Hopefully we'll get some more interested people.
Our Realtor is a really cool guy. He's a staunch conservative, NRA Life Member, and so are the rest of his family members. I was supposed to take the dog out the other day when he had the "mini" open house, but just as I was leaving, a potential buyer walked up, so I took the dog out back. After that person left I started talking to him about firearms and things and another couple showed up, so I dragged the dog out again.
We never did make it to the dog park as we had so much fun yakking away between people coming by to look at the house!
Friday, July 21, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Busy, Busy Week.....
I was happy to go to "work" on the Iowa today!
We had two realtors bring their clients by on Tuesday, and our realtor brought two people by today.
Thursday he's having a mid-week open house from noon to 1500, so the dog and I will head out to the dog park for a few.
He said mid-week showings allow people who work weekends (typically medical, firefighters, and LEOs) to have some time to look at a house and walk around for more than a few minutes. The people that came yesterday were wearing scrubs, and one was an ER nurse, and the other a physical therapist.
He had expected to get at least one offer this week, but the week is drawing to a close, and he hasn't heard anything yet.
I would expect him to want to have an open house again this weekend, but he hasn't said anything about that so far.
I'll talk to him tomorrow about the upcoming weekend and see what he wants to do....
We had two realtors bring their clients by on Tuesday, and our realtor brought two people by today.
Thursday he's having a mid-week open house from noon to 1500, so the dog and I will head out to the dog park for a few.
He said mid-week showings allow people who work weekends (typically medical, firefighters, and LEOs) to have some time to look at a house and walk around for more than a few minutes. The people that came yesterday were wearing scrubs, and one was an ER nurse, and the other a physical therapist.
He had expected to get at least one offer this week, but the week is drawing to a close, and he hasn't heard anything yet.
I would expect him to want to have an open house again this weekend, but he hasn't said anything about that so far.
I'll talk to him tomorrow about the upcoming weekend and see what he wants to do....
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Second Open House Today. Be Back Around 1500 PDST! **UPDATED**
We had 40 people yesterday. 10 were neighbors who were "just curious", 10 were "lookie-loos" who just like looking at open houses, and 20 were people definitely looking to buy.
Our agent is off today, and is taking his wife out for the day to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.
His Mom will be doing the open house today. She's been selling real estate here in SoCal for 35+ years, so she's seen several bubbles, where the prices went nuts like they are now. It should be interesting to hear what she has to say....
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We "only" had 15 people come through today, BUT...the first couple that came through while I was still there had their realtor with them, always a good sign. If their realtor is taking them around to open houses, it's almost a sure bet they're seriously looking to buy. I had just finished showing "Mom" the house and explaining some of the finer points she didn't know, like we have a whole house water filtration/softener system, and every room is wired with an RG-6QS cable and a cat 6E Ethernet cable, when they came in. The husband wanted to see the garage, and I asked the realtor if it was OK, she said sure. He liked the solid work benches, and the fact I was leaving the four 48" LED overhead light fixtures I'd put in last summer when I was doing all the work on the Supra.
Our realtor's Mom (a VERY cool lady, BTW..) said that she had two couples come by who had been here yesterday, and they came back with their realtor, and were asking fairly detailed questions about the house and neighborhood, another good sign that we have some pretty solid buyers checking the place out.
After I got back today (little Pebbles has had TWO days in the dog park! YIPIEE!) I spent some time talking with her and she said if we didn't at least get a couple of offers this week she'd be surprised, which pretty much echoed what her son told us yesterday before he left.
SO....I'd hazard a guess to say the house will sell, and fairly soon. We're priced very fairly compared to some of the other houses in the immediate area that have slightly bigger lots, but the people are asking $65~$75k more than we are, and those house have been on the market for 4 weeks or longer.
Our agent is off today, and is taking his wife out for the day to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.
His Mom will be doing the open house today. She's been selling real estate here in SoCal for 35+ years, so she's seen several bubbles, where the prices went nuts like they are now. It should be interesting to hear what she has to say....
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We "only" had 15 people come through today, BUT...the first couple that came through while I was still there had their realtor with them, always a good sign. If their realtor is taking them around to open houses, it's almost a sure bet they're seriously looking to buy. I had just finished showing "Mom" the house and explaining some of the finer points she didn't know, like we have a whole house water filtration/softener system, and every room is wired with an RG-6QS cable and a cat 6E Ethernet cable, when they came in. The husband wanted to see the garage, and I asked the realtor if it was OK, she said sure. He liked the solid work benches, and the fact I was leaving the four 48" LED overhead light fixtures I'd put in last summer when I was doing all the work on the Supra.
Our realtor's Mom (a VERY cool lady, BTW..) said that she had two couples come by who had been here yesterday, and they came back with their realtor, and were asking fairly detailed questions about the house and neighborhood, another good sign that we have some pretty solid buyers checking the place out.
After I got back today (little Pebbles has had TWO days in the dog park! YIPIEE!) I spent some time talking with her and she said if we didn't at least get a couple of offers this week she'd be surprised, which pretty much echoed what her son told us yesterday before he left.
SO....I'd hazard a guess to say the house will sell, and fairly soon. We're priced very fairly compared to some of the other houses in the immediate area that have slightly bigger lots, but the people are asking $65~$75k more than we are, and those house have been on the market for 4 weeks or longer.
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Open House Today.....Be Back Later
The agent dropped by and is out running around putting up his signs.
The open house is from 1100~1500, so we have to be out of here. We're taking the dog to the dog park, but before we do that we have some "Hazardous Waste" to drop off in San Pedro.
Got some used motor oil that has water in it, so the auto parts stores won't take it, along with some old paint, RoundUp, bug spray, oven cleaner, and junk like that.
The wife would have taken it in to the Long Beach place, but they're only open one weekend per month!
Se y'all after about 1530 PDST!
The open house is from 1100~1500, so we have to be out of here. We're taking the dog to the dog park, but before we do that we have some "Hazardous Waste" to drop off in San Pedro.
Got some used motor oil that has water in it, so the auto parts stores won't take it, along with some old paint, RoundUp, bug spray, oven cleaner, and junk like that.
The wife would have taken it in to the Long Beach place, but they're only open one weekend per month!
Se y'all after about 1530 PDST!
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Another Step Closer....***UPDATED***
Well, our little place is now listed.
The listing price is what the agent told us, slightly under the appraisal, and he expects "solid" buyers will bid it up a bit to meet the appraisal.
LL stopped by today to pick up the big Pelican case I bought years ago when I had vision of operating Maritime Mobile from the Sea Launch ship I was on. It turned out that getting a Reciprocal Operating Permit from the ship's flag country was extremely difficult, and those plans never happened. I was happy to see the case going to somebody who'll use it!
And the dog treated him like she's known him for years.
Today I got the wireless doorbell working again (dirty battery contacts), changed out the old, worn-looking toilet seat, replaced the switch for the ceiling fan in the Radio Room, dragged all the "eWaste" down to the collection place, and did the vacuuming. There's only one street-view photo of the house, as the photographer had to back out Wednesday, and won't be here until Friday afternoon.
Saturday is the first open house, from 1100 to 1500, so we'll take the dog to the big dog park, and let her run until she drops!
The photographer and agent just left. They were here for a couple of hours taking lots of pix. The pix will be processed (he shoots in RAW format) and posted with the listing later this afternoon.
The agent also want a second open house on Sunday, also from 1100 to 1500.
Looks like the dog will get a lot of park time this weekend!
The listing price is what the agent told us, slightly under the appraisal, and he expects "solid" buyers will bid it up a bit to meet the appraisal.
LL stopped by today to pick up the big Pelican case I bought years ago when I had vision of operating Maritime Mobile from the Sea Launch ship I was on. It turned out that getting a Reciprocal Operating Permit from the ship's flag country was extremely difficult, and those plans never happened. I was happy to see the case going to somebody who'll use it!
And the dog treated him like she's known him for years.
Today I got the wireless doorbell working again (dirty battery contacts), changed out the old, worn-looking toilet seat, replaced the switch for the ceiling fan in the Radio Room, dragged all the "eWaste" down to the collection place, and did the vacuuming. There's only one street-view photo of the house, as the photographer had to back out Wednesday, and won't be here until Friday afternoon.
Saturday is the first open house, from 1100 to 1500, so we'll take the dog to the big dog park, and let her run until she drops!
The photographer and agent just left. They were here for a couple of hours taking lots of pix. The pix will be processed (he shoots in RAW format) and posted with the listing later this afternoon.
The agent also want a second open house on Sunday, also from 1100 to 1500.
Looks like the dog will get a lot of park time this weekend!
Monday, July 10, 2017
"Deep Cleaners" Here Today / Other Progress **Updated**
Finally got the radio room suitably "emptied" in preparation for the cleaners to take a whack at it.
They've been working in the kitchen for several hours, and are almost done in there. Next is the "master" bedroom, then the bathroom, then the front bedroom, bathroom and finally Radio Central.
Oh, and the living/dining area.
They're very thorough and "bubbly/perky" young ladies.
The gardener came again today with his big truck, and hauled away a ton of trash. The city also came by and picked up all the stuff we had by the curb. Long Beach gives you three "Large Item" pick ups per year, and we still have two we can use.
I think the cleaners will have to come back tomorrow, as it's already 1210, and considering how thorough they are, I just don't think they'll be done by 1700. The quote was for "Monday and possibly Tuesday", and I'm guessing they'll need at least part of Tuesday to finish. I also have to drop, disassemble, and pack the tripod/mast my discone is on, and the mast on the side of the house holding the weather station and another small VHF/UHF vertical antenna.
The photographer is coming by on Wednesday, and the house gets listed Thursday.
The realtor told us the market in this part of town is "crazy hot", and he had the sales figures to back it up. He thinks we should get some good, solid offers the first week, and it should definitely be under contract well before the end of July.
That means we'll be outta here by the end of August, possibly the middle of August.
I have quite a few items in the garage that the movers will not ship, so I'll either rent a trailer to pull behind the Jeep, or a big "Box Van" like I rented when I moved here to Kaliforniastan some 35 years ago.......
-More to come-
Holy smokes, the house positively sparkles!
They even managed to make Radio Central here look good.
My hats are off to the young ladies who showed up on time, didn't take any breaks, and worked seven hours straight to clean the house.
We not only paid them the agreed upon price (which my wife haggled down before they came), but we also tipped each of them $20 each.
They've been working in the kitchen for several hours, and are almost done in there. Next is the "master" bedroom, then the bathroom, then the front bedroom, bathroom and finally Radio Central.
Oh, and the living/dining area.
They're very thorough and "bubbly/perky" young ladies.
The gardener came again today with his big truck, and hauled away a ton of trash. The city also came by and picked up all the stuff we had by the curb. Long Beach gives you three "Large Item" pick ups per year, and we still have two we can use.
I think the cleaners will have to come back tomorrow, as it's already 1210, and considering how thorough they are, I just don't think they'll be done by 1700. The quote was for "Monday and possibly Tuesday", and I'm guessing they'll need at least part of Tuesday to finish. I also have to drop, disassemble, and pack the tripod/mast my discone is on, and the mast on the side of the house holding the weather station and another small VHF/UHF vertical antenna.
The photographer is coming by on Wednesday, and the house gets listed Thursday.
The realtor told us the market in this part of town is "crazy hot", and he had the sales figures to back it up. He thinks we should get some good, solid offers the first week, and it should definitely be under contract well before the end of July.
That means we'll be outta here by the end of August, possibly the middle of August.
I have quite a few items in the garage that the movers will not ship, so I'll either rent a trailer to pull behind the Jeep, or a big "Box Van" like I rented when I moved here to Kaliforniastan some 35 years ago.......
-More to come-
Holy smokes, the house positively sparkles!
They even managed to make Radio Central here look good.
My hats are off to the young ladies who showed up on time, didn't take any breaks, and worked seven hours straight to clean the house.
We not only paid them the agreed upon price (which my wife haggled down before they came), but we also tipped each of them $20 each.
Saturday, July 8, 2017
House Sale Progress
And progress it is!
We got the "Yard Beautification Program" finished today, and I must say, with all the fresh exterior paint the house looks pretty nice.
Only room left to do is the Radio Room, and that's about 1/2 cleaned out. Should be finished by Sunday night.
The "Deep Cleaning" specialist is coming Monday morning, and will be finished by Tuesday.
The photographer will be here Tuesday afternoon / Wednesday morning, proper light and weather permitting, and the house goes on the market Thursday.
Our realtor is confident the house will sell in 14 days, with escrow taking 20~25 days.
Looks like we'll be outta here by the middle of August, end of August at the latest.
Back to boxing stuff up.....
We got the "Yard Beautification Program" finished today, and I must say, with all the fresh exterior paint the house looks pretty nice.
Only room left to do is the Radio Room, and that's about 1/2 cleaned out. Should be finished by Sunday night.
The "Deep Cleaning" specialist is coming Monday morning, and will be finished by Tuesday.
The photographer will be here Tuesday afternoon / Wednesday morning, proper light and weather permitting, and the house goes on the market Thursday.
Our realtor is confident the house will sell in 14 days, with escrow taking 20~25 days.
Looks like we'll be outta here by the middle of August, end of August at the latest.
Back to boxing stuff up.....
Friday, July 7, 2017
Go Read This....
I'm up to my you-know-what in alligators toady tearing down the radio room so we can get it painted. It's the last thing to really do in the house, and the wifely unit has been.....well, let's just say "NOT Nice" about it.
SO....Please go read this over at Angel's place. You'll love it.
SO....Please go read this over at Angel's place. You'll love it.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
"Shock and Awe" In Long Beach
Good Gravy......
It's one continuous rumble out there, punctuated by the much louder pops, bangs, and BOOMS of stuff being set off in our little subdivision.
It's 2130 now, and this has been going on for about two hours.
I can see where a Vet with PTSD could get rattled by it.
So much for all the "NO Safe and Sane Fireworks in Long Beach! ALL Fireworks Are ILLEGAL!" signs that popped up (no pun intended) in the last week.
It sounds like the WWII movies where the Navy is shelling a beach somewhere.....
It's one continuous rumble out there, punctuated by the much louder pops, bangs, and BOOMS of stuff being set off in our little subdivision.
It's 2130 now, and this has been going on for about two hours.
I can see where a Vet with PTSD could get rattled by it.
So much for all the "NO Safe and Sane Fireworks in Long Beach! ALL Fireworks Are ILLEGAL!" signs that popped up (no pun intended) in the last week.
It sounds like the WWII movies where the Navy is shelling a beach somewhere.....
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