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[chrismm]

So, I'm working on a refi to reduce my interest rate and therefore my monthly payments. The appraisal is Monday. The place is in reasonable shape--I'm not cramming in any last minute painting or whatever. But I've been doing very light cleaning (picking up and vacuuming and getting the stuff that jumps out at me--no dusting, etc.) for quite a

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[loricritt]

While it's always good to get a deep cleaning in, the appraisal will not be affected by anything except possibly exterior paint/appearance if it's in bad shape (which I know it isn't). They simply look at the bones and ammenities of your place and compare it to like properties in the area, particularly recent sales.

Your chores list makes me exhausted just to look at it!

[chrismm]

:D Thanks for the reality check. I pruned the list some--I still did about 3/4ths of the stuff there, but the items I pruned were the ones that would take the longest (all the baseboards, for instance, or cleaning all the candles in the fireplace).

Place looks pretty shiny--he's going to be here in a couple hours, so I better hop in the shower--hope you guys had a good weekend!

[geneli4]

i thought my to-do list was bad, but dude, yours is ridiculous!

[chrismm]

Heh. It kind of was. I took some things off the list after some reflection. :D

[turps33]

I feel faint after reading all that. Wow. Good luck!

[chrismm]

I know, me too! :D I got the bulk of it done, so I guess that'll be good enough.