I originally helped my good friend Lisa and her then-husband purchase this home in 2009. Lisa wasn't able to make the showing, and her husband had requested to see several homes that day. Once we viewed the home, I said, “This is the one, cancel the showings, we need to write on this one.” Lisa said, “I trust Bill, do what he says.”
The home was listed for $200,000. We negotiated a purchase price of $185,000.
Flash to 17 years later: the kids are in college at OU, the husband is gone — not dead, just divorced — and I helped Lisa purchase her dream cabin in the woods in the Hocking Hills area. While possibly taking the longest period ever to move out of a home, I started urging Lisa to address the inevitable: selling what had been her home in Worthington.
Over the weeks, the conversations started to look like this:
Me: I'm coming over with the stager.
Her: You aren't going to talk shit about my house behind my back are you?
Me: No, we are going to say it to your face.
Me: You have to paint the whole house.
Her: I'm not painting.
Me: You have to paint the whole house, I will get estimates.
Her: I might paint.
Me: You have to paint the whole house. I picked a color.
Her: Ok, I'll paint.
Me: You have to stage the house.
Her: I am not staging.
Me: You have to stage the house.
Her: Let me think about it.
Me: You have to stage the house, she's holding a spot for Tuesday.
Her: Ok, I will stage.
Me: Now the deck looks bad, you have to stain the deck.
Her: I am not staining the deck.
Me: You have to stain the deck.
Her: Let me think about it, but I am probably not staining the deck.
Me: You have to stain the deck, I got an estimate, it's $800.
Her: Ok, I will stain the deck.
We listed the home fully staged, photographed and ready as a Coming Soon, and the listing took off. The home entered the market with 30 showings scheduled, a packed open house, and multiple offers the first day on the market.
Listed for $509,900. Sold for $585,000.
Sold for $75,100 over list price, “as-is,” and closed in 19 days!
370 Longfellow Avenue in Worthington. Seller Representation.
