https://thenewneo.com/2009/05/16/house-sitting-squared/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 18 May 2009 15:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://thenewneo.com/2009/05/16/house-sitting-squared/#comment-109655 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:52:25 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/05/16/house-sitting-squared/#comment-109655 I believe the house sitter is to leave before the prospective buyer shows up.
So, up by six, showered and dressed and the bathroom sparkling by 7:30. Breakfast and the kitchen sparkling by 8:15. Sit in a chair and read, watch television, work on the ‘puter. But don’t eat anything while doing so to avoid crumbs. Deep clean two rooms.
Once the agent tells you the coast is clear, spend a couple of hours manicuring the lawn and yard, then make the garage or shed look like a display at Home Depot.
I don’t know.

]]> https://thenewneo.com/2009/05/16/house-sitting-squared/#comment-109617 Sun, 17 May 2009 13:50:18 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/05/16/house-sitting-squared/#comment-109617 If I were a prospective buyer (I’m not, but a girl can dream, no?) it’ll make me suspicious if I’d come for a viewing and see somebody living there – hwo, apparently, is not an owner.
It’d make me think either
a) he/she is a squatter – and who wants a house in a neighborhood where squatters can easily get into a luxury home?
b) he/she is a friend/relative of the owner put there to observe me, the buyer. I was planning to have a good look around, maybe open cupboards, get down into the cellar, climb into the attic. And here’s a person to keep tabs on me!
c) the transaction of lifestyles is between the former owner and the prospective one – but here’s yet another person, intermediate, with his/her own possessions, his/her kitchen smells, his/her deplorable taste in cut flowers and sofa cushions, seating in a living room I almost started to think of my own!

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