House For Sale

[ste_noni]

So, we are moving. My goal, based on nothing but what I want to happen, is for the house to close no later than May 15th. However, before that I can happen, we must find a buyer and before that can happen, I must list it.

But there's a lot to be done before I can list it and I'm feeling overwhelmed. The house must be cleaned - and not to where I'm happy with it, but really cleaned. The carpets should probably be cleaned also. Dogs are hard on carpets. And we need to do some work on the yard (laying down pine straw). And I need to get the guest bedroom stuff put away and Joe must organize his office and get the leaves out of the gutters. I could have done this in a week before Ellie but now it seems like such a huge task.

My original goal was to have the house on the market Feb 1st. Obviously that's not happening. My new goal is when I get back from my parents' house in three weeks.

I wonder how much of this is just that I hate moving. Until I get to the new place, I always feel such a sense of loss. I don't even *like* Sanford, but there's a lot here that I will miss.

Comments

[cindywrites.livejournal.com]

I hope it all goes well for you, Stephanie. Is decluttering, and then getting a cleaning service to come in and do the big stuff at all feasible? I'm just thinking, because I know how hard it was to keep my house show-ready, with kids. Realtors don't want to discourage interested parties, so they expect you to be ready to be out at fairly short notice. When are you going to see your parents? It would be nice if the house was up for sale while you were out of it.

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of hiring someone for the outside of the house. I think I want to combine the inside with an effort to throw away the stuff we dont' want to move to PR.

I leave to see my parents on Valentine's Day. Joe will be in PR that week so I'm taking Ellie to see the family.

I like the idea of people looking whie we are gone. Maybe I can make that happen...

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I agree - use some of that tax refund to get someone else to do the yard work and gutters and clean the hell out of the place. (I mean, do you want "I whacked myself in the face and knee with a stick" man on a ladder right now?)

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not sure he should be on a roof now. He says he likes climbing around on roofs, but we don't need any more trauma.

[fiorituranotte.livejournal.com]

Best of luck to you with getting the house ready and getting it sold quickly. I agree with the comments above, if you can deal with getting rid of what you don't want to keep and then have someone come in to help with the yard stuff and maybe help you reorganize and clean the inside of the house, that would be a good idea.

[amy37.livejournal.com]

Moving is so hard. No constructive advice other than do what you can, and all kinds of ~ma that it goes smoothly.

I could have done this in a week before Ellie but now it seems like such a huge task.

This is so true. When we moved last summer, I had to keep repacking boxes that Sara would get into, if they weren't already taped.