We have been talking about putting our house on the market for MONTHS. It's been a tough decision. It's one of those things we know we will eventually need to do, but also one of those things that we don't need to do RIGHT THIS MINUTE. So of course we procrastinate. And procrastinate.
Our reason for moving is space. Our cozy 2 bedroom 1 bath isn't practical, especially as Davis gets older and needs more space. Sharing a bathroom hasn't been ideal. Our tiny bathroom serves as the guest bath, the master bath, and the kid bath. Knowing that when it goes on the market, it could sell in days is scary. Knowing it could take more than a year to sell is also scary.
Like I said, all the 'talking' about putting our house on the market has been happening for months. And in those months, we have made small little updates and changes. Fix some rotting wood here, replace some broken blinds there, and de-clutter closets. We decided to leave the big projects alone and just sell the house 'as is.' That last decision was changed last week, the week we decided to put the house officially on the market. Since these are big projects I'm talking about, we didn't get our house on the market as planned, but our goal is to have it on the market in two weeks. In these two weeks (you recall we've had months to do this) we will have fixed the doorbell (that's never worked), two broken windows (that have been cracked since we moved in), and remodeled the floors.
The floors! Oh the floors! These floors have been driving me insane since we moved in over three years ago. My biggest issue with them is that when wet, they are extremely slippery. Our floors are often wet from a messy Duke drinking water. My next issue are the lose pieces of tile. Apparently the flooring underneath the tile didn't do well keeping the moisture out and the grout has completely disappeared over the years. The tiles rock back and forth and some even stick up unevenly. Not fun barefoot. And the last issue I have are the cracks in a majority of the tiles. It's just plain ugly.
We've dealt with the issues over the years...luckily the tile is only in the kitchen and one living room. Now that we are finally replacing the tile in order to help sell the house, I really wish we had done it sooner. But that's us, we like to wait to the last minute. If something is optional, we usually don't opt to do it.
The biggest decision this past week was between tile vs. laminate vs. carpet. Once we decided on tile, the issue was picking something that matched. I love decorating a shelf. A shelf you can move photos and change the placing of books, tile is permanent. The decision is a little more stressful.
Here are the before pictures of these two rooms.
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