Paula Henry

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The Realtor is The Seller……..

August 29th, 2007 categories: Indy Home Sellers, Selling My Home

Number one of a continuing series to get my home sold. Money into Home

We relocated to Indianapolis to be home where our family is and have maintained our home in Phoenix Arizona. We have now decided to put our home in Phoenix on the market.

While I have been in Phoenix for the last 10 days, I have looked at a few of the homes on the market which are my competition. This has given me a good idea about what I need to do to get mine ready.

When we purchased this home, we had our work cut out for us. It is a 1979 Territorial style home with a flat roof (a foreign design to Hoosiers). Many of the interior items are the original and the exterior was; let’s just say, it was in need of attention. Since we have been here we have painted, installed a new A/C and Furnace, Hot water heater, completely remodeled the pool and landscaping, replaced all appliances, changed out fixtures, replaced all ceiling fans with new fixtures………you get the picture. We have done a lot!

With all of these items completed, we should be ready to put up a For Sale sign, get it marketed and wait for the perfect buyer. But……not so fast. We have the most antiquated bathrooms,(pictures later) which need to be revamped, remodeled, renovated, whatever you want to call it. We have been getting estimates and the cost, oh my!

Should I do it? As a Realtor, I know a buyer will come through my door and start taking off the amount of the repairs needed and the amount they come up with will be a lot more than the cost to do the work.

So, yes, we will do the updating. It will take time and we will probably put the home on the market in January. It gives us a few more months to enjoy this home we love……we’ll probably do one last hooray in January when the weather is outstanding in Arizona. Step One – We wait for the remodel to be completed……………..

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  1. Rita Taylor said at September 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Paula,

    You make good arguments for the updating. I am sure that last trip to Arizona with their warm winter will be nice when Indy is blanketed with snow.

  2. Joanne Hanson said at September 3rd, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    I am anxious to read all your posts as you do the remodel. PHX is a great place to be in Janaury,and now the trip will be tax deductible!

  3. Ashley said at September 26th, 2007 at 12:24 am

    It is so much easier to advice our clients on what to do. Good for you for fixing it up and enjoy your last trip to the house in Jan!

  4. Indy Real Estate Talk » Blog Archive » To Remodel or Not said at December 14th, 2007 at 11:37 am

    […] have mentioned in previous posts, we are selling our home in Arizona. When we bought the home, we knew we would need to do some updating. The home was built in 1979 and […]

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