so much work to do

There is so much work to do to prepare the house on the market. I thought I make a list of it would make it easier, the truth is when you start doing it, there comes the difficult part. We just fixed the leak of the spa, the coming attraction is to fix the small leak on the roof, the next thing on the agenda is to fix the wooden piece under all gutter because it was rotten away, the next thing is to tidy up the garage and paint it again, put away personal items in boxes in order to show the house better.....etc.

We just finished a big trimmed of the yard, both front and back undergo a huge hair-cut and you could see that pale of bushes in the front waiting to be collected, I am sure the town of palm beach doesn't like me already because this is the second week that I put out tons of vegetation garbage. The fact is the garden looks a bit more tidy, a bit more under-control but it is still very lush-looking. I spent the last two days trying to clean-up the outdoor, digging up dried-out plants, clearing up the insect's nest around the ceiling especially those made from wasps and spiders, cleaning up the statues that covered by algae......etc. lots of work and my elbow is hurting me now.

I could see the house is ready for party now, that is how I judge the level of showing-ready. The garage is still need some help but I have so many items in there which I could not throw away before, now that I have ebay classified, it helped me to get rid of things that I do not use and collect the money I paid for the item. For example I just sold a chest-freezer on ebay classified and an old food processor, all together for $150, I remember I paid $200 for the freezer 2 years ago and I do not need it in my garage anymore. This older couple is opening up an ice-cream parlor so they need freezer, they drove from north of orlando to my house to pick up the freezer! Could you believe people would drive such a long way to buy an item that they need if it is a good price? Today I have this gentleman coming from Ocala to buy the outdoor furniture set, it has 7 pcs all together, I purchased it 2 years ago after a tornado damaged the house, somehow I was able to salvage the old set so this set was never opened, still sitting in its boxes in my garage. It included a 3-seater sofa, 2 single seat sofa, 2 side tables, 1 ottoman and 1 main coffee table. I would rate this teak outdoor garden set has 5K of retail value, comes with Sunbrella outdoor cushion and it came from the same source of Smith & Hawkins at that time, I am selling it for $1699 only what a steal!