St. Joseph in the yard
 

ok, I finally broke down and buried St. Joseph in the yard today. My husband didn't want me to give in to that superstition, but I am willing to try anything right now. We only have a couple more months of prime house selling season left, and we want to sell and be down in TV this fall. Tell me if I did this correctly: I buried him upside down facing the road. Is there anything else I was supposed to do?

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YES. Promise him that you will dig him back up and give him a bath and sit him upright when the time comes to thank him. I myself just speak to his wife and son about things like that.

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Graciegirl you crack me up.....I hope our paths cross one day.

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There should be a prayer that you have to recite every day until your house sells. The prayer should have come with the statue. Good Luck!

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There is. From past experience, I think it's said as soon as you awaken and goes something like this: "Oh my God, I hope somebody, anybody buys this damned place today!!!"

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We burried him in my sons yard at Plantation Recreation a couple months ago and got a call right away. It did not work out and nothing since. I even did the prayer. So sad because his place is really nice and would make a lovely summer home or place for visitors to stay.

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Muncle, I love your sense of humor!

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Nothing came in the box besides the statue. I already knew about the digging him up and bringing him to the new house. I put him fairly close to the surface so I can find him again. We have been on the market since April and we have had 21 different showings. We had one offer, but it was really low and we couldn't meet in the middle. Our house is fairly unique for the area. We just need that special buyer that wants a different kind of house.

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Sschulser,

Just curious, In what way is your house unique?

I think we have the same situation and altho we have not put our house on the market yet, I have a strong feeling that it will be a difficult one to sell. It is an old farmhouse(1869) and barn, with a newer development all around us. It will take someone looking for exactly that when the time comes.

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Nonie: I suggest that if you are thinking of selling to puts the house for sale ASAP, it will take a lot of time an patience. I have mine on the market since Jan and nothing happened yet. Be ready for a shock when they made you an offer.

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My house is unique because it is a 3 bedroom ranch built in 1957 in a neighborhood of newly built mansions. We have a little over an acre of land that is heavily wooded. Our house is not visible from the road because we are set way back into the woods. You get the feeling of living in the country, but we are only 1 mile from the expressway. It is in a fairly affluent neighborhood, and most homes don't have the privacy that we have. So it's a great house for a family that wants to send their kids to school here, but can't afford the half million dollar homes. We have another open house scheduled for the end of the month. If we don't get any interest by then we will be reducing the price again. This will definitely affect what we can afford when we get down to TV. But I'm know we aren't the only ones who are going through this either!

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I buried St. Joe and sold my home in just about three months.

But I didn't list in prime selling season. I listed early Dec. Reason (according to my agent) is everyone lists in the spring. You have more of a chance selling to a transfer in the winter months - companies do their budgets and transfers at the end of the year and this is also the time many people change jobs that will bring them to a different state.

I did sell to a transfer and we negotiated a decent price; not exactly what we wanted but it worked out.

I dug up St. Joseph, washed him off and wrapped him in tissue. He's packed away until we move into our TV home in Sept. Oh, I never said the prayer. Just buried him upside down facing the house.

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Last evening I noticed several of my neighbors in the street out front. Didn't know what was happening, latest gossip, etc, so I went out to chat. When I got there, the conversation kinda waned and the group thinned out quickly. I later discovered that several of them had been burying statues of St. Joseph in my front lawn. Does that mean anything?

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Are they anxious for you to move?

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Excuse my ignorance, but is this for real? Do you really bury a statue of St. Joseph upside down and say prayers to him asking for the sale of one's home? Has anyone had success doing this, and if so, is there any way to know if the house would have sold anyway? I guess I'm not the superstitious type.... (Go on, yell at me!)