Big Move- The house sale

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 following Monday.

The new owners also agreed to pay off the solar loan and allow our move out date to be May 16th.

That meant that the next part of the planning was to arrange for movers!

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