Monday 16 March 2020

Loos, Throws and Chickens





Sorry for the lack of posts recently, as well as being totally out of the mindset for blogging, I have been busy preparing for the sale of the house.

Over the past few days I've whizzed through the house like a whirlwind doing a thorough deep clean of everything, putting anything not in daily use into cupboards, the car boot sale box or the bin and I've also been trawling through the computer for photographs to put into a folder we are putting together for prospective buyers, so they can see the changes we have implemented since we took on this little patch of hillside that we currently call home.

Our nearest neighbour has been told of our hopefully imminent departure, but apart from family and all my lovely blog readers our decision to leave the place we have called home for the last 6.5 years has been a closely guarded secret.  Of course come next week when the For Sale board goes up this will no longer be the case and no doubt we will be the talk of the hillside and beyond.


My view from the breakfast bar (my 'office space') as I type this is this  ↑

It's very bare and not like my usual worktop view at all.  There are usually the clean dog bowls ready to be filled for the next meal, dispensers of foil and clingfilm and the odd jug or two waiting to be put away.  

I like it in some ways, it's calming on the eyes, but it's not a working kitchen is it!!

In the living room ... while the photographer for the estate agents snaps away with his camera ... the usual throws are off the sofas and the dogs are wandering around wondering where to sit.  Ginger has just casually strolled out through his catflap as if to say 'that's it I've had enough' and for the next hour there is no normality.

But we'll soon be back to an almost normal, of course we have to remain ultra minimal and relatively  clean and tidy while there are viewings going on, but the photos are the most important part to get right.


Outside we are relatively tidy, as tidy as a smallholding gets.  Leaves have been swept up, corners tidied and even the plant in the loo decided to flower for us ... so we left it there!


I've just been back on the computer and dug out a few sunnier shots for the photographer to add to his collection, because with it being March and us just edging into Spring here in North Wales there is not a lot of fresh greenery about, and the chickens have decided to hunker down out of the cold breeze so they were nowhere to be seen.

Hopefully the photographs, both mine and the professional photographers will be enough to spark some interest and we will be off on new adventures in the not too distant future.


Sue xx


21 comments:

  1. Hope it all goes well Sue, both today and for the next few weeks. Fingers crossed the alarmist news and worry about COVID-19 does not bring the housing market to a halt.

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    1. Thank you Jayne. We're trying to keep positive, all the professionals involved in the sale are saying it's exactly what people have been asking for.

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  2. Good luck with it all. Like you I'm hoping the housing market remains buoyant, with interest rates taking a tumble fingers crossed for a quick sale.

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    1. Thank you :-) The interest rate drop was a brilliant bit of news for us :-)

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  3. Good luck and hope you sell soon. Personally, I think the housing market will hit a complete brick wall until the initial panic over Covid-19 has settled anyway - I feel it may well be late summer/autumn before we have another viewing here. You are sounding positive though.

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    1. Feeling pretty positive,the Conwy Valley is in a good place for house sales and is bucking the national averages and was the only place in the UK to hit a new high in the first couple of months of this year, for once we are selling at the right time. Fingers crossed Covid-19 doesn't spoil this for us.

      It will either sell quickly to someone who is raring to get going with 'the Good Life' this Spring or we'll be left for months. Time will tell.

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    2. I have my fingers x'd for you anyway.

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  4. Wishing you good luck with the sale.

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  5. All looks lovely, just what prospective buyers want to see.

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    1. That is definitely the feed back we have had off everyone. We'll see what interest is generated when it hits the internet.

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  6. Your home looks lovely and will be perfect for an enthusiastic couple/family and it has come on the market just in time to get to grips with it all. Good luck, Sue, I'm absolutely certain it will sell quickly.

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    1. Thank you … I do hope so, I've even been in the polytunnel today planting some crops for a future owner to use :-)

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  7. Everything looks wonderful! I know it is a lot of work to get ready for a sale and you've done an excellant job. I bet it will sell fast. Whoever buys it will be fortunate to get such a well cared for home.

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  8. Good luck with a sale - defiitely the right time of year I would have thought.

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  9. Wishing you all the luck in the world with selling your house. As you say, the drop in interest rates will hopefully be beneficial to you :)

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  10. Moving, buying and selling Real Estate can be such an ordeal, may you have a peaceful enough transition. We just completed that chapter of our lives, it's so disruptive and yet such a new adventure.

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  11. Good luck with lots of interest and a quick sale
    Photos of all your improvements is really vital (good thinking 99 😁) as these days people can go online and see how much you paid last sale and may be confused about the current asking price.

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  12. Showing what you have accomplished is a great idea. Good luck, I hope you sell quickly.

    God bless.

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  13. Good luck with it all, Sue. It's such a lovely place and you've worked wonders with it so fingers crossed.
    xx

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  14. Good luck with it all Sue. I reckon a beautiful place like yours in a Welsh Hillside away from all the hustle and bustle of people will make it very easy to sell.

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