Amberleighe's Discussions

Has anyone had any experience either buying or selling a home with foundation repairs? 

My husband and I purchased a home last year that had cable lock piers placed under it. We’re moving to another state due to job relocation (if/when we can sell). I am wondering if this is going to make it even HARDER to sell my house in today’s tumbling market. The repairs were done by a company that is very large and has been in business for over 70 years. It comes with a transferrable warranty.Of course the Zestimate on the house is well under what we paid which is quite discouraging! When we purchased the home we intended to stay here for years to come and didn’t even consider having to resale the home or that the foundation repairs could possibly negatively affect the sale.

Why are these 3 values so different?For example a home is given these 3 very different values;Insurance Co: $170,000Tax Assessor: $66,000FMV: $143,154

When getting our home ready to put on the market and we have a small budget (very) but really need to do some touch-ups, and "upgrades".Our kitchen currently has old beige laminate countertops that we are considering “upgrading” to a granite look a like laminate that is not very expensive. Is this a smart choice? Should we go ahead and find the money to replace with a more quality product like acrylic or even granite?Our master bathroom has NO tub, only a shower. I do not even know if there is room for a tub, because the toilet is very close, should we consider putting one in?Our windows are as old as the house 1979!!! Should we replace them with newer ones?It would not hurt to replace the roof, it possibly could go another couple years but we live in on heavily wooded lot and the roof looks dingy. Should we replace it or just try and clean it so it looks nicer?We have a spacious 2 car garage. We have our treadmill, and bowflex on one side, should we pack that up and move to storage?Lastly should we pack up our dinning room (being used as an office) and put a table in so that it shows as a dinning room? Our kitchen has a breakfast nook large enough for a table that sits 6, so would it matter to buyers that the dinning room is our office?

We're relocating to another state (if we can sell). These are just some things I think would make the house more appealing. The property will most likley sell the property (its why we chose it). We just dont know if we should even bother with some of the upgrades, or  leave it be and sell. This is just a quarter of our proptery. (2.43 acres)

I am considering using the Century21 flat fee service, has anyone used it? Or any flat fee service?

Is it a bad idea to leave a house vacant while its on the market? We've considered this as an option if we have to move before the home sells. We would install a monitored security system (and we live in a very safe area).

Steve Thanks that is something I had not even considered! There is no way I would leave my house 7 hours away uninsured, or uninsured at all for that matter!! I spoke with an agent today via email and she is confident our home would sell in 4 - 9 mos at full asking price, sooner if we ask for less.  :) I am excited to get our to do list complete and get it on the market!!

I have seen several posts here mentioning 6% Commision?? Then I see others saying 3%, what is the more commonly "expected" commision by an agent?

UG! Yeh I imagine that would be a bad idea! Although when I was considering this as an option I was going to have a family member in the area be the person that the alarm company would call if the alarm was triggered. Also that is a good point that people would assume the seller is desperate to sell and offers would be low!