Our Real Life Short Sale Experience - The exterior before and after pictures

The yard was overgrown with tall grass, rampant weeds and hedges that had grown out of control. The first step of rejuvenating the property was to cut back the hedges, remove the garbage and furniture littered about and cut the grass.

There was a small patio on the side of the house off of the living room. The screens had been torn and part of the framing had been damaged. After replacing the screens and repairing the damaged post we gave the patio a new coat of paint.

The garage, like one of the bedrooms on the second floor, was completely covered in dog feces. Apparently this had become the new home of the gigantic German Shepherds after they had been removed from the bedroom. Some of the feces in the garage had been left for so long that they had become a solid rock attached to the cement floor. What initially seemed like a "quick" cleaning job became a labor intensive project as the contractors had to use hoes to break the feces apart. Once the garage had been cleaned out, the floor and walls were coated with water-repellant sealer and painted. The final result was a useable area that the future homeowner could use as either a garage or a large pantry/storage space.