One of the houses I viewed, the first floor looked nice, but there was a lot of stuff on the walls. Go upstairs and there was more stuff. Closets filled, climbing over stuff to get to closets, rocking chair in the bathtub, etc. Go down to the basement and the stuff was multiplied. I couldn't help but ask the question "Are they going to be able to move out in time?"
My realtor assured me that if we set a closing date they would have to honor it. This wasn't the first place I saw that had no signs of people packing. I'm not asking for the cleanest house in the world or things shoved in the closet (because we look in the close) I would prefer to see things boxed up and signs that you are motivated to move out.
The other thing I would appreciate (especially since it cost me getting the house I really wanted) is winterize. I don't know how much it costs, but it will cost you a sale. If you have house that is empty that you are trying to sell winterizing is necessary in order to sell your house.
One big tip that could help you with a sale. Check your listing once it is posted. Realtor's are human and can place things wrong. The description can have errors in it, which looks unprofessional. Most importantly and this has come close to affecting me looking at a house, they may say a house has one bathroom when it has 1.5. People will look at Bed and Bath first then at the description and that .5 can make a difference.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
905 S 6th Ave Virginia, MN
This is a very nice house and has lots of space to work with. The pictures that are posted with it are very helpful on showing the size of the first and second floor. The basement is the size of the floor and usable for storage, laundry and it has a newer furnace. Even though it lists only one bathroom, there is a .75 bath in the basement and it is the only location with a shower. The bathroom on the second floor only has a bathtub. There was a possiblity of putting in a stand alone shower if you wanted to eliminate the closet in the bedroom next door. There is no bathroom on the first floor.
The biggest concern I had was this home is stucco on the outside and there were some major cracks in the stucco and would have to look at repairing those. However, I felt no major drafts in the house and the tempature they set the thermostat at was the tempature in the house (I know because they had thermometers all over the house.) THe other concern I had was although they had the electricity recently checked, they had the shower stall within a foot of the electrical box and that just seems a little dangerous to me.
Location is another factor. It is on a busy corner and there is not much land included with it because most of the space is taken up by the house and the two stall garage.
The biggest concern I had was this home is stucco on the outside and there were some major cracks in the stucco and would have to look at repairing those. However, I felt no major drafts in the house and the tempature they set the thermostat at was the tempature in the house (I know because they had thermometers all over the house.) THe other concern I had was although they had the electricity recently checked, they had the shower stall within a foot of the electrical box and that just seems a little dangerous to me.
Location is another factor. It is on a busy corner and there is not much land included with it because most of the space is taken up by the house and the two stall garage.
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