Saturday, August 1, 2015

Thoughts on getting the house ready to sell

I'm getting Camp Borepatch ready to sell - the boys are getting their own swinging bachelor pad and Wolfgang and I would be rattling around in a big ol' empty place.  Plus, the market is roaring here in the ATL, and for once in my life I want to see what it's like to sell a house in an an up market.

And so I'm going through room-by-room clearing out junk and setting things up so that the house will show well.  I've discovered some interesting things:
  • I have boxes that I've never unpacked since moving here from Mordor on the Charles Massachussets.  "Boxes", as in plural.
  • I've discovered that the empty downstairs room that has the freezer and a fridge for the kids will make a dandy shop.  The table saw and other implements of destruction have decamped there.
  • I'm filling a Bagster with junk.  Bagsters are the shiznit.  I may get another before I'm done.
  • Crews (plumbing, landscaping, etc) are OK when you're (ahem) of a certain age.
  • I kind of think that I'm doing what's called "decorating".  I wasn't allowed to do that in the past ...
All in all, things are proceeding.  It's a bit odd to think that I will soon end up in the same situation where I was at FOB Borepatch - on my own, away from the family, only permanently this time.  It's very odd that I'm looking forward to this.

9 comments:

  1. Rule of thumb is one cubic yard of dumpster per year of home occupation.
    Is there a condo in your future?

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  2. Don't know, Libertyman. I guess we'll see.

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  3. While at FOB Borepatch, you were deployed away from home station.

    Your new residence will be a PCS move. It makes a difference.

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  4. For selling a place, declutter, declutter, declutter. Open space looks larger, rooms with a lot of furniture look smaller. Storage lockers are yer fren'.

    And if you have any rooms painted oddball colors, repaint them.

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  5. The inside of storage areas in a house are larger than the outside. Whichbis why I've seorn that my next move will involve a can of gasoline and a match...

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  6. I lived in a condo for 22 years, I have a house now. But I may go back to the condo idea if the timing is right. I would look for a stand alone condo. And probably an "over 55" situation.
    But I think you have to wait a few years to go there!

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  7. Don't waste time getting it ready to sell. The (world) economy could tank at any time.

    Normally houses sell quick around here (Silicon Valley), quite often for more than list. A house across the street was being shown for over a month, recently. A different realtor name showed up after a month, and now the sign is gone, but it never said "sold". It was vacant during the sale, and still is.

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