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chhotiiThis post is about stuff. Literally, stuff.
Leaving stuff in the house or barn would be a violation of the P&S, which specifies that at the time of the walk-through the property be broom-clean and free of seller's personal possessions or something like that. Throwing money at this in the form of a call to 1-800-got-junk PLUS a Junkster bag would take care of the problem, except that I really have to minimize expenses between now and the closing, what with probably putting a fucking septic system on my credit card; plus I don't want to throw things away that someone could use. So, some thinking about the STUFF...
Besides the cans of old paint previously mentioned.
Let me know if any of this stuff seems interesting or useful to you! Some of these things, the buyer has been given dibs on, but any of it might be up for grabs.
I have a futon and metal futon frame. I am sure that nobody wants the futon. Besides the general suspiciousness of acquiring cloth-covered furniture items used, the futon smells a bit musty from being in the barn for the past several years. I will have to figure out getting the town trash service to pick up a bulky item, because both Junkster and 1-800-got-junk would charge extra for anything they could classify as a mattress. The futon frame, though, is a decent and serviceable futon frame. I think it was the bottom half of a nifty metal bunkbed, identical to the one skreeky had in the dance party room in West Roxbury. But we lost the pieces to attach the top part. Hoping that someone on Craig's List wants a metal futon frame. I had been holding onto the futon and frame on the theory that between the time the tenants move out and the closing, when the house is empty, I should sleep at the house to discourage break-ins and squatters. I do have a lot of anxiety about leaving the house vacant, because if something were to happen, the insurance company would be displeased about the house being vacant, and the sale would be badly affected. However, even knowing that I could be ruined by mischief at the house, I haven't had the will to sleep there. The house is too echo-y and stark, and the realtor took away all the curtains before the painting. I can't imagine relaxing and falling asleep there. The best I've been able to do is putter around at the house until late, then go sleep at my mother's a couple of towns away, and then come back early in the morning. And now the pillow that was there has gone missing. Perhaps I should just accept that the house is vacant for the next three weeks, that I am not going to sleep there, and endeavor to get rid of the futon and frame ASAP?
I am hoping that the buyer wants the wooden hutch in the upstairs bathroom. It's really a necessary item in that house because there is no linen closet and if you don't have the hutch, what is that space in the bathroom for? But the buyer might think it's ugly and would not be wrong in that assessment. Possibly can be found a loving new home via Craig's List freecycle, but, ugh, I would have to get it down the stairs. (Please buyer you want the hutch please please just think it's part of the house because it is!)
Also hoping that the buyer wants the porch swing-- already outside, so it wouldn't be so painful to deal with via Craig's List freecycle, but just so there's one last thing. She would be crazy to not want it. It's a really lovely porch to sit on if there's a porch swing. But, as has been proven, the person on the other side of a real estate transaction is always crazy.
Also hoping that she would tolerate the continued presence of Kevin's work table in the upstairs of the garage. It's butt-ugly, but this is unfinished space above the garage. Either it's hobby space, as Kevin was using it for, in which case the horizontal space is useful; or it's storage space, in which case the worktable shouldn't make a difference (the barn affords a riDICulous amount of storage space); or it's just nothing space, in which case what difference does it make? But, if she says "it's ugly" (which is true) "so make it go away" then it has to come down the stairs and be gotten rid of. *sigh* Fortunately, 1-800-got-junk does take credit card.
And we have asked whether she wants the Metro shelving in the basement? She would be nuts to say no. If she does, the leftover tiles go on the basement floor (nuts but OK) and I'm sure I can find a home for the Metro shelving. Not even trying to get money for them this time around.
There's a crude table consisting of a laminated top on two sawhorses in the garage.
There's a 6' ladder. I think it should stay in the garage as the buyer would probably eventually find it useful. But the buyer might not see it that way.
There's a large industrial vacuum cleaner. This was incredibly useful for sucking up puddles in the basement and somewhat useful for cleaning the very messy garage. Only somewhat, honestly, because unlike a real shop vac, it would tend to choke and get clogged up with chips of wood and the like. I have two different kinds of filter for the large industrial vacuum cleaner. If I were buying that house, or any other house prone to springtime puddles in the basement, I would want to keep this large industrial vacuum cleaner for sucking up the puddles. But I don't want to spell out too clearly to the buyer why she should want to keep this thing.
Anyway, to be continued...
Leaving stuff in the house or barn would be a violation of the P&S, which specifies that at the time of the walk-through the property be broom-clean and free of seller's personal possessions or something like that. Throwing money at this in the form of a call to 1-800-got-junk PLUS a Junkster bag would take care of the problem, except that I really have to minimize expenses between now and the closing, what with probably putting a fucking septic system on my credit card; plus I don't want to throw things away that someone could use. So, some thinking about the STUFF...
Besides the cans of old paint previously mentioned.
Let me know if any of this stuff seems interesting or useful to you! Some of these things, the buyer has been given dibs on, but any of it might be up for grabs.
I have a futon and metal futon frame. I am sure that nobody wants the futon. Besides the general suspiciousness of acquiring cloth-covered furniture items used, the futon smells a bit musty from being in the barn for the past several years. I will have to figure out getting the town trash service to pick up a bulky item, because both Junkster and 1-800-got-junk would charge extra for anything they could classify as a mattress. The futon frame, though, is a decent and serviceable futon frame. I think it was the bottom half of a nifty metal bunkbed, identical to the one skreeky had in the dance party room in West Roxbury. But we lost the pieces to attach the top part. Hoping that someone on Craig's List wants a metal futon frame. I had been holding onto the futon and frame on the theory that between the time the tenants move out and the closing, when the house is empty, I should sleep at the house to discourage break-ins and squatters. I do have a lot of anxiety about leaving the house vacant, because if something were to happen, the insurance company would be displeased about the house being vacant, and the sale would be badly affected. However, even knowing that I could be ruined by mischief at the house, I haven't had the will to sleep there. The house is too echo-y and stark, and the realtor took away all the curtains before the painting. I can't imagine relaxing and falling asleep there. The best I've been able to do is putter around at the house until late, then go sleep at my mother's a couple of towns away, and then come back early in the morning. And now the pillow that was there has gone missing. Perhaps I should just accept that the house is vacant for the next three weeks, that I am not going to sleep there, and endeavor to get rid of the futon and frame ASAP?
I am hoping that the buyer wants the wooden hutch in the upstairs bathroom. It's really a necessary item in that house because there is no linen closet and if you don't have the hutch, what is that space in the bathroom for? But the buyer might think it's ugly and would not be wrong in that assessment. Possibly can be found a loving new home via Craig's List freecycle, but, ugh, I would have to get it down the stairs. (Please buyer you want the hutch please please just think it's part of the house because it is!)
Also hoping that the buyer wants the porch swing-- already outside, so it wouldn't be so painful to deal with via Craig's List freecycle, but just so there's one last thing. She would be crazy to not want it. It's a really lovely porch to sit on if there's a porch swing. But, as has been proven, the person on the other side of a real estate transaction is always crazy.
Also hoping that she would tolerate the continued presence of Kevin's work table in the upstairs of the garage. It's butt-ugly, but this is unfinished space above the garage. Either it's hobby space, as Kevin was using it for, in which case the horizontal space is useful; or it's storage space, in which case the worktable shouldn't make a difference (the barn affords a riDICulous amount of storage space); or it's just nothing space, in which case what difference does it make? But, if she says "it's ugly" (which is true) "so make it go away" then it has to come down the stairs and be gotten rid of. *sigh* Fortunately, 1-800-got-junk does take credit card.
And we have asked whether she wants the Metro shelving in the basement? She would be nuts to say no. If she does, the leftover tiles go on the basement floor (nuts but OK) and I'm sure I can find a home for the Metro shelving. Not even trying to get money for them this time around.
There's a crude table consisting of a laminated top on two sawhorses in the garage.
There's a 6' ladder. I think it should stay in the garage as the buyer would probably eventually find it useful. But the buyer might not see it that way.
There's a large industrial vacuum cleaner. This was incredibly useful for sucking up puddles in the basement and somewhat useful for cleaning the very messy garage. Only somewhat, honestly, because unlike a real shop vac, it would tend to choke and get clogged up with chips of wood and the like. I have two different kinds of filter for the large industrial vacuum cleaner. If I were buying that house, or any other house prone to springtime puddles in the basement, I would want to keep this large industrial vacuum cleaner for sucking up the puddles. But I don't want to spell out too clearly to the buyer why she should want to keep this thing.
Anyway, to be continued...
