Sunday, November 12, 2006

uhhh this is little overwhelming

Last night we had a realtor come over with her husband to give us some advice on preping our house to be sold in the spring. When the doorbell rang, I slowly walked to the front door and opened it to a sweet smiling couple. We introduced ourselves and they walked into my house. Immediatly they both commented on Makena's 2 year old picture sitting on top of the entertainment center. Then they moved to the pictures on top of the mantel. They commented on each one before gazing around the room. The realtor comments began at that moment: is all the light in this room. . . hmmmm. . . we can change that; i think this yellow is too light absorbing. . . i'll have to see it when it is not so dreay outside; we'll get my son out here to arrange the furniture; let's head to the backyead and . . . you need to trim these plants. . . anything that looks dead needs to go. . .throw it away because you do not need to move the (beautiful) palms; you know my gardener once painted my grass green; now ryan needs to paint this and this and this and this. . . . . . . . . . .(here's me:AHHHHHHHHHHH!) Back to the inside of the house:
oh, we need to add light; have you considered painting the bathroom white (this is the one we JUST painted a light tan which she LOVED in the other bathroom); oh, i think this blue will work; yes, this green to too light absorbing but we can just add some lamps. . . . .(it went on and on and on and on.)
So while I was prepared for these comments b/c I had been warned by my sis, Ryan was a bit taken back. When they finally left, after two hours, we were both exhausted with the list of things to do. Now here's the ironic thing: we had another realtor who sells the majority of homes in our community come and look at our house. She said our house was great and to just change the tub fixtures. She did not mention light, paint, plants, etc. . . So there you have it. Two people in the same profession both working for Century ** and yet with two different opinions. I fell asleep last night trying not be to overwhelmed.

1 comment:

breitx4 said...

Ah-ha! You've got bitten by the blogging bug:) Nice outlet for thoughts. You'll get through the realtor critique, but thank God you aren't in Michigan where you would practically have to pay someone to take your house! Your home is beautiful and it will sell. Get 3 opinions at least and then make a decision. Everything dead does have to go, but some of the other things seem a little outrageous. Kiss my "big-girl" for me - I can't wait to see you again!