The Difficulties of Moving.
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Aug-10-2011
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An examination of the real costs of moving. Beyond the typical selling costs, fixes required from home inspections, painting, landscaping, cleaning, and redecorating the new house can really add up.
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Moving is never cheap and seldom easy. The process, which begins as something seeming pretty straight forward, takes more twists and turns than you could ever anticipate.
It all starts with preparing your home for sale. Whether you’re hiring a staging company to help beautify it, landscapers to spruce up the exterior, cleaners, painters… whatever, this can be tedious and expensive. But, these can be anticipated and budgeted before hand. The surprise can come after an interested buyer comes along. The home inspection usually brings with it a list of “fix its” that range from new roofs and hot water tanks, to pest and/or drainage problems, worn out furnaces, faulty appliances – you name it – while you’re not absolutely required to make everything new, buyers are doing the driving these days on the deal, so each fix must be considered to get the deal done. So, my advice to you is to properly evaluate your home prior to committing to market it. Typically, the exceptions on these home inspection reports come as no real surprise. You knew the basement leaked. You knew the roof was at the end of its life. What you didn’t know is that these things do not typically get overlooked.
But let’s now assume the deed is done. Your old home has sold and you’ve purchased a new residence. While you have hopefully extracted your pound of flesh in the negotiations with various fixes performed on your new house, there are still many things that don’t fall under the category of “fix” that you’ll be wanting to do. And, whether you do them yourself, or hire them out, they all cost time and money. For example, it would be unlikely that the previous owners paint colors necessarily align with your tastes. And maybe that wall-to-wall carpeting doesn’t look quite as great as when it was covered with the previous owners’ furniture. That could be the case with the hardwood floors as well.
More than anything else though, I believe we tend to minimize the cost of redecorating. Now what does that mean? Well, typically your old furniture which may have fit perfectly into your old home, either doesn’t fit dimensionally, or the style, fabric, or color doesn’t work. A dining table that’s too wide, a sofa that’s too long, a transition from 20’s bungalow to mid-century austere – each can require disposing of and purchasing new pieces with significant price tags. If you haven’t priced out drapes lately, be prepared. Unless the previous owner has gone with a very neutral palette, chances are these need to go.
Back in the day (like 3 years ago) when appreciation of real estate masked any number of incidental costs, today they are sunk and not likely to ever be eliminated with simple math.
If economics haven’t forced your hand, let us hope that your move was the result of relocating for a promotion, having found your dream house, or combining households through love or marriage. With the resources to take this on, you can find fun and entertainment as you make things just so.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_The Difficulties of Moving._72832.aspx
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Author Resource :
Author Mike Samsel is a co-founder of Stylishhome.com where you can find All-Clad Cookware. Shop all the major brands and stores and Macy's Sales at StylishHome.com.
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Keywords :
Home Decor, Home Decorating, Moving, Home Inspections, Home Furnishings,
Category :
Home and Family
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Home Improvement
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