Selling our house....The biggest obstacle to our move. This is not the best market and, certainly, not the best time of year to be trying to sell our house. Each weekend we do, what I like to refer to as, the "hopeful clean-up". Every Friday night I clean the entire house from top to bottom. I mop the floors, clean the bathrooms, vacuum, I even sweep the front porch and do an inspection of the landscaping to catch in errant pieces of paper or miscellaneous stuff the wind my have blown into my shrubbery. All this in the "hope" that we will have prospective buyers come and take a look at our house.
Of course, they will be impressed by how impeccably maintained my lawn and bushes are and will make an offer on the spot. So far, this hasn't happened but each Friday I continue to hope for the best and expect the worst. I love the house that I live in. It is a gorgeous home with move than enough room for all of us and a couple of guests if any drop in for a visit. It is pretty close to being my dream home but I have already bid it farewell in my mind. I have stopped imagining how my kitchen would look if it were painted a different color or what kind of window treatments would be great in the master bath. Now my dreams and imaginings are focused on a new, though yet unseen, house in North Carolina. I think about our new home and how I will arrange the furniture and where I will hang my pictures. I want to be excited but my excitement is on an indefinate hold.
Now all we can do is wait and hope and keep on cleaning. As our realtor says, "It only takes one buyer." I wish they would just get here. My house can't get much cleaner.
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