Staging a home for sale is an absolute b*%$h. Previously, when we moved from our apartments, all we had to do was let the movers in and pack up everything (and I mean everything..down to the many ketchup and mustard sachets we don't bother to throw away). It is a whole new ballgame now. Cleaning the house is one thing, staging it is another. As you may know from my entries, keeping house is not my forte. I rarely vacuum and I only ever dust/clean/wipe down anything when we have people over and this only happens in rooms to be made accessible to the masses. In addition to cleaning, we now have to stage the rooms to make them palatable to the masses. The rule is, you live one way, you stage another. So all clutter has to be removed. No personal pictures, no little quirky souvenirs scattered about. Kitchen counters have to be totally cleared. This is not easy to do especially when we still LIVE here. Toys have to be put away, out of sight. Our ironing room has been turned into the nursery, so Sasha's clothes are in our dressing room (her little dresser/closet is too heavy to move) while her crib and changing table are in the new nursery (which was previously the ironing room). The larger room on the third floor has been turned into another bedroom, with the bed all made up like it is actually used (since we moved in we have only used the room once and I think I have entered the room maybe all of five times). Our little computer/printer table which was previously in our second study has been moved upstairs to the smaller third floor room so that now looks like a little study. Our closets have to be show worthy so that means we actually have to
hang our clothes. I have been going around the house with a can of white paint touching up any little nick I see. The mold and mildew from the windows have to be cleaned and or painter over. No dust balls about. This house had better sell soon or I will go crazy maintaining it like this...aaaarghh!!
Any-who...if you are interested in moving upstate, I am posting some pics which our agent (who gets a whopping 6% of the sale price, and does not have to deal with a sigle dust ball!!) is using:
Our soon to be ex-home
Our soon to be ex-dining room
Our soon to be ex-living room
6 comments:
Oh Sof, I am just like you! I am crap at domestic chores... I cannot live without my cleaning woman..
I suggest, the next time you need the house thoroughly cleaned, get one of them in. they work faster...
BTW, your home looks lovely and respectable. I'd move in there if I were to live upstate NY!
Nina
sof, i love love love your house!!! cant afford to maintain 2 homes though so have to give it a miss!
MsJ
whats happening whats happening. where are we moving to? torono?
Thanks Nina. We thought about getting the pros in but never got around to it. Next house definitely.
Thanks Ms J. We like it too...ah well, life of academic nomads.
Azuradec, yup, moving to Toronto. Not to worry, will still be there to cheer you on for NY marathon...only 7 hours drive away.
I just love ur house...
Thanks Kaezrin. Although I never know whether I should say thanks as really had nothing to do with it...only moved in and scattered belongings about.
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