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<\/a>(c) Prawny via pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n
Trying to sell our house is proving to be an interesting experience.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s the living on the edge of your nerves, waiting for the phone to ring and then having to leap into action to make the house look vaguely presentable. Having to clean the house regularly so you don\u2019t have<\/em> to leap into too much action when the phone rings. Putting things away where they\u2019re kept (an alien concept to me). Keeping the garden looking neat and having to tell the laurel hedge off\u00a0for putting on a sudden growth spurt.<\/p>\n (c) Skitterphoto via pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n Then there\u2019s the issue of putting your entire life on hold. No matter how much you try to carry on as normal, the \u2018When we\u2019ve moved\u2019 conversations abound. It doesn\u2019t help that it\u2019s difficult to plan anything in case there\u2019s a viewing or an offer appears from someone able to proceed and then you really<\/em> have to leap into action!<\/p>\n As well as all of the above, there\u2019s the delightful prospect of having complete strangers pick over every detail of your home \u2013 both online and in reality.<\/p>\n Most viewers, so far, have been lovely people and some I\u2019d be more than happy to have as neighbours. But the saying, \u2018There\u2019s nowt so queer as folk,\u2019 as well as being very unpc, is also\u00a0very true.<\/p>\n One viewer claimed she\u2019d dreamed, back in 1976<\/em>,\u00a0of a house exactly like mine. One argued about which way it faced. Seeing as I\u2019ve lived here for over sixteen years, you\u2019d think I know where the sun rises and goes down by now! One couple asked a shed-load of questions about the boiler and Wi-Fi strength, did a second viewing and then were never heard from again. I\u2019ve had a relative of a prospective buyer knock on the door at eight on a Saturday morning and last week an extended family of seven descended. I\u2019m convinced they were having a family day out to look around a nice house in the country. Maybe I should start charging National Trust entry fees?<\/p>\n (c) Tookapic via pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n Then there was the pleasant woman who, having undertaken several visits and measured up the garden for a prized ornament, decided the house was too far from her daughter. You\u2019d think she\u2019d have consulted a map before going to so much trouble. And I\u2019ve been lucky. My viewers have been fairly positive. A neighbour reminisced about a young couple who looked around her very beautiful, Grade Two listed cottage and criticised it so much (in her hearing) that she threw them out.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>