list: removed the large entertainment center, replaced by a smaller, and matching TV stand. That serves 2 purposes - the wood matches the fireplace mantel and the plantation blinds on the window, and makes the room appear larger. A few more paint touch-ups have been done. Our CD's have been sorted and moved from the stack of cases to the zippered holder, which is a huge space saver for the RV.
Saturday we will have our walk through with the realtor, so we hope all the final little things will be done, so the house will look 'staged'. There will be a some final sorting, runs to storage (and now probably to the RV) - and then we will know more after meeting with them. Tomorrow night and Saturday morning will be crazy busy as our meeting is set for 1pm.
Wish us luck - that light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!! We'll keep you posted! ~Marti
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