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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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Definitely leave all that sort of thing for the next owners. It might in fact, help you get a sale.
Don’t waste your time with a “red tag sale” or a garage sale. You are only going to be making a dime on a dollar, probably, and yet you might end up with a lot of things unsold. If I have furniture or appliances I don’t need, I offer them free on Craig’s List or something like that. They disappear fast and go to homes where they are appreciated. There are also places where you can donate nearly everything, and usually they will pick it up.
Many of us recommend not paying to bring THINGS here. Most of us live in houses that are 1100 to 1500 square feet without basements. Leave that old furniture behind. Leave all those sets of china and all those towels and all those clothes and most of the tools and Christmas decorations. If you can live with it, try to make a deal to buy your house here furnished. I did. I brought everything in an 8x10 uhaul truck, and I am still trying to find room for some of it three years later after giving away even more. There are several good used furniture stores in the area where you can find better things than what you own now for decent prices. Or here is your place to get something new. If you look at a hundred homes for sale here on Zillow, you will discover that antiques really don’t generally fit well with Florida decorating, and those fake antiques you bought ten years ago as a bedroom set are even worse, impossibly heavy-looking and dark. Very few people who move here do anywhere near as much entertaining as they expect to do, so they don’t need a dozen place settings of anything.
I have a friend who is caring for a woman who has a house packed with stuff, but she has no family, broke a hip a couple weeks ago, is in terrible health, and is unlikely to ever return home, as she can’t care for herself. All her stuff will be disposed of somehow. How much better to have a few nice things, but no more than you need,
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