Blog, Orange Hunt Estates

The Northern Virginia Way…

… to sell a house (instead of getting Capone). Everything within the law, of course!

We did everything right. It took almost a week but we got our house in great shape to sell it, we’ll… mostly my wife did. We went through the house one room at a time, painting and fixing things when necessary. We took about a third of our belongings and furniture and put them into storage. We installed some new carpeting and flooring and then we listed the property at fair market value. There was another New Reynard model in an older part of the subdivision that was listed for $555K and they got full price, so we priced ours at $549,950 – Quick Sale, right?

Wrong!

We had no idea that within hours of listing our home we would get 4 snowfalls including the huge, historic one that dumped more than 2 feet of snow and made the roads impassable.  Now the roads are clear and our house is finally getting shown steadily. There’s even been some strong  interest shown. Then one day (a couple of days ago) I noticed a brand new listing at the exact same price, a couple of blocks away… ARRGGHHH. It’s a smaller house and it’s on a very busy road but it’s a little more updated on the inside. So taking the hint from the untouchables, we immediately lowered our price and added a bonus to the agent who brings the buyer.

You may not want to do things but if you want to assure success, you do what you have to do. Our house is now $544,950 and we’ve added a $5,000 bonus to the agent who brings a buyer. If someone drives by who isn’t working with an agent or if you know anyone who wants to buy our home without an agent, we’ll just credit the buyer with the bonus. I would have rather kept the $10K myself but I want to sell my house, so we’ll do what must be done, the Northern Virginia Way