i posted this on LP too, but anyone with advice let me know!
first off, our new house possession date in our contract states dec 19th, but will not go later than jan 19th. our builder has said to plan for jan 30th -- which is what he told me to tell the appliance place. SO, knowing that, we were going to list our current house for sale this month, like in a week or 2. i know it's early BUT "they" say that oct/nov is the best time to sell in this half of the year, because december is busy with christmas and in january i'm guessing people feel broke? anyway, should we list our house this month as planned?? HELP!!!
now, next question -- how to price our home?? here is a link to our exact house in our exact neighborhood: http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?vd=&SearchURL=%3fMode%3d0%26Page%3d1%26vs%3d1%26rlt%3d%26cp%3d%26pt%3d0%26mp%3d0-0-0%26mrt%3d-1-0-0%26Beds%3d0-0%26Baths%3d0-0%26f%3d%26ft%3dall%26o%3dA%26of%3d1%26ps%3d10%26ptgid%3d1%26aid%3d7367%252c4604%252c4606%26MapURL%3d&Mode=0&PropertyID=5109907 except our house does NOT have a garage. our house has a few upgrades that this listed house does not have:
-hardwood worth about $3000
-ensuite worth about $4000
-faces a greenspace/park and not another house worth ?
THIS house in the link was on comfree at $365K, then reduced to $355K, and now it's at $349K on mls. weird. anyway, we were hoping to sell for about $340 but that might be a bit high. i see another similar home with no garage, no upgrades, in rutherford on comfree for $344. anyone who wants to share some insight/advice, please do! i'm sort of stuck on what to do....
ALSO -- everyone says to do a huge declutter and pack away some things when you list your house for sale. we're going to do this, even though we don't have a ton of "stuff" -- but my question is, to what extent should it be tidy? meaning, do i take out everything from under our bed? (photo frames, some books, etc. can't really be seen unless you bend down to look) and how clean should the insides of closets and cupboards be? also, our basement is our storage, should we actually take some things and store them elsewhere -- at my parents perhaps? or just leave our storage as-is? thanks!!
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I have no idea on the pricing thing, but I do think it's a good idea to declutter. Decluttering gives the impression of space so the less "stuff" you have hiding in places, the better. Cupboards, closets, and pantry should be neat and tidy and not overfull to again give the feeling of lots of space, especially if your closets, etc are on the small side (like our linen closet). When we sold our house, we did store some things at my parents' place.
Good luck! It's exciting!!
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