Finally getting the house sold.
I don't know why everything moves so slow in this country but it takes months to get anything done. It only took one week from putting the house up for sale to going sale agreed but it too 4 months to get all of the paperwork in order and make the sale ready to finalize.
Luckily all of the pressure was on the buyers as i am already well settled into my new house and didn't have to worry about the speed unlike the time that i bought it. That was a painful experience.
Thankfully we are at the last stages of the sale now and preparations for passing along the property are in full swing.
Clearing out the crap.
I was only in the house for a short period of time and wouldn't be one for buying bits and pieces so the final clear out won't be too bad. Anything that i want to keep has already moved with me but there is lots of furniture, utensils, household bits and bobs.
The easy option is to leave them behind or to throw them out but that would be leaving money on the table. I hate leaving money on the table as it is so hard to earn it in the first place.
Why throw it away when you already have it?
I have spent the morning listing pieces on the secondary market for reasonable prices and know that there are easy sales to be made. We have a site, "Donedeal" here for peer to peer sales of everything and anything.
The whole country is on the site and it's great for buyers and sellers to move products between them.
Anything that i have ever listed has sold once the price is right. There is always room to haggle and people love a good bargain.
Every €10 that i can earn selling on the extra stock is equal to an hours work and is a lot more rewarding. Some people throw it all in the trash and just keep buying but that is a huge waste of money and effort.
With a few hours of work it will be possible to make hundreds of euros from the items in the house and it will save products going to waste and being dumped when they are in very good condition.
This can be applied across any sector and the is often value to be had for a lot less effort than going out and trying to earn a wage by the hour.