I had grand plans a year or so ago to change cities. Things were ok at work. My house was too small. I’m too far away from my family. I’m still too far away from family, but work has improved dramatically, and I think I’m going to stay put here in Big City, Ontario. But I’m going to get a bigger place. As a result, my house is in a turmoil of “get ready to sell”. It will be very sad to hand over the keys, but I’m ready.
Checklist:
- Get a storage unit – complete. There are about eight bins of stuff there already.
- Box stuff up – in progress. I boxed up the bookshelves last night. Nine boxes. Not all books, but that’s crazy.
- Move it to storage. (seems obvious, but if you saw the box wall thing I’ve got going on right now, you’d see why I’ve put it on the list)
- Purge. Also in progress. But hampered by the fact that I’m looking for a bigger place so I think I’ll have room there…and I might need it.
- Furniture in storage. I’ve got a few too many pieces for the space to look appealing to a buyer. Have to figure out what stays and what doesn’t.
- Clean. I’m not the world’s best cleaner (understatement of the world – I’m a horrible housekeeper) so I think I’ll hire some help.
- Giveaways. I have a dresser I rescued from the garbage that doesn’t match my stuff. (but it could go in the new spare room… hrm…
- Stage. Put more stuff away.
- Paint. I never really finished painting the kitchen two years ago. Fine for me. But I bet a prospective buyer is going to notice.
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