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House appraisal
Our realtor is coming over to appraise our house on Monday. Obviously I plan on picking up around the house so the poor lady isn't tripping over baby stuff, but DH wants to go down to the basement and "organize" all the crap down there (boxes of clothes and books, Christmas decorations, furniture, etc... We don't use our attic!). I keep trying to tell him that the house isn't going on the market for a little while, and the realtor doesn't care about the boxes at the moment.
So WWYD? How much would you clean?
Re: House appraisal
I'm no expert, but I wouldn't worry too much about the basement. As long as there aren't water stains or obvious foundation issues down there, then I think you're OK. I think people forgive clutter in areas like that, and since you're not really showing the house yet, I wouldn't kill yourself over it. You can ask the realtor for her advice on what to do once you're actually ready to go to market.
Where are you guys planning on moving?
If it is your realtor I would not be too concerned. When we put our house on the market she came over and told us specifically how she wanted to the house to be when potential buyers came over. She had us go out and buy some stuff, and hide other things.
Thanks ladies, I knew I was right!
We aren't looking to move at the moment... We want the house to be sold by next Spring and our realtor will appraise the house as it is now, and we'll tell her the list of projects we would like to do so she can tell us what to do first and what we will/won't get our $ back on. We basically are worried about capping out- we have a 2 bedroom septic that can not be expanded because we are on conservation land, so regardless of how much work we do, we can only get so much for the house.
We want to stay in the area we're in now... We'll be looking at Westwood, Medfield, Walpole... I want to also look at Foxboro, Norfolk, Wrentham and Easton.
Aww, I was hoping you were going to move up north a ways
Haha no, we're staying down here. We were both raised in this area and DH works south of Boston. We just need more space, and I want to be moved and settled before discussing/planning baby #2.
Ditto Rock and Came!
Wow, you like living way out 'yonder! lol.
But your parents are in that direction, aren't they?
Yup, everyone is here!