Courtesy Call

Currently, I live my life by the "Courtesy Call." By definition, a courtesy call is a visit or telephone call that is made to a customer in order to be polite. Every day I wake up wondering if I will get such a call. I even took my cell phone to church last Sunday on the chance that I might have gotten a call. It did not happen. But, because I am very much a worrier and planner (a freak) it didn't really matter that I was never called while at church, cause I left the house in perfect showing condition. I found out the next day that, indeed, potential buyers had, in very fact, walked through my house and looked at my closets while we were away at church. (Whew. Dodged a bullet there!) Having not received the courtesy call though, has put me in a rather panicked state of being. What if that should happen again? I have four kids. My house isn't always in showing condition. Ugh. So now I'm constantly checking my email (the most reliable notification method thus far) so that I will know of any scheduled showings. Turns out stalking your own email is not fun. Nor is keeping the house as perfect as possible fun. Actually, we've had a lot of no fun around here lately. No fun getting the house ready to sell. No fun painting. No fun packing. No fun loading a storage unit. And don't ask the kids about how awesome their spring break was...because all they did was work or entertain themselves while I worked. Fun? Nope. Just ask Carson how many hours he had to paint to earn $18 (keep in mind that there is no minimum wage at our house, so I definitely got the better end of that deal).

So yeah. Our house is on the market.

Here's some before and after pictures of a couple of our projects that we did before listing the house:

Water-damaged cupboard:

Repaired:

Weathered Siding and Trim:

Replaced and Painted:

What we did when we were done: