I have spent the past two days holed up in my house with workmen "fixing" the house, getting ready to go back on the market. The quotes are because whether these things needed to be fixed are open to interpretation and everything to do with what happened last time. This is something I will write about, I promise, but only when I can do so from more of a neutral place. Or maybe when I will not be walking myself into a defamation lawsuit by calling their agent a liar and incompetent and the buyers sneaky. And liars.
I was supposed to be off of work the past two days because it was in between school and camp for Michael, so it was not that big of an inconvenience. But, I imagined the days to be spent a little more fun than me yelling at Michael to stop bugging the workmen and man is drilling into your basement ever loud. And, did you know if you do not care about the work being performed the workmen will be early? Like by a day and hours? Yes, it is true.
Also, the amount of work being done in your house + the amount of people in your house = 800 gazillion hours of television watched by your preschooler. It is true. I counted. But he starts camp today and what will be his new school. I don't think he has any idea. I have been too busy to discuss it. Parent of the year am I.
I used to have principles. But this process has robbed me of them. The amount of money I will spend to get someone to buy this house is astronomical. I no longer care. The fact that it is cutting into the amount of money I can spend on a new house no longer affects me. It has become a game of chicken. What, you want me to buy all new appliances even though these appliances are only 5 years old? Fine, here is 100 grand. All new paint and I just painted last year? Fine. Whatever Just get me the hell out of here.
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Ugh, I hate having people in the house. Hope they finish fast.
I’m so sorry this has turned into such a crappy experience for you. I could go with the “it all happens for a reason” and “this means you’ll get more and find better”, but right now, that’s going to sound like BS. So, here’s hoping they finish fast, you get a kick-ass offer and find the house of your dreams before you lose your mind!
Ugh that sucks. I’m sorry
Get some wax earplugs for the sound- it’ll kill the far off sound of work being done, but you’ll still be able to hear Michael. I really hope everything goes better this time around.
I think everyone has a horror story when it comes to selling a home. Mine still haunts me, and will continue to do so. It started with a new job in a different city, and a desperate need to sell our house FAST. It got worse even faster as the real estate market tanked. Finally, months later, we got an offer that was $150,000 less than what we owed the bank. Yes, you read that correctly, and no, we didn’t buy more than we could handle. Nothing was moving and a drug dealer had been paroled to his mother’s house next door. Long story short, we short saled the house. It was the absolute only thing we could do. I hope we never have to go through that again.
I can’t even look at pictures of the house without getting nauseous.
This will be better than that. But not an ounce less stressful. I’m sorry that you’re going through this. But I understand the need to get out at any cost.
Good luck!
It’ll all be worth it when you’re living in your fabulous new house in your fabulous new neighborhood. No pain, no gain, right?
So sorry to hear that… just think about the good times ahead and this might be easier to endure!
Selling sucks.
NEW PAINT? Oh my god… the people interested in your house are those crazy people on all the HGTV shows who are afraid to pick up a paint brush? I am so, so, so sorry.
At least for the appliances, if the ones at your eventual new house are older, you can replace them with your practically new ones that are losing their spot in your current home.