R and I have decided to put the house that we have lived in for 23 years, up for sale. In addition, we are looking to relocate to an area just south of Portland, Canby is our target area. It is closer to our kids and several old friends, but just out of the metropolitan sprawl and traffic.
It is not a decision that we made on a lark, for we realized that the amount of work involved is enormous! I thought of packing and moving 20 years of accumulation is daunting at best. But we thought that because of various delays that had popped up to prevent us from traveling to Arizona to be volunteeer, the opportunity was being presented to us. It was as if we were not meant to go south this year and were meant to do this. And so we begin.......
Beginning involved finding real estate professionals both here in Eugene and in Canby and we found what we think are good ones in both areas.
JM has a list of our search wishes and has shown us several candidates, but the winner has not shown up yet. Now, as spring gets underway, the number of homes for sales is rising.
MW has helped us here in Eugene with ideas for marketing our home. We have painted the guest bedroom, our bedroom, the master bath, the hallway, and almost all of the woodwork. Last week MW stopped by and gave us guidance on removing the clutter from our place. The ideas is to make the home appear less crowded and therefore larger. Also, all personal pictures and knicknacks have been packed. The lack of pictures allows the perspective buyers to imagine their pictures on the walls as they view the rooms. It's a good idea but has been a lot of work getting things packed away. The garage is cluttered with packed boxes, all marked with color-coded tags. Hopefully it will help on the other end.
The paperwork gets filled out this Friday and the MLS visit by the realtors of Eugene happens on Wednesday April 3rd. Wish us luck. I will keep you posted.
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