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In November, DH and I moved to a town about 2.5 hours away from where we had lived 40 years. We hired movers for furniture and dozens of boxes; we just knew we could handle the rest of it. Six weeks later, there is still junk in that house. We have taken much to Goodwill and the dumpster. Frankly, we are tired of driving down once/twice a week to deal with a house that refuses to empty.
We contacted an former colleague of mine to be our real estate agent. While we trust and like her, we are feeling some doubts. Here's why:
Agent recommended we sell the house "as is" and that is fine with us. The sooner it sells, the better. It needs a ton of updating and repairs. She mentioned the name of a guy her office uses to clean up houses/yards: "When M gets through, your house will be ready to list."
So far, so good.
A couple days ago, the agent emails to say the contractor and she had visited the house and he's saying $3000-$3500 to clear out house and storage shed, scrub down and spruce up the lawn. She also mentioned lowering the asking price because HVAC is geothermal. (Unit was replaced January 2019)
She did not mention, and I learned this via Google...the contractor is the owner of the real estate office.
It would be much easier on DH and me to have someone do all this for us. No doubt, it would save us a lot of time and trouble.
It bothers us that the contractor is the owner and that it was not mentioned, that geothermal is bad and she mentioned we would receive an "itemized invoice" this week. I emailed back that we are having second thoughts and will wait until we receive this "itemized invoice" before making our decision.
I'm just venting, but reaching out because we will probably hear from agent tomorrow. (Did I mention we like the agent very much?)
Your thoughts? Your input may help clear the water for us.
The quandary is wanting easier route vs. some serious misgivings....while we want the house sold ASAP. We are ready to spend more time enjoying life in our new territory.
We contacted an former colleague of mine to be our real estate agent. While we trust and like her, we are feeling some doubts. Here's why:
Agent recommended we sell the house "as is" and that is fine with us. The sooner it sells, the better. It needs a ton of updating and repairs. She mentioned the name of a guy her office uses to clean up houses/yards: "When M gets through, your house will be ready to list."
So far, so good.
A couple days ago, the agent emails to say the contractor and she had visited the house and he's saying $3000-$3500 to clear out house and storage shed, scrub down and spruce up the lawn. She also mentioned lowering the asking price because HVAC is geothermal. (Unit was replaced January 2019)
She did not mention, and I learned this via Google...the contractor is the owner of the real estate office.
It would be much easier on DH and me to have someone do all this for us. No doubt, it would save us a lot of time and trouble.
It bothers us that the contractor is the owner and that it was not mentioned, that geothermal is bad and she mentioned we would receive an "itemized invoice" this week. I emailed back that we are having second thoughts and will wait until we receive this "itemized invoice" before making our decision.
I'm just venting, but reaching out because we will probably hear from agent tomorrow. (Did I mention we like the agent very much?)
Your thoughts? Your input may help clear the water for us.
The quandary is wanting easier route vs. some serious misgivings....while we want the house sold ASAP. We are ready to spend more time enjoying life in our new territory.