Operation: fix up the house

Everything hinges on selling this old place. Everything includes financial stability, sanity, and getting out from a dual mortgage situation. Those goals are enough, but the motivation that really drives me is knowing that I don't get to start working toward having a horse until this house is history.

I wrote a list last night of things that must be done to the house before we can put it on the market with a reasonable expectation of getting some money out of the deal. There are a few things that I could be doing immediately to get the place ready. There are other things that we'd rather have done after we have moved out.

Things that can be done ASAP, that I could tackle in roughly this order:
Paint the fence
Paint the security screen door
Edge the walkway
Paint the trim
Paint the bathroom
Paint the inside of the bathroom mirror cabinet
Put in the new window which has been sitting in the basement (requires help)
Board up another window that really shouldn't be there (hubby will do this I suspect)


After we leave, we will be having the roof replaced (if I can get on the schedule)
While the roof is being replaced, we need to have the upstairs electrical fixed... right now we are running off of an extension cord that goes up the stairs (sigh).
When we can assume the roof's semi-annual leak is no longer a problem, we will fix the ugly gaping hole in the kitchen ceiling.

I really hope we can get some money out of this place. We bought it before housing prices were really inflated, so we should be OK there. We have 9 years of equity in it. We have replaced most of the windows, the back door, the furnace, and the roof by the time we sell.  But, even if we just break even, that breathing room will allow me to save money for improving our new property and preparing it for horse ownership. :)