September 23, 2004
Before/After
Or what we did on our summer vacation (winter and spring too..)
Some before and after pics of the project.
September 20, 2004
Just can't get a break - oops I said break!
So Friday our resident Queer Eye swung by in the morning to say howdy as we were busy clearing out tools etc and he noticed some standing water on the guest bathroom floor. F*#K!
Unable to pinpoint the leak - or get a plumber out before the open houses, I just shut off the water at the street.
Today the plumber came by and our worst nightmare has come true. There is a leak under the concrete slab floor in the guest bath.
Leak under slab = jackhammers = big mess = we can't show the damn house.
Not to mention the flippin' cost!
Frickety fuckity feck.
Hopefully we'll get it fixed by the weekend but in the mean time we'll miss the weekly realtor caravan and anyone who wanted to set up an appointment.
But hey - these things happen and in a way, I'm relieved it happened now. It's totally fixable and really, better it happen now than during escrow. Definitely better for a buyer however you look at it, that's for sure.
But for me - it's the last thing I wanted to deal with on a Monday morning.
Open Houses
After some serious Queer Eye action Friday night - Saturday and Sunday was time to let the girl fly. The open house started at 11:00 and by 11:01 there were 5 cars out front. I was blown away by the turn out (both days) all day long. There was a constant flow of people. How do I know this? While I was not over at the property, I did pull a total Gladys Kravitz from our house. We joked that I should have something like this to be able to let the agent showing the house know who we did/did not want as neighbors.
We had a number of folks linger, and I mean linger, they were there for 40 mins easily. A few friends swung through to kick the tires. All in all we had incredibly positive feedback and response to the house. There was only one negative thing we heard...
We need to put in a peephole.
So now we wait for offers. Fingers, toes and anything else ya got - keep 'em crossed!
September 15, 2004
The Time Has Come
Notice anything different about the front yard this morning?
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It's been a long road and I have many progress pictures to share, I've just not had the time to put them together. Perhaps I'll do that on Saturday and Sunday when we have our first Open Houses! Eek!