03-06-2016, 01:22 AM
I may have posted about it up thread but I don't give a shit. My husband gave me 4-5 days notice that an appraiser would be coming to our house (we're refinancing). I didn't know I had it in me but I did manual labor for 4-5 days straight staging this place (9 in the morning to 9+ at night). Plus I brought in window cleaners, a handy man, carpet/tile cleaners and our gardeners.
There is not a hole or chip in this house anywhere. You could almost park two cars in the garage and I used the shop vac in there to get every bit of dirt and cobweb out of there. I refinished our front door. I cleaned and touch up painted every where and got rid of SO much shit my house is almost minimalist--like Sally's.
I didn't tell my husband I was doing this but the morning that the appraiser was coming, I had the gardener come out and take out every ugly looking plant in our front yard, put in a bunch of new plants and spread fresh bark everywhere. The house hasn't looked this good in at least 15 years...and we haven't even remodeled yet!!!
That was probably what pissed me off the most...scrubbing under the range hood and oiling all the kitchen cabinets to a nice shine knowing they're all going to be ripped out within a couple months.
Anyway, my husband was hoping for an appraisal of $775k (via Zillow/comps). However, most people in this area have already remodeled their kitchens so I was sure we were going to take a hit for that.
I must have done a good job though because despite the outdated kitchen, the appraiser told my husband on the way out he was thinking $810-$850.
I'm kind of hoping the dated kitchen comes up in the report though. Not that there's anything stopping me now but I've been telling my husband that the remodel is obviously going to raise the value of our home so having something in writing to that effect would be handy. Not necessary but handy.
Nice to be back (sorta). Now I get to refocus my attention on the remodel work.
There is not a hole or chip in this house anywhere. You could almost park two cars in the garage and I used the shop vac in there to get every bit of dirt and cobweb out of there. I refinished our front door. I cleaned and touch up painted every where and got rid of SO much shit my house is almost minimalist--like Sally's.
I didn't tell my husband I was doing this but the morning that the appraiser was coming, I had the gardener come out and take out every ugly looking plant in our front yard, put in a bunch of new plants and spread fresh bark everywhere. The house hasn't looked this good in at least 15 years...and we haven't even remodeled yet!!!
That was probably what pissed me off the most...scrubbing under the range hood and oiling all the kitchen cabinets to a nice shine knowing they're all going to be ripped out within a couple months.
Anyway, my husband was hoping for an appraisal of $775k (via Zillow/comps). However, most people in this area have already remodeled their kitchens so I was sure we were going to take a hit for that.
I must have done a good job though because despite the outdated kitchen, the appraiser told my husband on the way out he was thinking $810-$850.
I'm kind of hoping the dated kitchen comes up in the report though. Not that there's anything stopping me now but I've been telling my husband that the remodel is obviously going to raise the value of our home so having something in writing to that effect would be handy. Not necessary but handy.
Nice to be back (sorta). Now I get to refocus my attention on the remodel work.
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