# Selling the family home **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-family-home/997775 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [February 19, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-family-home/997775 "2024-02-19T17:33:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72) #### Post date: [February 19, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-family-home/997775/1 "2024-02-19T17:33:01Z")
I have a question about selling my FIL’s house. He is 92 and his health is slowly fading. My wife has been his most everything since her mother went into memory care then passed away. When the time does come, she would like to sell the house as soon as possible. My wife’s parents bought the house new in 1962. It is a small 980 SF rambler on a shy quarter acre lot. 3 small bedrooms, 1 bath, single car garage converted to a family room. They paid $16,000 for the house, current valuation is $750,000. It is in an area of known for higher end homes. My wife wants do some things that house could use before selling. A new roof (current was put on in 2001), new paint, some updated landscaping and remove the carpeting to show off the original oak flooring. She is thinking that adding $30,000 into the house will help it sell faster. My plan would be to sell the house as-is. 2 of the 5 houses in the cul-de-sac have been extensively remodeled over the past 10 years. I am thinking whoever buys this house will either extensively remodel the house or tear it down and build a new house. Very few houses in this area have sold in recent years, the few that went onto the market sold very quickly and well over asking. People like this area and no one is moving. My thinking is that a developer will likely buy the house and will not want to pay extra for things like a roof and paint. My wife has a lot of emotional attachment to the house, it has been Mom and Dad’s house since she was 4 years old. What do you guys think is the best option for this house. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-family-home/997775)._