Comments on: Ye Olde Shite Haus

By: JILL

JILL — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:48:03 +0000

I hope you can sell your home soon. We've bought 5 houses since getting married 15 years ago. But, we've been blessed with corporate moving packages, so selling isn't always a worry with a buy-out in place. I will say, I have 100% success rate when baking an apple pie prior to a showing/open house. The house smells great and you get pie for dessert! (and hopefully, a contract comes in soon, too) You can try applesauce in your crock-pot, too for the same home cooked smell.

When we shop for a home (and we make our realtors take us to 50-60 homes before making a decision) candles are always a red flag for me. Baking is one thing, but when I smell candles, I think the seller is trying to really mask something.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:25:10 +0000

My husband and I were …I'd like to say….VERY savvy when we bought this house a year ago…..But he's in his 40's and I'm in my late 30's…….He is in finance and is smart with numbers……I'm not smart with anything…….BUT…..Our agent was all, "The bank approved you for $160,000 you can easily look at a house that is $190, because you'll easily make $30,000 off the sale of your old house……..and can every easily talk at least $5,000 – $10,000 off the house you like………..

We were like…NO THANKS…but they kept wanting to show us houses that were WAY out of our comfort zone…….We eventually found one on the internet that was $120,000…………Still more than WE wanted to spend, but we did okay.

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:59:44 +0000

Ugh, I'm so sorry girl. This is beyond stressful, especially while knocked up (respectably, of course). But these problems are so common in houses. You've done cute things to the place and the landscaping, you've got a pool, and you're in a great location. It will sell. I'm putting good vibes out into the universe, which is totally fool proof.
Also, you'll want to go with the sperm of a Tyson's chicken.

By: roxy.cape

roxy.cape — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:12:36 +0000

When I worked in real estate, the juju du jour was the St. Joseph "The Home Seller" statue. Buy one of those suckers, bury him head-first into the dirt in the front yard and pray his plastic miracle powers take effect.

By: Perpetua

Perpetua — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:51:19 +0000

God, this is kind of making me ill, seeing as we're looking to buy (first time ever for both of us) and it seems like everyone is a little to eager to sell us one particular house.

I just hope for the best for you guys, and as for evil spells, I would do a smudging of your new place, and it probably wouldn't hurt to do one in your current place, too. It's kind of pseud-religion if you aren't of the cultural group that legitimately practices such things, but…I did one after a really icky break-up, to chase the associated ickiness of the guy out of my space, and it worked.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:56:31 +0000

'One man's trash is another man's treasure'

Just think, the people selling your home when you bought it probably thought the same thing…regardless of the price, they knew what they were selling and were probably feeling lucky to unload it. When we sold our house, we sure felt that way! Everywhere we looked we saw something wrong. We wanted out soooooo bad! There was a buyer, a young couple, pregnant, and excited. They looked beyond all the little flaws and saw what they could turn into their home. There will be a young (aka foolish) couple out there to buy your place too! Prey on the naive… add scented candles… set the trap.

By: bex1433

bex1433 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:55:14 +0000

Damn girl! I'm so sorry about your shitty luck with this house! I know what you mean about the realtors though, I worked for a mortgage broker during the real estate market boom and I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. Is there anyway you can go back over that home inspection…is there any recourse there? I hope there's someway you can get a little help with the house!!!