I'm grateful for whatever it took to get you back here, Marnie. Your niggling list was well done but wore me out. ;) I just caught up to this post and this was doubtless asked before, but "turkey poop on your patio"? I've never had to deal with that. 8-P Best with the sale!
Jack --- On Tue, 8/4/09, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ken Waller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 8:48 PM > Welcome back. > > Good luck with the sale. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > > Subject: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!! > > > > Heh. Well, the condo is finally listed. I've > spent the last three months > > (since it was re-painted and re-carpeted -- it's > been about six months > > since the final remodels on the kitchen and > bathrooms) dealing with one > > niggling detail after another: packing up more to > go into storage for staging, > > buying some colorful accents for staging, > painting spots that the painters > > seemed to miss (couple of baseboards in bathrooms, > two heating vents), > > painting spots that weren't done well, polishing up > some brass door pulls, > > polishing all the older chrome remaining in the > bathrooms, replacing the screens, > > adding plants and rock outside, hanging a new > chandelier, fixing/repairing > > numerous things... > > > > Just when I would think it was all done, I'd > find something else (like > > poor caulking around the shower). > > > > This is a somewhat up-scale senior community (that I > am moving out of), so > > I know a lot of the buyers will be fussy, older and > fussy (the two often > > go together). So I aimed for eliminating a lot of > visible small flaws. > > > > The hardest thing was getting the turkey poop stains > out of the concrete > > on the patio (Clorox gel pen, took three tries each > spot. Brush off with dry > > nylon brush, then use soap and water to remove the > white spot from the > > bleach. That stuff had really penetrated the concrete, > as bad as rust stains. > > BTW, direct your handyman/remodel how-to questions to > me off list. I have > > become a mini-expert. Heh.) > > > > Well, the list is endless and rather nauseating. > > > > Looks sharp, and I never ever ever want to be this > intimate with a > > condo/apartment/house again. I know where every little > scratch is, every too big > > bump in the textured walls are (not really, but it > seems like it) -- where > > every little flaw is (or was, with a lot of them > :-)). > > > > If the housing market weren't so tight, I > probably wouldn't have done > > quite as much. But it looks sharp and everyone > thinks it looks sharp and it > > will probably sell. And that was the point. > (This is a specialized market so > > it's a little different than other markets.) > > > > Anyway, I am back. > > > > It will be a relief to think about photography > instead of houses again. > > > > So throw those photos at me -- I wanna see some > pretty pictures. > > > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > We can't solve problems by using the same kind > of thinking we used when we > > created them. Albert Einstein > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
