May 15 2007
Both sides of the coin
House-Selling Brillig: What the crap is wrong with these buyers? Why isn’t anyone buying our old house? I mean, we’re practically GIVING it away now. It’s almost brand new (built in ‘04), it’s spotlessly clean. It’s bright and airy. Okay, so the layout isn’t perfect. So the master bathroom is the size of a postage stamp. So the counters and floors are the cheapest possible material. This is a great house! Come buy it! At 3200 sq. ft and 5 bedrooms, it’s huge! Enough room for ANY family!
House-Buying Brillig: What the crap is wrong with this seller? Why would I buy this house? The layout sucks and I will never buy a crappy layout again. And what’s with these counter tops? Why wouldn’t they have granite in here? And the master bathroom? Who combines the tub and shower these days? And why is there only one sink and vanity? I need my OWN sink!!! And, in the kitchen, is this… is this pergo???? You have got to be KIDDING me!!! Would it really be that much harder to do hardwood floors? What decade do they think we’re in? And at 3800 sq. ft, this is too small. Way too small. No one is ever gonna buy this house.
And so you see, Gentle Readers, that House-Buying Brillig is a big fat SNOB. And House-Selling Brillig is DISGUSTED with all the snobs.
And neither one of me is having any success whatsoever.
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAH. You funny.
I want to sell my house in the next 2 years & I’m already stressed about it.
I can’t imagine how frustrated you are.
I fit helps, this is how ours would read:
101-year old house, needs new wiring, plumbing, kitchen and bathroom. Oh, and insulation. Basement as unfinished as they come, and the appliances are considered “vintage”.
Yeah, we’ve got some work to do…
Don’t ya hate it when your a walking contradiction?? I hate it when that happens. lmao
cool new layout!!!
I hated selling/buying…So glad I don’t have to do that again!!!!
Love the new look!
And muchos sympathies regarding the split personality thing you’ve got going on. Got a headache yet?
Hahaa! That’s wonderful. You should get the two of you to sit down and give some pointers.
LOL!!! Oh, dear Brillig, I can absolutely, 100% relate.
Just like whiskymarie (can I be ginallison?) our house was built in 1870, has a new kitchen my husband put in but otherwise needs new everything.
Oh, and we have a septic tank.
Interested fair Brillig?
PS - thanks SO MUCH for the vote.
Never fear, Brillig! I know your house will sell soon. I always have two sides to every thought of mine - it’s exhausting, isn’t it? I’m particularly jealous that the house is sparkling clean. I’m trying to do that to my house today and I just can’t seem to stick with it…ugh.
Kateastrophe,
Thanks… You poor thing. You hear me rant about all of this all the time!
Whiskeymarie,
hahaha. That DOES make me feel a bit better. haha
Burfica,
I am more like a “sitting-at-the-compter-blogging” contradiction, as opposed to a walking one…
Janet,
Yeah, I can’t wait until it’s over…
Kimberly,
I think I have one of those permanent headaches–you know, you don’t notice it until someone says, “do you have a headache?” and then you say, “yeah, actually, I do..”
Butrfly,
I know! If only I could get them to learn something from each other! But each is stubborn in her stance, alas.
LAIKI,
Oh, I know you can, hon. I hope that things are going well for you. Surely someone is gonna buy our houses, right?
SMID/GinAllison,
Haha. Love the new nickname. And of COURSE I voted for you, you brilliant hot mommy blogger, you!
Jewels,
Uh, yeah… it’s only sparkling clean because we’re not living in it…
I really like the new look!
I love your new look! You are reminding me of myself. This is why we were supposed to put our house on the market 2 months ago and haven’t done a thing yet.
I was thinking of making you an offer for your house…but then I noticed I’m not on your blogger roll!! WTF?
TheThinker,
Thanks! I made it myself! It only took me, um, ten hours or so? I’m so awesome…
MoodSwingingMommy,
Uh… yeah. That’s what we did wrong. We should have put the house on the market in December, but we kinda waited around until March. Badly done, Brillig.
MrWriteNow,
Hi. I’m Brillig. Nice to meet you… *giggles* Sorry I didn’t intuitively know you were out there, desperate for a link on my blog–a blog you have heretofore never visited. But with a name like yours, the giggling around here would never stop… (And what I mean by all of that is “thanks for stopping by!”)
Madame!~ 27 comments, means 27 emails telling me that I have a comment! [insert dastardly word here]
*Teri throws a bazillion brownie points at the Brill!*
C-Teri,
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I clicked over from Pass the Chocolate. This post is SO FUNNY. I love it.
So so true. You poor thing.
(LOVE thew new look!)