Vorlon Whispers

Monday, July 16, 2007

I crossed some more jobs off my list. I did a couple sewing projects. I connected with my accountant and have an appointment for Thursday afternoon. I have some things to go over with him about the business. I called a friend of Ted’s from his BNI group who is a real estate lady. I had her come look at the house and determine what needs to be done to put the house on the market. First and foremost is to fix the ceilings where the holes are and fix the wall paper in the corner of the living that got some water damage when we had an ice dam on the roof and the water came up over the flashing. If people see water damage it scares them away so those things must be done. Her husband does construction work so he can look at my ceiling problems and suggest the cheapest and easiest way to do the repairs.

She also did not like the computer room. It has not been renovated. It has paint over wallpaper. It is an ugly green.

She will look up some figures and information on what houses are selling for or have sold for in the past 6 months to determine how much I should put into sprucing it up.

There is a lot she liked about the house. She liked the large rooms and the spaciousness it has. She liked the fireplace and the sun porch. She liked the pantry and the closets. She liked the hardwood floors and the oak staircase. The two car garage is also a plus. She liked the sump pump Ted rigged up to the dehumidifier that pumps the water out to the flowerbeds. We don’t have to empty the bucket. It was a blessing when he rigged that up. We need dehumidifiers in the basements in South Jersey because of the condensation in the summer. Mold will grow on everything. Carrying the bucket upstairs to empty it twice a day was the pits. If it didn’t shut off when full, then water overflowed onto the floor. Or even if it did shut off and we forgot to empty it, then it got musty smelling down there.

She said houses have been on the market an average of 7 months in this area. I’ve seen some in my neighborhood on the market for years.

I sent out a couple resumes today to jobs over in PA so we’ll see what comes of them. I’ll keep sending them.

News from the Vorlon Wife.

Posted by The Vorlon at July 16, 2007 7:42 PM