House buying - What is your deal killer?

[007]

God I wish my wife would have never even found that house she fell in love with. We weren't even looking. This is just causing me all kinds of stress.

Crappy thing is that we can't even put a bid down on that house unless somebody commits to ours. That house may be gone by then and we just wasted time and money. Sellers won't take contingency offers.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Guru

God I wish my wife would have never even found that house she fell in love with. We weren't even looking. This is just causing me all kinds of stress.

Crappy thing is that we can't even put a bid down on that house unless somebody commits to ours. That house may be gone by then and we just wasted time and money. Sellers won't take contingency offers.

Good luck to you. We just sold our house, it had been on the market like 45-60 days. take your realtors advice. You dont want to alienate a whole demographic of buyers who cant see the forest for the trees. Theres alot of them out there. I think most people want "move in ready"

Dont forget to stage your home as well. Get rid of the clutter and make spaces look bigger.

[007]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Good luck to you. We just sold our house, it had been on the market like 45-60 days. take your realtors advice. You dont want to alienate a whole demographic of buyers who cant see the forest for the trees. Theres alot of them out there. I think most people want "move in ready"

Dont forget to stage your home as well. Get rid of the clutter and make spaces look bigger.

The thing I am worried about is that if we change out both areas of carpet we are thinking, we will have to replace all of the other areas too so it doesn't clash as much.

My plan was to pull the carpet off our hardwood floors because they were finished. But, the condition of the hardwood floors was deteriorated enough that they need refinished. So that option got eliminated. As much as I would like to just have them refinished, I can't get the time off work it would take to get them done properly.

I am really getting to the point that, as much as I hate this house we live in, it just isn't worth all the money we will have to soak into it to get it sold right now. We need that money for the house we actually want.

[Chief Pote]

Originally Posted by Guru

The thing I am worried about is that if we change out both areas of carpet we are thinking, we will have to replace all of the other areas too so it doesn't clash as much.

My plan was to pull the carpet off our hardwood floors because they were finished. But, the condition of the hardwood floors was deteriorated enough that they need refinished. So that option got eliminated. As much as I would like to just have them refinished, I can't get the time off work it would take to get them done properly.

I am really getting to the point that, as much as I hate this house we live in, it just isn't worth all the money we will have to soak into it to get it sold right now. We need that money for the house we actually want.

I'd rip up the carpet, clean up the hardwood......no refinishing necessary at this point. You would be surprised how people will like the "vintage" look. I'm really serious.

[007]

Originally Posted by ChiefPote

I'd rip up the carpet, clean up the hardwood......no refinishing necessary at this point. You would be surprised how people will like the "vintage" look. I'm really serious.

Can't it would seriously clash with our brand new hardwood flooring in the kitchen and hallway right next to it.