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Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - cbelt3 - 09-02-2014
8 YEARS later.... jeezo. Still have to go down there every weekend and make sure everything is working, change water filters on the pump, etc. A few cosmetic things to fix still, but the house is in 'move in condition'. I actually weeded, put down mulch, planted flowers, washed out and filled the fountain, and put in a solar powered pump in my late mother in law's flower garden. I've tried to keep her garden up as kind of an homage to her. The hummingbirds still nest in the back yard, and two of them were drinking from the fountain.
Of course it's dated to the 1960's, and the buyers that came through all commented on that. Fine, tough bananas. You want fancy bathrooms and granite counter tops and all that crap ? Buy the house and put your own stuff in !. It's not priced for 'brand new updated'.
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - 3d - 09-02-2014
You seem emotionally attached to the property. Not good when trying to sell
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - cbelt3 - 09-02-2014
3d- MUCH less so than my brother in law and wife. Hence the 8 years it took us to put it on the market after my father in law passed. I just get frustrated seeing something we worked so hard on for 30+ years going to weeds.
And I also did it to make it prettier to sell. Mulch and flowers and a trickling fountain says 'well maintained' much better than weeds and a mud hole.
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - rjmacs - 09-02-2014
cbelt3 wrote:
Of course it's dated to the 1960's, and the buyers that came through all commented on that. Fine, tough bananas. You want fancy bathrooms and granite counter tops and all that crap ? Buy the house and put your own stuff in !. It's not priced for 'brand new updated'.
I never understood why people redecorate/update homes before selling... If you're going to make the long-term investment in a property that a home purchase implies, why would you want the previous owner to do the redecorating for you? I'd MUCH rather buy a place in 'move-in condition' and make the place my own.
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - OWC Jamie - 09-02-2014
cbelt3 wrote:
8 YEARS later.... jeezo. Still have to go down there every weekend and make sure everything is working, change water filters on the pump, etc. A few cosmetic things to fix still, but the house is in 'move in condition'. I actually weeded, put down mulch, planted flowers, washed out and filled the fountain, and put in a solar powered pump in my late mother in law's flower garden. I've tried to keep her garden up as kind of an homage to her. The hummingbirds still nest in the back yard, and two of them were drinking from the fountain.
Of course it's dated to the 1960's, and the buyers that came through all commented on that. Fine, tough bananas. You want fancy bathrooms and granite counter tops and all that crap ? Buy the house and put your own stuff in !. It's not priced for 'brand new updated'.
OMG, this house needs 30K of work to be up to today's standard of "current", let's try to get them to take 75K less by complaining.
You'll hear it all, I'm sure.
Hopefully nothing at closing.
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - 3d - 09-02-2014
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
Of course it's dated to the 1960's, and the buyers that came through all commented on that. Fine, tough bananas. You want fancy bathrooms and granite counter tops and all that crap ? Buy the house and put your own stuff in !. It's not priced for 'brand new updated'.
I never understood why people redecorate/update homes before selling... If you're going to make the long-term investment in a property that a home purchase implies, why would you want the previous owner to do the redecorating for you? I'd MUCH rather buy a place in 'move-in condition' and make the place my own.
Some sellers believe that putting in $20k worth of basic updating renovations into a run-down $100k home allows the seller to jack up the asking price of the home to $200k. Many less savvy buyers will fall for it. (Numbers are made up)
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - 3d - 09-02-2014
cbelt3 wrote:
3d- MUCH less so than my brother in law and wife. Hence the 8 years it took us to put it on the market after my father in law passed. I just get frustrated seeing something we worked so hard on for 30+ years going to weeds.
And I also did it to make it prettier to sell. Mulch and flowers and a trickling fountain says 'well maintained' much better than weeds and a mud hole.
I guess on the bright side,,, 8 years ago was a terrible time to try and sell a house. The market is a bit better now. Good luck! If the sale drags on with no immediate buyers, maybe look into hiring some local landscaping crew to do the mowing and upkeep. What does it run, $100 a month?
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - A-Polly - 09-02-2014
Hey, some out there are looking for homes from that era ("mid-century" 50s-60s)! Maybe it has period details that would thrill these folks:
http://www.nopatternrequired.com/category/mid-century-home/vintage-houses/
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - freeradical - 09-02-2014
Taxes must be low there if it was OK to keep it off the market for that long.
Re: Hallelujah ! Late in-law's house is FINALLY on the market ! - Black - 09-02-2014
rjmacs wrote:
I never understood why people redecorate/update homes before selling....
I watch my coworkers looking for houses... virtually all of them are first time home buyers and they know nothing about rehabbing, and judge very heavily on what sort of ghetto rehab choices were made by the flipper. Not everyone is interested in an ongoing rehabbing/redecorating project.