Feeling Weird

Our real estate agent (here in Maryland) called yesterday to see if we would mind if the buyers came by the house to take some measurements and things. I agreed (I mean, why not?), so they showed up this afternoon with their agent and a contractor. They poked around a bit, talked about taking out a kitchen cabinet here, adding a new appliance here, building a pantry, putting pull-down stairs in to access the attic and a few other things.

It felt kind of weird listening to them talk about changes to my house. I had to keep reminding myself that it's not going to be my house in about 6 weeks.

Yesterday we also checked another item off the things-we-still-have-to-do-before-we-can-officially-sell-our-house list. The appraiser for the buyer's mortgage company came out and did his thing. I don't know what final value he placed on the house, but he told me "everything looks good" and that "we shouldn't have any problems." I took that to mean that the house appraised for more than the buyers are paying for it.

Tags: appraisals; real estate; selling a house