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How not to sell a house!

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Last week our neighbors house, which is for sale (remember the bad renter neighbor stories?) had an open house. Just for the heck of it my husband and I decided to take a peek at the house.

I know the house hasn’t had any renovations … possibly since it was built in 1927 … but we were still curious to see if our neighbors family had decorated the house to prepare it for sale … Uh … the answer is NO. A big no!

The house is mostly empty … which is fine. I don’t think a house necessarily has to be dressed up when it goes up for sale … an empty house can allow prospective buyers to picture their own furnishings in the home.

However I don’t agree with what our neighbors family did. As I said they left most of the house empty, but they put what appears to be office furniture in the living room and dining room.

It just looks … odd.

They also took out all of the appliances! Why? I’m fairly certain that if you’re trying to sell a house for a good price you’re probably more likely to make a sale and get your asking price or higher if you have all the appliances (washer, dryer, fridge, stove etc) in place.

This is definitely an example of how not to sell a house! LOL

I guess it will be a while before we have new neighbors!

Warm enough to wear shorts?

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Last week was so warm here in Toronto that people were actually wearing shorts. Personally I don’t think it was quite warm enough for shorts although it did reach about 65 F or so.

It was nice to get a taste of summer! I enjoyed the warmer weather by getting outside everyday and opening up the doors and windows for a while each day to air out the house. I also enjoyed seeing some of the guys in the neighborhood in their shorts. LOL Some of them appear to have gained some muscle over the winter … either they’re working out or using some products like bsn cell mass.

I don’t know what they’re doing, but I can tell you that I don’t mind a bit of eye candy! LOL

It’s cooler this week, but I think that once March is over we’re going to have nice weather … unlike last year which gave us a cold spring and summer.

Was it warmer in your area last week too? Did you get an early taste of spring or summer?

A call that wasn’t what I thought it would be

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We got a call last week, early in the morning from our former neighbors son. The first thing to run through my mind when I saw who was calling was that our former elderly neighbor had died and they were calling us to tell us that they were in the midst of funeral planning.

I was wrong. It was about the people that they’re renting our former neighbors house too … yeah those awful scum of the earth people next door to us! They haven’t been paying their rent for months and I guess our former neighbors family finally won their case and are allowed to evict them. Yeah!!! So we’re just sitting tight hoping that those awful people will be gone soon.

I’m certainly glad that our former neighbor is still alive. She’s had about three strokes in the last two years though and she must be about 89 years old though … so I have a feeling that she won’t be around for much longer.

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