The neighbor who owns the house next door is 92 and lives in Florida now. Her son listed the property on her behalf, and it had a good deal of showings. The street is beautiful and it is private yet less than a half a mile from town. I thought the house was overpriced but apparently there was sufficient interest that offer was made and accepted. Once the inspections happened, the buyer pulled, and the house was off the market. My agent, whom I asked about, it said there were serious structural issues that needed attention. It seems she had an offer for a client on it.
The listing agent, who I had met told me, that the seller had decided to fix the "issues" and then put it back on the market for a bit more. During the last two weeks, despite the frigid temperatures, the roof was replaced and a few days ago the chimney was repaired by someone else. There is now a dumpster in the driveway and a bulldozer dropped some materials last week in the back yard of the home. In the course of delivering whatever, on a damp and rainy day the trees between my house and the neighbors were largely destroyed and the mud next door is pervasive.
Yesterday at dusk there were people looking at the house and all over the yard. It appeared to be a couple with two children. I let my dogs out and the older boy taunted my pups by jumping up and down and screaming at them near my fence. Needless to say, I hope they don't buy the house.
And so, last night, I looked the house up and saw the price had been raised by $50,000. I don't get it, but I don't have to. There is a great deal of deferred maintenance that really shows itself now. Perhaps that is what the materials are for.
If the house sells near where it is listed I will be surprised but it will improve the value of my home, which I will never sell anyway. If the house sits, as I suspect it will, then my neighbor will have wasted time and money and be no further along in the spring than in the fall. I wish I knew the son......
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