Tuesday, May 3, 2016

To V or not to V

To go or not to go that is the question. I want to go shopping today but I can't because there are two showings for today. Two realtors will come visit us and they will show the house in between 12:30 nn. to 1:30 pm then another one for 2:30 pm. I'm just ready for something else... blogging that's my focus for today after I'm done with my work and next is have to be unpredictable.

Hassle? Inconvenience? The inconvenient truth of "when the house is for sale." The agency, the realtors will start with their schedule of coming and going inside our house. There will be people, there will be strangers together with the realtors.

Everyday, this would be my kind of mode:  I wont feel the relaxation that I need. It will be housecleaning everyday. I clean my house everyday. I sweep the floor every time I see there are tiny bits and pieces of whatever on the floor. Then mopping floors is also a work. Anything that exerts effort and energy is called work. I dust the cabinets, tables and chairs and vacuum sofa. couch, recliners everyday. Although all these task I usually do everyday still is have to do the work two times better for these strangers. It would be like treating the house like a hotel. FGS!? For God sake! No, I'm not drinking sake' This is me brutally frank. I speak my mind all the time and that's terrible. I think not afraid to hurt somebody's feelings. Aren't we all the same telling the truth all the time like as if girl scouts?

Then I have to cook early for lunch and dinner so that I can clean the mess at the kitchen. I have to clean the counter and stove top or surface of the stove. OMG! I do that everyday but have to be in hurry to do all these work because you know so that I can cooperate with the realtors that they are showing a tidy, clean house. My house is clean and tidy even if there's no realtors. It's just that I don't like strangers that's all. Is that being bitchy or what?


Then the TV series I watched: Quantico and Blindspot showing how it's easy for the would be thieves to hook their mini-gadget to copy files from another computer. Wow! It takes few minutes, in less than 4 minutes, files of information  can be copied and stored in another computer because of such small gadget. It's creepy!

Do I want a creepy novel? lol

Mr. S.G phoned that one realtor cancelled the viewing today. Only one realtor from another realty company, he arrived with a "young family with him." They snapped photos of the house. Is that okay? I first thought there are photographs available in the realtor's website.

My husband said, what if it's me in search of a house would you shoot photos of the house and rooms so that you can better view them and compare with other houses and rooms? Good question. This is how I do it: I searched for the realty company and then search for the "for sale" or for "rent house." Most of the houses featured on the realty company or agency have their photographs for public viewing. You can click the photographs to enlarge them so that you can properly see them. If I like what I'm seeing on photographs then have to make an appointment with the realtor or property manager to see the house and see for ourselves. I know it's better to see the place or location, the house, the rooms, the appliances, the yard, the garden. What you should not do is open closets, drawers, touch all electronics including computers that belong to the residents of the house because I think that's rude. It is forbidden to  open cabinets, fridge and oven unless  only if you are the buyer that you announced that you are ready to buy the house and signed up contract with the realtor that you are to BUY THE HOUSE.

On our experiences, most of the time the houses we looked into are EMPTY. There's no furniture, only appliances sometimes without appliances, meaning? The house is vacant. Just like the house we are occupying right now. It was empty (no appliances, no furniture) before we moved in. We provided the appliances and furniture. Actually the owner hasn't install the mirrors yet in the 2 1/2 bathrooms for the house.

Mirror, mirror on the wall.



Would it be nice if the house is empty then that's the best time to show the house when it's empty because there are no furniture, no appliances, just empty rooms and empty garage, empty yard.