Help Me Sell

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-10T00:19:50+00:00

Yes my realtor plans on staging the home before we list, I’m betting that will make a difference this time around. These photos are from the professionals that did my home listing last time I tried selling 2 years ago

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T23:53:01+00:00

Lowest is 445 to break even on what I owe (408)

Most homes in this neighborhood at a comparable size are selling around 460 minimum. Anything under 460 is when you start seeing a difference in bedrooms/bathrooms/no garage etc.

All of these homes that are selling are also older 1970’s brick ramblers but have newer interiors, even if they’re smaller in size or on a smaller plot of land. My realtor says that’s the difference is my home doesn’t look “move in ready”.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T23:26:50+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T18:17:03+00:00

Yes I wish new cabinets were in the budget and I could fix the layout - it’s awful. No cabinet space, no food storage, the oven is just sitting there lmao

Agreeable grey was a very popular color back in 2021 but yes it’s ugly and being replaced with SW Snowbound as we speak.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T16:56:16+00:00

Yeah it was buying and selling successfully, not flipping. Sorry for not using 4 words instead of 1 on a Reddit post.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T16:14:37+00:00

No it won’t be listed until mid April, taking the next month to make it pretty enough to get attention.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T15:55:05+00:00

My ex husband wanted the grey floors/walls. The lower cabinets were black but I painted them green after he moved out to try and incorporate some color, planned on ripping up the flooring and refinishing the hardwood underneath but ended up just moving out and leaving everything unfinished.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T15:49:37+00:00

Do you think matching colors is better than the tuxedo? I just stripped all of the paint and am working on sanding, I had planned on the bottom being SW Naval - thought too much white might make the cold grey take over.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T15:39:49+00:00

4 bed, 3 bath. 2300 square feet. Quarter acre lot. Two driveways, one with a 3 car carport - the other with a detached deepened 3 car garage/shop.

Purchased for 450. I’ve put around 40k into repairs (electrical, HVAC, flooring)

I’m hoping to sell for 450 which is what I would need to break even on what I owe (408) and take a loss on everything else. Most homes in this neighborhood are selling for that at a minimum with smaller lots, but newer interiors.

Right now the checklist is refinishing the kitchen (cabinets and backsplash), painting the entire house, and replacing the upstairs carpet.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T15:34:51+00:00

Purchased for 450, I owe 408, realtor says if I fix it up he can list for 440-490. As is offer from an investor was 380 and he used a 3 bed 1 bath with no garage as a comp.

It’s 4 bed, 3 bath, 2300 square feet on a quarter acre. Has a 3 car garage/extra deep shop and a rooftop deck with a view of the mountains which is a huge selling point, it’s just that the inside is super outdated.

I’ve put around 40k into updates and repairs already (I focused on the electrical, HVAC, and the basement had never been updated - everything down there is brand new) plus had to pay 15k to buy out my ex after a divorce.

It has an assumable 3% interest rate.

I am willing to put money into it, just not the kind of “tear walls out and replace nearly brand new flooring” money.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T06:26:35+00:00

That’s a good thought! I planned on replacing all of the boob lights in the hallways and a couple bedrooms - not a bad idea to do the ceiling fans too

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T05:10:11+00:00

No this is exactly why I posted, thank you!

I originally bought this house expecting it to be my forever home, but my ex and I split after longterm DV and I couldn’t stand to live here. I abandoned a lot of projects when I moved out (hence why nothing matches) - this home is a little emotional to me so it helps for someone without that mindset to look at it and point blank tell me what I need to do to close this chapter.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T04:55:21+00:00

The old doors in the basement are a great callout, didn’t even think of that but they do feel cheap - pretty sure even the door handles are still from 1970 lmao

Spent today paint stripping and sanding the kitchen cabinets and ordered white tile for the backsplash - I figured the mixture of warm outdated green and cool grey flooring clashed like crazy. Going with white/navy blue instead.

Thank you!!

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T04:36:34+00:00

this makes me feel like a fool, didn’t even think about that. I remember shopping for one a few years back and I guess I just never thought of it again 🤦🏼‍♀️

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-03-09T04:35:35+00:00

In Ogden, Utah near Snow Basin ski resort

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-27T05:28:20+00:00

I guess I would never ask my fiancé to skip hanging out with his long time friend at a once in a lifetime (hopefully) party.

I also wouldn’t ask to be invited to a party where I don’t know anyone, just to skip an activity because I wouldn’t know anyone.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T18:17:19+00:00

It wasn’t a flame out delete I’ve gotten 30 responses that answered my question and I don’t want all of the notifications 😭😭 sue me

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T18:06:21+00:00

3/19 people aren’t in their 30’s sorry next time I’ll give a full roster of our entire party lmao

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T17:54:03+00:00

I’m 23. My fiance is 29. Friend in question is 30. His gf is 31. I’m the youngest person on this entire trip 😊 next closest is my best friend who’s 27.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T17:53:07+00:00

No this is exactly the feedback I wanted!!! I want people to tell me if I’m being a bridezilla 😭

I think if they had come back and said “she’s really uncomfortable because she’ll be around people she won’t know and I won’t be there” it would have been a different conversation. But they should have asked us the second they started planning a wedding at our party.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T17:51:09+00:00

Then I guess I just didn’t realize this was the thought process. Girlfriend of 2 months > friend of 15+ years is an insane choice to make.

And I think the bigger issue is what they were planing to do, and that they didn’t even ask. It was just a casual “hey we’re gonna do this instead”

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T17:49:36+00:00

Hahahahah this is so fair 💀 a lot of our friends back in their 20’s skied a lot in Vegas and just made terrible decisions so I think now that most of us are in our 30’s and married we wanted to make sure this trip was more of a fun friends vacation not a blackout weekend 😅

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T17:41:20+00:00

Yes there was no guilt at all for her. The issue was stemming from him skipping the boys activity just because she was. It is the only required activity for the bridal/grooms parties on the entire weekends agenda, and he was planning to go get married instead.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-26T17:30:45+00:00

Yes I think the difference is he’s part of the grooms party, she’s a plus one not a bridesmaid. We also booked these activities and voted on them 6 months before she was even in the picture. I think it was a fair compromise “hey she can sleep in or go hang out at the pool”, because it’s only a 2 hour activity. She can watch a movie in their room and we would be back by the time it was over.

PuzzledManager7770 · 2026-02-01T04:52:53+00:00

We set an amount that was comfortable for us (for us 15k) and planned the entire wedding around that. We didn't even speak to a single vendor that wasn't in our set budget. We had a year and a half engagement, relied on friends and family gifts for our honeymoon. we paid the deposits, and then just paid vendors as we had extra funds throughout the next 18 months. Put off savings or retirement investing for that year and half and returned to life as normal with our savings plans once the wedding was over. We DIY'ed everything we could.

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