I'm still in the processing portion of changing my life insurance. Thursday morning they come to my home for a simple medical exam. I fainted the last time I did one of these. I will definitely lay down this time!! I have to fast for 4-6 hours prior to the 9:30 am appointment. I think I can do that, especially since they want me to drink plenty of water.
We went looking for vinyl flooring yesterday. Our kitchen, two upstairs bathrooms, two entry ways and a laundry bathroom combination all have vinyl floors. They are three different patterns/colors of vinyl on the main level alone. The bathroom floors have stains and the laundry room has some major chips/dings in the vinyl (which I believe the previous owners caused when they moved their washer upon moving out).
We are interested in replacing all of it to match and create a bit of an upgrade and selling point for the house. Right now, using our basic measuring and math skills we are looking at $785. We expect the estimate to go up especially since three toilets will need to come out and then be replaced. We are willing to do a little work to prep ahead of time to save costs if needed.
We did get quotes on carpet, but feel that is more than we want to spend right out of the gate. Our carpet is light in color, but with carpet cleaning it seems to come back to life pretty nice. We will clean and put down plastic in high traffic areas at the time of listing.
Right now we are definitely leaning towards selling rather than renting, thus the new get ready to sell expenses. We can't be landlords from miles away and paying someone to do it isn't appealing either.
Flooring & Life Insurance
January 3rd, 2012 at 05:54 pm
January 3rd, 2012 at 07:56 pm 1325620586
One option may be to put the house up for sale, and wait as long as you are comfortable (or able to), then work with your Realtor to rent the house out. Our Realtor charged us 10% of the rental fee. They advertized the house as "for rent" and showed the house to potential renters. We took care of negotiating the price, and take care of repairs, and everything else. As far as bringing us togehter, the Realtor was very helpful.
Maybe the house will sell right away, but if it gets to be 6 or 18 months, you may want to consider.
January 3rd, 2012 at 08:08 pm 1325621295
We will put up for sale and evaluate as we go. Right now there are only 11 homes for sale that would be similar in value to ours; most houses are more expensive in our area. I think we are in a good price range and definitely in an awesome school district.
January 3rd, 2012 at 09:08 pm 1325624893