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Originally Posted by kp11364
Hi all,
Not able to move to TV yet, but I have a question for those folks that have moved down recently.
When you sold your non-TV home, did you leave "spare items" such as extra bathroom/kitchen tiles, lighting fixture accessories (like glass shades), exterior siding, paneling, pavers, external bricks/tiles, and paint for the new owners?
I have a "tag sale" category for some items, "definitely toss" for others, but stuff like this I'm not sure of.
Was this a discussion with the new owners? Did the realtor offer suggestions?
Many thanks in advance!
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Our personal experience. I pride myself of being a good judge of people. The purchasers of our home said they wanted. many items with a fair amount of value. Bedroom furniture, an antique clock my work table, about 12 industrial grade shelving systems worth roughly 20-30 each used. I liked them, my misjudgment and I just gave them roughly $1,000 worth of stuff. They are entitled to a final inspection before closing. The wife came looked around and said nothing.
At closing, which was at the buyers attorneys office, I believe tradition is the seller's attorney's office. We arrived at the appointed time to discover the others
were already there. The buyer's attorney was vastly superior to ours. The buyer claimed it was not broom clean and their attorney wanted me to leave $1500 in escrow to cover?????? A broom???? Our Attorney huh is letting them demand this BALONEY without even asking me. So there we were at closing, my wife in tears saying give it to them. I shocked them all and said loudly pretending I was speaking to my attorney. I AM NOT DOING THIS.
I've heard this stuff happens often at closing. Most people selling a home is the largest business deal they have ever been involved with. Not so for me. People are off balance and it is turned against you. At little or no cost. Before closing I would take pictures of everything in the house.
What to sell and what to take. I would get an estimate on a move. We moved several states away. The way it works, they send A SALESMAN over and he lists what you have in his laptop, His program tells him an estimated weight and he gives you a price. He will not tell you this but they have what is called the TARRIFF RATE. It is so much per hundred pounds. If, I recall ours ten years ago was .57 per hundred pounds. Is, it worth paying to move it? Books are heavy. You may find they are hard to give to charity.
Suggested three pile system. Tag sale. We did 4-5 garage sales. I had a lot of stuff. It was a lot of work but I did at least 2-3,000 a day. That is 4-6,000 every two days. A tag sale, implies hiring a, "professional." They will charge at least 1/3 of what they collect from YOUR MERCHANDISE. Not certain but you should find out. If, someone is injured at a TAG SALE, does your insurance cover you? Surely your home is not listed as a business. The trash pile? You will be surprised what people will buy. Garden tools? You will need them in Florida and they cost more than you might remember. A snow thrower, garage sale it-no use at all in the villages. I would photograph everything as you pack it. Otherwise you have no proof that it was in the box and it was not broken.
An adventure. Plan as well as you can and be prepared all does not go as you planed.