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So, we're out of here in June, more like May, if the house sells fast, which it most likely will. Whenever I'm outside, I look at my lonely little garden patch and wonder if I should plan to have a few veggie plants. Maybe some tomatoes and squash, at the least. My husband thinks we should plant it with some hardy and colorful ground flowers to "stage" the yard, so to speak, for the potential buyers.
What say you? Veggies or flowers. If it were ME, a veggie garden would be a selling point. ;D
Planting a vegetable garden might scare away buyers. They'll think "Well, they really don't want to sell their house," or "They don't intend on selling the house because LOOK!! they've planted a vegetable garden. It must be overpriced."
Planting a vegetable garden might scare away buyers. They'll think "Well, they really don't want to sell their house," or "They don't intend on selling the house because LOOK!! they've planted a vegetable garden. It must be overpriced."
Ahhh, yes. Siiigh, I guess it's all grocery veggies for us this year. <sniffle> Maybe a tomato plant in a pot on the deck. DAYUM, I HATE commercial tomatoes, they taste like cardboard.
Ahhh, yes. Siiigh, I guess it's all grocery veggies for us this year. <sniffle> Maybe a tomato plant in a pot on the deck. DAYUM, I HATE commercial tomatoes, they taste like cardboard.
Make sure your house is Feng Shui "correct." It's very important these days.
Make sure your house is Feng Shui "correct." It's very important these days.
LOL! People are so boring. The realtor says our bright and trendy paint choices are all wrong for staging. We've been painting up a storm, in the most dull, bland colors imaginable. No more red kitchen as of this weekend <sniffle>
LOL! People are so boring. The realtor says our bright and trendy paint choices are all wrong for staging. We've been painting up a storm, in the most dull, bland colors imaginable. No more red kitchen as of this weekend <sniffle>
Many real estate agents have told me to not fix up your house before you sell it for two main reasons...1: It's a waste of money that you'll never get back through the sale; and 2: The people who will probably end up buying your house will just end up painting over what you just painted or rip out the new carpet that you just had installed.
Many real estate agents have told me to not fix up your house before you sell it for two main reasons...1: It's a waste of money that you'll never get back through the sale; and 2: The people who will probably end up buying your house will just end up painting over what you just painted or rip out the new carpet that you just had installed.
We're not installing new carpet, we're painting the walls. I do in fact believe we will get our money back ($10 per gallon of Wal-mart paint) and so does our realtor. A lot of people are too stupid to realize that paint is superficial. Have you ever followed people around an open house? They say the most retarded things. When we were looking at this house, one woman was going on and on about the hardware on the kitchen cabinets, about how it made her hate the entire kitchen, another woman was complaining about the ugly brown paint in the master bedroom, how could some one DO that to a house, etc... Frankly, they were both right, not that paint and hardware cannot be easily and cheaply fixed, but there you have it. A clean, blank and bland slate is what attracts people to a house and inspires them to over bid the price in order to get the house.
Annie04
02-10-2005, 03:26 PM
Many real estate agents have told me to not fix up your house before you sell it for two main reasons...1: It's a waste of money that you'll never get back through the sale; and 2: The people who will probably end up buying your house will just end up painting over what you just painted or rip out the new carpet that you just had installed.
Jeny is right, bright colors could turn off potential buyers. Bland and nuetral are good as they can imagine themselves and their things in the home. Actualy, if you do it right, the paint will not be the focus when you show your home. You should make your home cozy with a warm "sit and stay awhile" feeling. You want to get rid of your photos and make it look as if they could walk in and live there without too much change.
Moving is a huge event, the less work a potential buyer has when they purchase a home, the better.
I'd go with the flowers Jeny....they are less personal....you could plant a veggie only to hear a potential buyer turn away and say "lets go...these vegies will give me gas".
We had a home with cameras outside that we sold. After someone looked at our home we were able to see what time they entered the home, how much time spent inside, and if they came outside to walk the property, we knew they liked the inside. We had the whole scoop on what the buyers looked liked and so on....it was great fun to watch the tape after we got back home after a showing.
wendy
02-10-2005, 06:55 PM
Jeny is right, bright colors could turn off potential buyers.
You're right...that's because most people have zero imagination...zero vision. All they see is what is in front of them...not what could be.
NorNec
02-11-2005, 06:41 AM
You're right...that's because most people have zero imagination...zero vision. All they see is what is in front of them...not what could be.
Look at Maniac. I took one look at its posts and knew there was a diamond in the making. All we have to do is un-lodge that piece of coal in its anus.
You're right...that's because most people have zero imagination...zero vision. All they see is what is in front of them...not what could be.
siiigh, so true. :) It's ok, I've made a little binder with a section for each room in my new house. I've got paint samples and pictures of furniture and stuff. Keeps me distracted from all the boring white and tan around here. ;D
Annie04
02-11-2005, 11:21 AM
siiigh, so true. :) It's ok, I've made a little binder with a section for each room in my new house. I've got paint samples and pictures of furniture and stuff. Keeps me distracted from all the boring white and tan around here. ;D
Oh gawd, you sound almost as bad as me.
Have you measured and scaled your furniture on paper and then cut them out. Then scaled each room your new home on a piece of paper to place each piece of furniture cut-out into each room of your new home? That's how bad I got...I was so organized on our last move that it didn't feel "new" when we moved in...I had already figured out everything and I just put things in their places....I am an organize-oholic.. ;D ;D
Oh gawd, you sound almost as bad as me.
Have you measured and scaled your furniture on paper and then cut them out. Then scaled each room your new home on a piece of paper to place each piece of furniture cut-out into each room of your new home? That's how bad I got...I was so organized on our last move that it didn't feel "new" when we moved in...I had already figured out everything and I just put things in their places....I am an organize-oholic.. ;D ;D
Heh, we're going down again first week of April. I'll be taking more measurements. ;D My furniture ideas are more like guidelines. You know, it's actually more expensive to move a houseful of furniture than it is to buy a houseful of furniture? We're taking almost nothing with us. Another good selling point for this house, all furniture is negotiable. ;D We're taking Alexa's bed, TJ's crib and a few other little things as far as furnishings go. It IS a lot of fun. I'm also a organization-aholic. I have a housework schedule (typed out and everything) to go along with my computerized daily to do list. I transferrred all my work related organization skills to my house when I stopped working :-[ ;D
I dont know I think Jeny should do what makes her happy. I would not sway away from a house that had a small vegi garden. The lake house we bought this winter has a small garden area. I thought it was charming. The green carpet is of course quite another thing :) Thats going :)
A few plants in pots will tide me over, I think. The colorful ground flowers will look really nice in that plot, we have a lot to do over the next few months, I don't really need to hassle of a big garden anyway. :'( I'll have a garden at the new house, I'm pretty sure the growing season in Arizona is year round (whoooo-hoooo!) I should add a garden section in my binder....
Annie04
02-11-2005, 01:13 PM
Heh, we're going down again first week of April. I'll be taking more measurements. ;D My furniture ideas are more like guidelines. You know, it's actually more expensive to move a houseful of furniture than it is to buy a houseful of furniture? We're taking almost nothing with us. Another good selling point for this house, all furniture is negotiable. ;D We're taking Alexa's bed, TJ's crib and a few other little things as far as furnishings go. It IS a lot of fun. I'm also a organization-aholic. I have a housework schedule (typed out and everything) to go along with my computerized daily to do list. I transferrred all my work related organization skills to my house when I stopped working :-[ ;D
That is smart to buy new furniture if you can for your new home. This way you can pick pieces that go with the new home. The last time we sold we also left our furniture (or most of it) because it was old and just wouldn't do in the new home (mixed pieces of his and hers). We bought new and we don't regret it yet.
Sounds like you have lots of work to feed your organizational habit... ;D The only problem I see with planting your garden in AZ is that it gets so hot...you may have to start the seedlings indoors until they get big enough to handle the intense sun. Imagine a garden year around.
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Sounds like you have lots of work to feed your organizational habit... ;D The only problem I see with planting your garden in AZ is that it gets so hot...you may have to start the seedlings indoors until they get big enough to handle the intense sun. Imagine a garden year around.
:D
Yes, someone on another board suggested a desert gardening book, I should really go get it and start planing the garden.
You know, over the years, I've started gardens from both seeds and plants. It's a little cheaper to start from seeds, starting them in flats in the basement and what not, but it's a lot more work. I'll probably start from plants, unless I can't find a plant that I teally want to have.
Annie04
02-11-2005, 06:07 PM
I know in CA we planted in March or April, that way the plants were established before the 100 degree days we got in May. We wanted the plants in the ground at least 6 weeks before the heatwave. I'm not sure in AZ...how exciting for you, to learn a whole new landscape...and climate.
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