As in years past, we continue to enjoy our Fall season and our beloved home. October saw us list our home for sale.
Then, it was time to get everything in order for our upcoming listing for sale. We spent the month doing lots of less than fun stuff, i.e, declutter, winter lawn seeding, evaluating our personal belongings as to what goes, and what stays. We even had our Persian Rug collection appraised for insurance purposes and possible sale. As Paulina says ".. the last to go". By the end of October, we had everything under control. Our Online Store is set and loaded with lots of what we may be letting go. Our repairs and staging are now in the final days. We even bought some new plants, patio umbrellas and seating to spruce up the outdoors. Our HomeBASE server also got expanded to accomodate our growing library of photos, movies and music. And it's online for family and friends. In addition, I setup our Internet radio station which we'll launch later this month. The month ended with our Halloween "Blue Moon", which raised our spirits. I already setup our November,We Give Thanks Photo Journal .. check it out! On Tuesday, we'll be having our initial "Broker Tour". Then comes all the marketing photos, virtual tour, and marketing material. Our official listing lift off date is set for November 11th. Then, it' s chill and enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday.
People coming and going, all here to help us get ready .. and it was Halloween!
Putting Our Best Foot Forward
In past years, we waffeled about selling our beloved home. Now, we're getting serious. Sad as it may be to leave behind our beautiful Luxury Homestead and all the wonderful memories, We're serious now about moving on.
Age and health are our primary reason for selling. We're in our mid 70's and most of our family and friends are gone. So, hosting our family and friends, is no longer possible. Worse, the pandemic has forced us all to socially quarantine. Hopefully, we'll soon be able to use our beloved 2nd home in the Adirondacks which we bought in 2015. And, we're really anxious to spend time traveling to Europe and renew our cross country adventures. If not us, who! If not now, When!
We'll be enjoying the holiday season with family and friends. Best wishes for the holiday season. Be safe, stay home.
What are We Selling
Our home is unique in so many ways, but we know it will take a special effort to present our "Mission Hill" to prospective buyers.
Our home was originally built by a builder for himself, using an independent architect to crate a beautiful estate on a prime location including spectacular views. The home is constructed in a superior fashion, unlike the more common frame and stucco, using the best of brick and mortar. Our home is valued at approximately $5 Million for insurance and rebuild cost and $2.5+ million for sales purposes. But, being motivated sellers, we're listing our estate for $2 million. And so, we selected a realtor we believe will create the best image of our beloved home. And, we realize that, like us, the prospective buyer will appreciate our "Normandy Tudor". Since this style of home (1,000 year old architecture) is not normally found in Tucson, we need to especially market to the "out of town" buyers. And focus on marketing our 4 Season Luxury Homestead! Unique Features
Multiple Listing Service and Marketing
Like every home, we're being setup on our local multiple listing service, which contains lots of details, photos, and videos as well as automated feeds to out of town real estate listing services, i.e, zillow, trualia, etc.
All of the realty firms use social media to attract and find prospective buyer, but we needed a team that did the best job and had the best team to focus on out of town buyers. Besides the traditional ads and other marketing materials, our home will be going thru an intensive proactive marketing effort (1,000's of calls and emails) to contact prospective buyers in our price range. Mass mailings and direct phone calls are being undertaken. The Vallee Gold Team includes 15 realtors, support staff and professional support staff to help with the repairs, organization, photography and personal support. Paulina and I also needed help to organize our home prior to listing! And we think our online materials will show the effort made by our team. The closer you look, the better we look! In anticipation of the buyer needs, we have already prepared our list of home furnishings available to to buyer, as well as immediate occupancy and financing. Watch for our MLS listing and marketing materials on January 11th. The goal is to experience high traffic, serious buyer showings .. (6-8/month)
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