Jackie's Blog

Having the house under offer and a confirmed move out date took a lot of the pressure off but there was still a lot to do! We booked my haircuts, annual physical appointments, eye tests and dentist appointments, and asked for copies of all our records so we could take them with us.  We finished up tax collection information and sent them off to the tax  accountants so they could be completed for the April 16th tax deadline (for UK friends- the tax year is a calendar year).  We had been talking to our financial advisors about transitioning our US investments for some time. We had deliberately chosen an international company with offices both in the US and UK to make the eventual transition easier five years ago. However, it turned out that the process to convert the accounts wasn't really used that often and therefore a mess . You can only have accounts in the US while you have a UK address (even though we are also US citizens) in certain companies. That meant moving the a...

We met three realtors on March 1st and 2nd. All of them came to the house and had three different strategies. The first one impressed us most as she came with a plan and timeline going forward. She felt sure we could go on the market quickly without having to do much else to the inside of our house (whew). The other two were a little older in their strategies, and to be honest a little condescending about what needed to be done before photos etc. The house photos were taken just a week later.  We had a realtor open house on Wednesday, March 13th and the regular open house for everyone else the following weekend. What was also nice was that Christine, our realtor, had an apartment in Marblehead that we could use for the weekend. Dottie went to stay with our neighbors so it wasn't so confusing for her. House sale pictures Basement Dick's office Living room Kitchen Dining room The house looked lovely, and we were very pleased to have eight (8!!) offers over asking price the follow...