Our first Open Home...
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Topic: Our first Open Home...
Posted By: Lisha
Subject: Our first Open Home...
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 7:26am
Is today at 3.15pm - 3.45pm. The sign is up at the gate, very BIG sign, so things are going to be full on around here today getting ready for the big event!  How many toys can we shove into the wardrobes!  And I hope people don't look in there, no doubt they will... oh well  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 7:47am
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hahahaha dont shove the toys in the wardrobes as they check in there...lol
we have our second open home on sunday, so wishing you lots of luck ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:38am
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Cool.. have you had many bites? I didn't realise it is such alot of work! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:57am
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i refuse to have open homes... but do have someone coming aover this afternoon to view the house so have to clean up anyway. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 9:12am
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heres a hint from someone who has open homes every weekend....do boxes of toys - put into garage (ours is internal) and with extra washing we put it in car boot of back seat of the one we arent taking out....
BEWARE peeple open EVERY cupboard and closet so remove floor items and put into baskets or boxes and put back after the open home....seriously we always end up with something in the garage each week no matter how tidy the house is!
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 9:19am
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oooh goodluck lisha! seems there are a few of us on the market at the mo! we are having our first open home today too- house is currently really tidy but its early and with 3 girls in the house im sure it wont be ong before its messy again! lol.
yip- people do look in all sorts of places, have to keep everything tidy and organised- fun. |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 11:17am
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Oh I hope you have a good one, there are slim pickings of potential purchasers at OH at the moment. Fingers crossed for you! -------------  
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 1:33pm
Oh No!! That is one thing that I haven't as yet done.. our wardrobes! arrrgghhh they are such a mess, better get off here and go and do it  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 1:48pm
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Good luck to all you ladies selling at the moment, and esp for the open homes today. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 1:54pm
Thanks! It's such a mish to get everything ready! Luckily the girls are asleep  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 2:43pm
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Absolutely - get a crate and shove it in the back of the van. Wish I had known that trick when we were having open homes lol -------------  |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 4:46pm
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We've just put a lot of extra furniture/junk in a storage locker ready for our first open home next weekend and the wardrobes are still full to bursting.
I hate tidying up for other people to poke through my cupboards and closets. Makes me feel ick. |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 4:50pm
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Stupid real estate agent took some pictures then her camera battery went dead. The internal pictures are totally dark because the flash didn't work - and these she's put up on the harcourts website. Grr. I'm going to complain on monday as it's three days now since she took the pictures.
Sorry for jumping in with my own gripe - I hope that the listing goes well. |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:53pm
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rach let me know about the house....sounds like it is finished???
sorry thread jacking! |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 06 April 2008 at 9:53am
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How did it go Lisha? -------------
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 06 April 2008 at 12:31pm
No one came to the open home!!  Then again, yesterday was freezing and yucky, but today the sun is pouring in and fingers crossed that someone will come and have a look!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 06 April 2008 at 2:21pm
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Awwww, I was afraid that might happen, it is really common at the moment, but I hope that the better weather brings people to come see! -------------
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 6:54pm
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Yay... 2 lots of people came through yesterday and one lot was "really keen" as the agent put it, hope they put in an offer. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 8:39am
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Oh that is a huge improvement! Fingers crossed you get that offer and it is a good one! -------------
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 April 2008 at 12:45pm
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More open homes this weekend! And one guy is coming tomorrow morning for a "private viewing ", sounds like we are some seedy massage parlour! Anyway, this guy sounds promising.
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 11 April 2008 at 8:47pm
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good luck lisha, we have had a few private views and a few to our open homes but no bites yet ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 12 April 2008 at 8:33am
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Awww the market is really dead at the moment aye! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 12 April 2008 at 1:44pm
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Yep, frustrating for people who need to sell. Not so bad if it isn't something you need to do. I have a friend who is in a chain at the moment, I guess the only good thing is that there aren't the people waiting around to snap up the house she wants if the offer falls through because they can't sell theirs, so they should be able to renegotiate settlement time. -------------
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