Is there a realtor in the house? (semantics: finished vs. unfinished space)

[Trek420]

For starters, you need to get rid of a lot of stuff.

Between making room for my remodel and now getting ready to move I've donated lots of stuff. I really could not be bothered to list on Craigs, do the yard sale thing ... Just kept the receipts of the donation and keep track in:

http://www.itsdeductible.com/

Really helped my refund this and last year.

[zoom-zoom]

Between making room for my remodel and now getting ready to move I've donated lots of stuff. I really could not be bothered to list on Craigs, do the yard sale thing ... Just kept the receipts of the donation and keep track in:

http://www.itsdeductible.com/

Really helped my refund this and last year.

Ha, yeah...years ago we did a yard sale and I said NEVER again! Ugh, what a lot of work that was. I'd much rather itemize a list of things donated and then take the receipt. Or, heck, just even give it away to be done with it. We are finally getting around to selling our Denby stoneware, though. It got to where each broken piece was too $$ to replace and I like the much cheaper Fiestaware stuff better, anyhow.

[Koronin]

When I sold my house close to 2 years ago I had to put a ton of stuff into storage, and that house actually had decent storage. (It was built in 2001.)

[GLC1968]

If you don't want similiar issues, you need a house MUCH younger than you are!

Ours is only a year older than me (1967), but we too are fixing it up to list and wow, the things you find... We do have a ton of storage thanks to a basement and some renovations done by the previous owners, but there are a lot of hidden problems due to those renovations where they cut every single corner they could find. Luckily, the original house is solid and well-constructed...otherwise, we'd probably be living in rubble right now! We are currently without a fully working bathroom (we have two and both are partially down for the count...again) and we will be paying to replace the roof before we list. Ouch.

I don't have a ton of advice except that watching those HGTV shows are a big help. So is even watching 'House Hunters' and listening to the things the buyers are saying about the houses they view. You can learn a lot about how things are perceived!