This post is a few days late because we were away on vacation. We wish we had better news...to sum it up...some positive feedback, but still no offer.
Follow-up on Open House - Sunday, 06/05/2011
We had several individuals stop by to see the house and one agent brought a wife from a previous visit. However, no offer.
On Friday (06/10/2011) we had another potential buyer visit the house. We received some positive feedback. The individuals already live in the area and love the house; however, they are worried about some of the old wiring and the slope in the backyard; and they are a few months away from putting their house on the market.
Follow-up on complaint regarding the conditions of the neighbor's property and house.
We have not heard back from the borough on our follow-up regarding the condition of our neighbor's house and property. We plan to reach out to the borough to set-up a meeting before we start to reach out to other neighbors to formally file a signed petition. We also plan to take the issue to the county health department to see if they can provide any assistance. We will keep you posted.
Current house page - click on the link to view some pictures of our current house
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Current House Status Update - Week 4
On Tuesday, we received feedback from the showing last Thursday (05/26) - the guy loved the house and was going to bring his wife over the weekend to see the house; however, his co-workers talked him out of pursing the house because of the location. Once again we receive feedback on something that is out of our control.
We are a very disappointed that our Realtor didn't even try to put a spin on the location - isn't that his job, to SELL our house. As for our location and neighborhood, we are within walking distance of a major busway to get in/out of Pittsburgh; as well as, parks, banks, shopping (grocery/retail), hair/nail salons, restaurants, etc. We take a walk to the park and to get ice cream almost every evening. We play in our front yard and on our porch almost every evening. If you look at the statistics, our neighborhood crime is very low when compared to Pittsburgh and the national average. Also, the school district is comparable if not better when compared to the other school districts of our competitors - not the best and far from being the worst. However, we are closer to a few neighborhoods (than our competitors) that are below average and this is what hurts our location. We have lived in this house for 13 years and we never had to report a crime, nor have we heard of any of our neighbors that have had to report a crime. We don't live in constant fear nor do we feel that we always have to keep the windows and doors locked when we are home during the day. We don't have drive-by shooting; nor do we hear gun shots go off at all hours. This is a safe neighborhood. Also, all of the houses/property on our street are well kept, except for our neighbors. This hurts us as well and is one of the major reasons why we are pursuing our complaint with the borough.
All well, enough of that, lets move on....Thursday (06/02), we had another showing, but haven't heard back from our Realtor yet. Sunday (06/05), an Open House is scheduled and we are being very hopeful that this is the day we receive an offer!!!
Current house page - click on the link to view some pictures of our current house
Update regarding the neighbors: We sent a follow-up email to the borough compliance officer (copied his superiors). This email included pictures of our neighbor's house/property taken from our windows inside the house. We also expressed our disappointment because we have not heard back on the status of our complaint. If we see no progress and if we do not receive a follow-up from them, then we plan to follow-up with them 'in person'. We also plan to go to the other neighbors in our neighborhood to see if they will sign the complaint that will be taken with us when we met with them face to face.
Well until next week....
We are a very disappointed that our Realtor didn't even try to put a spin on the location - isn't that his job, to SELL our house. As for our location and neighborhood, we are within walking distance of a major busway to get in/out of Pittsburgh; as well as, parks, banks, shopping (grocery/retail), hair/nail salons, restaurants, etc. We take a walk to the park and to get ice cream almost every evening. We play in our front yard and on our porch almost every evening. If you look at the statistics, our neighborhood crime is very low when compared to Pittsburgh and the national average. Also, the school district is comparable if not better when compared to the other school districts of our competitors - not the best and far from being the worst. However, we are closer to a few neighborhoods (than our competitors) that are below average and this is what hurts our location. We have lived in this house for 13 years and we never had to report a crime, nor have we heard of any of our neighbors that have had to report a crime. We don't live in constant fear nor do we feel that we always have to keep the windows and doors locked when we are home during the day. We don't have drive-by shooting; nor do we hear gun shots go off at all hours. This is a safe neighborhood. Also, all of the houses/property on our street are well kept, except for our neighbors. This hurts us as well and is one of the major reasons why we are pursuing our complaint with the borough.
All well, enough of that, lets move on....Thursday (06/02), we had another showing, but haven't heard back from our Realtor yet. Sunday (06/05), an Open House is scheduled and we are being very hopeful that this is the day we receive an offer!!!
Current house page - click on the link to view some pictures of our current house
Update regarding the neighbors: We sent a follow-up email to the borough compliance officer (copied his superiors). This email included pictures of our neighbor's house/property taken from our windows inside the house. We also expressed our disappointment because we have not heard back on the status of our complaint. If we see no progress and if we do not receive a follow-up from them, then we plan to follow-up with them 'in person'. We also plan to go to the other neighbors in our neighborhood to see if they will sign the complaint that will be taken with us when we met with them face to face.
Well until next week....
Thursday, April 14, 2011
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Today, we finally have new steps and walkway at our current house. After 2 days delay starting the project, the contractor finished replacing the steps and walkway at our current house. Overall, we are happy that it is finally done so we can move on with listing the house. However, one of us is not happy with the final product. So unhappy, that we held off on paying any additional money to the contractor until we have a chance to further discuss what can be done to fix the problem.
We want to know, what would you do? Take a moment to view the pictures below and let us know how you would feel in this situation. We are looking for honest feedback.
We are OK with the walkway, even though we lost about 4 inches on each side because the contractor didn't want to mess up the grass because we plan to have a realtor take pictures of the property and house within the next few days. After expressing our disappointment with the 4 inch gap on each side of the walkway, the contractor said he would come back and fill in the sides with top soil. Maybe we will plant some flowers down the walkway and that will solve the problem. Now onto the steps...
Now to be honest it's not horrible or unlivable; however, it is not what we agreed upon and that is where one of us has an issue. One of us wants to pay the contractor and move on; the other one wants to either have the contractor provide the product that was agreed upon or accept less money for a product that doesn't match what was agreed upon.
What are your thoughts?
We want to know, what would you do? Take a moment to view the pictures below and let us know how you would feel in this situation. We are looking for honest feedback.
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| Old walkway |
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| Old walkway |
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| New walkway |
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| Old walkway |
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| New walkway |
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| Old steps |
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| New steps From this point of view, maybe not so bad. |
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| New steps This doesn't look like the old wall |
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| New steps This doesn't look like the old wall |
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| New steps This doesn't look like the old wall |
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| New steps This doesn't look like the old wall |
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| New steps This doesn't look like the old wall |
What are your thoughts?
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