Confessions of…

“Confessions of Selling my House” 

It is time to sell the house. It has been rented out for five years and now it is time to say goodbye to it. My late husband and I didn’t have long enough there to make good, solid memories. Every memory we did make surrounded his illness, which means for me, that farewelling this house is easy. I have no emotional attachment to it.

Now for the confession. Doing “adult” things like this was much easier when Mark was around. He took care of things, and in a way protected me from having to do anything. I was out at work, and it was just a case of “sign this, sign that.” He dealt with it all. Now, it is time for me to ‘adult up’ and get with the program. (So, to speak.) So, here goes nothing. First step is to find three agents and get three valuations.

• One came back sounding and looking very professional.
• One came back looking good, but it had taken me some chasing up in order to get it. I wanted someone I could rely on. 
• The third came back as over-confident; a brashness and over familiarity to it that I didn’t like.

I went with the ‘very professional’ and chose the agency that had been looking after the property since 2020. They were offering me the best deal. Their presentation to encourage me to choose them was bespoke, well presented and sent to me late at night on final completion. It was followed up with a phone call the next day to see if I had any questions. Everything that they told me would happen, is happening. I havent had to chase them up and they are asking the right questions.  

Agent chosen, now it was price time. I had been doing my research online, checking the Narangba house prices regularly. I’d been looking at comparable properties and layouts and seeing those that offer similar to mine. Price settled. Now it’s ‘put it on the market’ time. It is tenanted until the end of July, so is on the market now and we shall see how it goes.