{"id":76,"date":"2013-09-15T11:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/?p=76"},"modified":"2016-11-23T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:49:44","slug":"selling-your-home-is-not-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/selling-your-home-is-not-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Your Home Is Not Easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"
After the house preparations are done it is time to get those buyers through the door, but how easy will it be to actually sell the house? My main concern was that no one would be interest in the house and all my efforts at de-cluttering will have been a waste of time.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, I had multiple viewings all booked on the same day, with the estate agent sneakily timing them so as one viewer leaves the other would enter. Increasing the competition? – Maybe.<\/p>\n
<\/a>As I had lived in the house for more than twenty years I had agreed to show it to the viewers, being able to inform them how wonderful my sweet home was. Occasionally you got some people who came across as dis-interested, which I was, of course, expecting to a certain extent. One viewer for example did not want to enter the garden which in my opinion is the best part of the property so evidently I thought he was not interested. This certainly was not the case with him making an offer the very same day. Sometimes you just can’t know what the other person is thinking.<\/p>\n The clearout for sure paid off, with the house looking clutter free, compliments on how spacious the house was just kept coming, it was a good idea to put the extra furniture in the self storage units. And guess what, people actually do look inside the cupboards, good thing I had tidied them up too. The magnolia colour sure paid off as well, with comments such as “we could put the table there”. The downstairs bathroom paid dividends with people loving the new Philippe Starck tiles. I am very grateful that all the changes I made before placing the house on the market were noticed by the viewers, that can only mean one thing,- that they were worth it.<\/p>\n <\/a>After only two and a half weeks my house has been sold and taken off the market. It is\u00a0an odd feeling I have to admit, the idea of having other people live in your home after 20 years of living there, but it\u2019s a new adventure for me and that\u2019s what I am looking forward to. The key factors for getting my house sold in such a short space of time come down to three points:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With my house sold just 3% under the asking price it just leaves one problem, where am I going to live? Should I stay in London or not? There are multiple reasons why London is the perfect location <\/a>but is it time for a new place? The whole idea of having to pack all my personal belongings, transport them to a completely new place and then unpack and start exploring a new town is both exciting but daunting at the same time.<\/p>\n I recently read an article, where in some parts of the world you can move the whole structure of your house to another location which best suits you instead of having to move to a new house. To us in the UK this sounds a little crazy, but in countries such as the USA, Canada and New Zealand it is a well known. It normally happens when the land the building is on has been designated for redevelopment and therefore by moving the house they will preserve the historic building. I do wonder if I had the option if I would ever move my house to a new location. It would be an easier process than having to search for a new house which ticks all the boxes; however, do you still get the same excitement that you would do when you are relocating to a new house? \u2013I don’t think so, but then again at least you have a house.<\/p>\nIs it sold?<\/h2>\n
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Where does that leave me?<\/h2>\n