1744 Clean up your mess!
Saucy Scale: 5
In theory, we’re trying to sell our house. Right? I think it is only a theory, however.
A week ago we had a call asking for a realtor showing. I spent 2.5 of the craziest hours of my pregnancy trying to make the house look presentable. (Clearly, I’m exaggerating, but) I felt like that effort almost killed me.
Last night I looked around our castle. The chaos, mayhem, & destruction left by our family was evident EVERYWHERE. To say our house is a wreck is a MAJOR understatement.
I made the comment to TBU that we really needed to clean the place, b/c obviously a realtor would be calling about a showing…and our house is WORSE than it was when I had to become a cleaning machine last time around.
He agreed – that we would need to clean up. Not last night, but sometime.
Well, the boys and I were out running errands this morning when my cell rang. Yup, you guessed it… the realtor calling to schedule a showing for today. It took me 1.1 seconds to *sigh* great big and tell her that I was home with 2 sick boys (aka: use the lie that came to me in the car 10 minutes earlier).
And we certainly can’t keep turning away realtors wanting to show the place.
Ok, well, it’s time for our nap. I locked the storm door…just in case the other realtor didn’t get the message about not stopping by this afternoon.
I can’t even begin to tell you how difficult it is keeping the place "showable" with a preschooler & a toddler home all day.
We are going to have to do a better job with straightening up the house on a nightly basis, b/c I am in no position to stress myself out with a super speed clean everytime the realtor calls.
poor thing I feel you. I dont even have to keep it clean enough to show, just clean enough to not get lost in
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Yeah it’s gotta be one of those little by little things. I can barely keep our place presentable with one non-walker and not pregnant. Can’t imagine trying to be doing it with two little kids and pregnant with twins.
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When I was selling houses I was always surprised at how cluttery & messy some people left their homes! I know how hard it is being pregnant w/ one baby & having a 2 1/2 yr old to clean up after. I hope it sells fast so you don’t have to worry about it as much!
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Honestly, you will get the most showings in the first few weeks. You cannot turn those down. The most stressful last minute whirlwind showing that we had is what sold the house. Seriously. Do what you can and show it.
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I’ll tell you this from experience, most buyers don’t care if there is dirty laundry or dirty dishes lying around or that there are toys strewn everywhere. They want to see the structure. The house. Don’t turn away buyers. Our old house sold with what looked like an outhouse sitting in our driveway. (Brian built a deer blind.) Show no matter what.
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That’s funny – my limited experience is that buyers can be easily fooled by the furniture and paint of a place even though the furniture won’t be there and walls can easily be repainted. But I totally get how impossible it is to keep a house clean for showing with 2 little kids. I think we were successful in buying our place because they had 3 kids (triplets!) and couldn’t deal with having to keep up the “facade” much longer. But anyone with a kid would understand and probably appreciate seeing how you fit kids into the house.
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Dude. I can’t even imagine.
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I can’t fathom trying to keep the house show-worthy with 2 little ones in the house. Often the very last thing I feel like doing at the end of the day is straightening up the house but I have slowly come to realize that is really the only time it is doable b/c the little ones are asleep. Whenever I straighten when they are awake, they follow behind me making messes.
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