Selling a house is such a pain

[BigBoxaJunk]

We're getting ready to put my MIL's house up for sale next week. Looking forward to getting it sold, but not looking forward to the process.
At least this house is empty, so it's always clean and ready to show.

This one is a small 1200sqft 2bdrm 1bath ranch built in the 1950s, but it has a brand new furnace, AC 8 years old, roof also 8 years old, replacement windows throughout, and new entry and storm doors. Also, I had totally re-plumbed the house with PEX, complete with manifold and valves for every service connection a couple of years ago. Inside is rock-solid thick plaster walls and ceiling, all in good shape and we'd like to leave all of the fairly new appliances, fridge, oven, washer & dryer.

I'm just waiting to see what the inspectors say is "Wrong" with this house, other than it does need more insulation in the attic. I've done almost everything that's been done to this house for the last 30 years, and I'm hoping there's nothing serious that comes up in the inspections, I need to catch up on 100 maintenance jobs on my own house for a change.

 

[churchmouse]

We're getting ready to put my MIL's house up for sale next week. Looking forward to getting it sold, but not looking forward to the process.
At least this house is empty, so it's always clean and ready to show.

This one is a small 1200sqft 2bdrm 1bath ranch built in the 1950s, but it has a brand new furnace, AC 8 years old, roof also 8 years old, replacement windows throughout, and new entry and storm doors. Also, I had totally re-plumbed the house with PEX, complete with manifold and valves for every service connection a couple of years ago. Inside is rock-solid thick plaster walls and ceiling, all in good shape and we'd like to leave all of the fairly new appliances, fridge, oven, washer & dryer.

I'm just waiting to see what the inspectors say is "Wrong" with this house, other than it does need more insulation in the attic. I've done almost everything that's been done to this house for the last 30 years, and I'm hoping there's nothing serious that comes up in the inspections, I need to catch up on 100 maintenance jobs on my own house for a change.

Wonder what the new neighbors will be like....

 

[HoughMade]

Recently drove by there on my way home from trap cause I wanted to see if there were any changes up around north side of Painter. Like to tell you it was the same as it ever was....but actually think the mosquitoes were bout twice as thick as I remembered.

There’s still some nice, sparsely populated areas up there, not as sparse as it used to be, but still not bad. This is the time of year I miss it most.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Wonder what the new neighbors will be like....

I'm hoping for quiet folks who keep to themselves, especially given that their house will be like ten feet from mine.

 

[2Lucky]

If you are stressed out from selling your house why dont you just rent it out and became a landlord that way you wont be stressed by the buyers!

 

[Hoosierdood]

So here’s what I don’t get 200ish to 185k buys a lot of house down here IMO just gonna grow out a few listings and see if I am right or off?

Up here where I'm at, $230k will get you a 3 bedroom house built in the 1990's with a few issues that will need addressed, but not many. My house is about a mile and a half from Lake Michigan.

 

[jkaetz]

We're getting ready to put my MIL's house up for sale next week. Looking forward to getting it sold, but not looking forward to the process.
At least this house is empty, so it's always clean and ready to show.

This one is a small 1200sqft 2bdrm 1bath ranch built in the 1950s, but it has a brand new furnace, AC 8 years old, roof also 8 years old, replacement windows throughout, and new entry and storm doors. Also, I had totally re-plumbed the house with PEX, complete with manifold and valves for every service connection a couple of years ago. Inside is rock-solid thick plaster walls and ceiling, all in good shape and we'd like to leave all of the fairly new appliances, fridge, oven, washer & dryer.

I'm just waiting to see what the inspectors say is "Wrong" with this house, other than it does need more insulation in the attic. I've done almost everything that's been done to this house for the last 30 years, and I'm hoping there's nothing serious that comes up in the inspections, I need to catch up on 100 maintenance jobs on my own house for a change.

Make sure you leave something obvious for the inspector to find so he doesn't make something more problematic up.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Make sure you leave something obvious for the inspector to find so he doesn't make something more problematic up.

That's actually a good idea. Let him show them he's earning his money, and let him find something I was going to fix anyway.

Thanks

 

[rob63]

This is the first time I have ever heard the term "Michigan" basement, what does that mean? I tried googling it, but got nothing.

 

[gregkl]

This is the first time I have ever heard the term "Michigan" basement, what does that mean? I tried googling it, but got nothing.

Same here. And I grew up in Michigan. Our basement in Flint didn't seem any different than my basement in Virginia.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I just assumed Michigan basement just meant unfinished... as in dirt floor unfinished. Lived in a house like that in Lafayette.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Michigan Basement

What is a Michigan Basement? | Prugar Consulting, Inc.

 

[gregkl]

Michigan Basement

What is a Michigan Basement? | Prugar Consulting, Inc.

Go figure. The only place I have ever seen one of those was in North Carolina.

 

[churchmouse]

Michigan Basement

What is a Michigan Basement? | Prugar Consulting, Inc.

Those style basements are very common in the older farm houses on the east side of the state around the Richmond area.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Those style basements are very common in the older farm houses on the east side of the state around the Richmond area.

I've lived in two houses with those. One, a small house on the south side of Muncie in the old Ball Corp neighborhood and the other, a really old farm house near the Delaware-Randolph county line.

In both cases they added onto the original square or rectangular house, digging the basement under the new addition, and extending it under part of the original house. The farm house was done well with good concrete work and it even had a water cistern built into one corner (long abandoned by the time we lived there). The one in Muncie was poorly done, and I had to do a lot of work making new footers to support the badly sagging floor.