Monumental Task

Selling a house is harder than one thinks. We look at our houses and think they are almost perfect. A few touch ups here and there, a quick call to the handyman to fix that leaky sink and the house would be perfect. Then the Realtors and potential buyers start coming. My little house has been on the market for a little over the month and there have been quite a few showings but no takers yet. The hardest part I am finding is getting feedback that my house isn’t as perfect as I think it is. No one has fallen in love with it as much as I did when I first saw it. I hope that whoever buys it will love it as much as I have.

There were two monumental tasks that I had to do before the house was officially sold. The first was to paint the house and the garage. I was so daunted by the task. I kept putting it off and off and off. I even cajoled W to come help me since all the scraping, priming and painting was not something I wanted to do alone. Lucky for W (but not me) every time he’d come down it would rain. That was not very conducive to painting a house. So I waited some more and then decided just to do it. I figured once I started, things would snowball and it would all get done. I started on the worst part, the north side, and started scraping. Then I primed all the exposed wood. Then I painted the whole house. Before I knew it, I was done and I did it all by myself. I actually did it. The house looks so bright in the sun now. All clean and white and ready for the new owners to enjoy.

Above is a picture of the scariest part of the job. It doesn't look like such a great height, but being up there by the tippity top of the house was a little scary. I didn't fall and no broken bones. Success!

The next big chore is to refinish the wood floors. Lucky for me, W is going to take care of that. He’s bringing down the trailer this week and we’re loading it up with my furniture and other odds and ends. He’s going to sand, stain and poly the floor all while I’m at work. I’d say he’s a keeper.

After these two big projects are finished the house will be ready to go. The cats are up in SuFu permanently. We’re leaving a bed and a nightstand at the house and all the rest of the furniture is going to SuFu. I am so ready to move I can hardly wait!