the old house

>it seems like forever since I have written on this blog. In the last year my life has changed intensely. In the last year my life has not changed at all.
We have been in our house for about 1 year and 10 days. funny thing today my mobile rang and it was the estate agent Seymours. They wanted to know if they could bring someone by the old house with a view to buying it. Hello I said we haven't been there in a year. update your file people and by the way who is living in it now? I think there have been 4 renters in the past year. the owner is an asshole extrordinaire and he is not willing to update the house, like remove brown acrylic wall to wall shag carpet from the 70's or lower his price. I understand about the price. when my parents were selling their house they put it up too high. they would not budge with the price. they priced it based on memories. they built the house and lived in it for 44 years and couldn't understand why people weren't willing to pay this unreasonable price for a house that needed serious work and updating. the 3 kids had moved out ages ago,there were no more parties and now the house was sad. It needed a fresh coat of paint and a new family to inject life into it. Every one understood that except my parents. other people didn't put the same worth on the house. eventually they came round. A Chinese family where both parents are doctors live in the house now and have been for 12 years. I have gone by the house when I have been in town and I have snuck a peek in the kitchen window. took colored square tiled flooring out and copper fireplace out. I want to go in and see it but don't think I should. I wasn't there when my parents had a garage sale. my sister was there and said it was very emotional.
So my point of all of this is I think that's the problem with the asshole owner. He thinks it's much better than it is cause 'he lived there for 25 year sand they were happy' he's a builder that's what I don't undersatnd. he wouldn't have to hire anyone. he and his family memebers could fix the place up on the cheap but he's a cheap bastard and won't do anything.
so the place still isn't sold. hope the people who see it tomorrow have an interest, but I doubt it