Things to be done to the house in Haddenham to render it saleable...
- Clean windows in:
- Study
- Bedroom
- Bathroom
- Front door
- Lounge
- Kitchen
- Heaters in:
- Study
- Bedroom
- Lounge
- Alternatively, price them as a discount to the asking price
Hang medicine cabinet in bathroom- Touch up paintwork in bedroom
- Handrail on stairs
- Touch up paintwork in lounge
- touch up paintwork in kitchen
Lay /KitchenFloor-- Needs finishing with the sealant goo- refit back door
Decide on an asking price (Ideally 20k more than agreed-upon price for .BowlerStreet? in order to cover moving costs and end up debt neutral)On the market for UKP 112,500.
Timeline
- Monday August 15th, DanielSilverstone to obtain materials to do cleaning of windows.
- Throw out as much crap as you can before Wed 31st. Making rooms look bigger is almost more important than making the place tidy.
- Monday 5th September, Chris Summers (Regional manager for Januarys) visited, filled out forms, arranged things, instructed solicitors.
- Week of 12th Sept, lay /KitchenFloor.
- Monday 12th September, 18:15, viewing to do. (fell through)
- Friday 23rd September, viewing by Januarys to prepare for weekend of sale attempts
- Saturday 24th / Sunday 25th September, open-house viewing from 2pm to 5pm each day.
- Monday 10th October, Daniel agreed to drop the price to 105k to see if we can sell more quickly.
- Friday 28th October, Daniel rang them to give them a kick up the arse.
Januarys say
- Phone: 01353 661 171
- Approx 112,500, aiming for 110,000, now dropped to 105,000 to see if it'll sell more quickly.
- Fee would be 1980+VAT
- Countrywide lawyers, approx 1200+VAT (top-whack)
- Survey is likely to be approx 250+VAT
- I.E. approx 4000 all-in on fees
- Andrew Gibbs is the manager of the Ely Branch
- The negotiators are Georgina, Melanie and Sarah
- Mortgage advisor is Nadine (away until the 12th)