I was mystified, too. I think it has to do with sprucing up junky houses.
Often, people sell their house furnished before they move. Realtors say to do this because it hides all the dreadful blemishes and etc. that you notice, otherwise.
Remediating a house just means moving everything out, and restoring it to new.
This can (and has) been done by me and the husband on multiple occasions.
The first time, when we got tired of like, renting the house across the street from my mom and there were various ISSUES and like, well, I sort of bought a house without telling her because a) she lied and I knew she would NEVER sell it to us, and I wanted EQUITY and stuff, and also not to look at her front door every time I went out. (There had been serious STUFF too long to mention, forgiven but hard to forget.) I LOVE the house I am in now, but if I were to stay there, I would never leave its protective bubble.
We need our stuff in Douglas. And, (don't forget the husband almost burned it down, too) it is far from perfect. The master bathroom should really be set on fire, or made invisible, but even THAT can be improved.
Anyway, I told my mom I would return it to her like she bought it (she did not believe me and was quite angry as well, but it can be done.)
Keep in mind we raised a 7--14 year old kid in there. I kept it clean, but it was Not New.
By the end of week two (I took a couple weeks off) I think my mom was actually feeling GUILTY because there is NO paint you cannot match, and NO stain you cannot remove with the right cleanser enough times....
By the end we both bled enough that I was like, "Okay, I need not feel guilty any more" but then everyone knew we could DO IT and so it was, ah, requested on many occasions.
My mom's REAL house (not the one across the street) looked SO BAD empty (my dead stepdad had untreated ADHD and did stuff like Coffee Colonics) my mom begged us to do it.... And once again, we did.
My house is like half the size thankfully and there are jacked up things we will not be able to fix. But, we can do a LOT with what we have left. I'm just dreading it completely. The last real estate lady begged us to come work for her but me and my husband said, almost simultaneously, "We only do this for family." LOL.
It really IS the WORST.
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