Surprise! What did the seller take with them that you expected would stay with the house?

[Anonymous]

They had marked a bar (was not original to house) to take. I thought it odd as it looked like a piece of furniture so why would they not take it?

Well found out why. They had carpeted (wall-to-wall) around it! So when it was removed there was a giant rectangle of cement, middle of the damn room. Who does that??!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They had marked a bar (was not original to house) to take. I thought it odd as it looked like a piece of furniture so why would they not take it?

Well found out why. They had carpeted (wall-to-wall) around it! So when it was removed there was a giant rectangle of cement, middle of the damn room. Who does that??!

Your spouse posted this alredy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glass shelves in the bathrooms (from Restoration Hardware), the lamp post from the front yard, ALL of the paint (which was stacked in the basement every time we were in the house, including the walk-through...a huge pain because there were so many different colors in the house and we could have used the paint for touch ups...ended up having to paint the entire house due to damage when previous owners removed things from the walls).

We had the opposite when I sold our last house. There was a closet in one room (the old converted garage) where I had neatly stacked all of the paint that we used in the house. I had labeled everything. I also left wallpaper remnants. I left carpet fragment remnants from when we had the carpet replaced just a week before listing. We had redone bathrooms and there were leftover tiles for the bathroom. Extra pieces of the hardwood that was replaced a week before listing. All there, all nicely labeled which room.

The wife did the walk-through that morning and came to closing livid telling me that I had left a closet full of junk. I explained with the closer, and realtors there that these were the paint, wallpaper, and flooring remnants for all of the materials in the house in case they needed to patch or repair. She sneered and very pointedly told me that if I didn't come and remove those immediately after closing that she would not close; and her husband agreed with her. The realtors tried to convince her that she wanted those things. She said she absolutely didn't want those and didn't want to clean after me (we had professional cleaners clean before the walk-through). If I didn't agree to remove all those things immediately after closing, she wouldn't sign. So, after closing, we drove back to the house, I removed all those things and took them to a dumpster (except the paint which took me 6 months before I managed to dispose of it).

[Anonymous]

Wow Wow WoW!!!!
I'm so grateful to the sellers when we bought our first/current house which was on short sale. Sellers weren't happy (wife was crying after the closing) but they were nice enough to leave all the items including the manuals.
Some ppl r just hard to believe!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glass shelves in the bathrooms (from Restoration Hardware), the lamp post from the front yard, ALL of the paint (which was stacked in the basement every time we were in the house, including the walk-through...a huge pain because there were so many different colors in the house and we could have used the paint for touch ups...ended up having to paint the entire house due to damage when previous owners removed things from the walls).

We had the opposite when I sold our last house. There was a closet in one room (the old converted garage) where I had neatly stacked all of the paint that we used in the house. I had labeled everything. I also left wallpaper remnants. I left carpet fragment remnants from when we had the carpet replaced just a week before listing. We had redone bathrooms and there were leftover tiles for the bathroom. Extra pieces of the hardwood that was replaced a week before listing. All there, all nicely labeled which room.

The wife did the walk-through that morning and came to closing livid telling me that I had left a closet full of junk. I explained with the closer, and realtors there that these were the paint, wallpaper, and flooring remnants for all of the materials in the house in case they needed to patch or repair. She sneered and very pointedly told me that if I didn't come and remove those immediately after closing that she would not close; and her husband agreed with her. The realtors tried to convince her that she wanted those things. She said she absolutely didn't want those and didn't want to clean after me (we had professional cleaners clean before the walk-through). If I didn't agree to remove all those things immediately after closing, she wouldn't sign. So, after closing, we drove back to the house, I removed all those things and took them to a dumpster (except the paint which took me 6 months before I managed to dispose of it).

Maybe she wanted to repaint with her color scheme and didn’t want to deal with disposing all the paint you left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glass shelves in the bathrooms (from Restoration Hardware), the lamp post from the front yard, ALL of the paint (which was stacked in the basement every time we were in the house, including the walk-through...a huge pain because there were so many different colors in the house and we could have used the paint for touch ups...ended up having to paint the entire house due to damage when previous owners removed things from the walls).

We had the opposite when I sold our last house. There was a closet in one room (the old converted garage) where I had neatly stacked all of the paint that we used in the house. I had labeled everything. I also left wallpaper remnants. I left carpet fragment remnants from when we had the carpet replaced just a week before listing. We had redone bathrooms and there were leftover tiles for the bathroom. Extra pieces of the hardwood that was replaced a week before listing. All there, all nicely labeled which room.

The wife did the walk-through that morning and came to closing livid telling me that I had left a closet full of junk. I explained with the closer, and realtors there that these were the paint, wallpaper, and flooring remnants for all of the materials in the house in case they needed to patch or repair. She sneered and very pointedly told me that if I didn't come and remove those immediately after closing that she would not close; and her husband agreed with her. The realtors tried to convince her that she wanted those things. She said she absolutely didn't want those and didn't want to clean after me (we had professional cleaners clean before the walk-through). If I didn't agree to remove all those things immediately after closing, she wouldn't sign. So, after closing, we drove back to the house, I removed all those things and took them to a dumpster (except the paint which took me 6 months before I managed to dispose of it).

Maybe she wanted to repaint with her color scheme and didn’t want to deal with disposing all the paint you left.

Yeah my seller left me sooooo much paint that I didn't want. At least 20 mostly full gallons of flat paint. I posted it on Craigslist and people did take it but that was a lot of work for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glass shelves in the bathrooms (from Restoration Hardware), the lamp post from the front yard, ALL of the paint (which was stacked in the basement every time we were in the house, including the walk-through...a huge pain because there were so many different colors in the house and we could have used the paint for touch ups...ended up having to paint the entire house due to damage when previous owners removed things from the walls).

We had the opposite when I sold our last house. There was a closet in one room (the old converted garage) where I had neatly stacked all of the paint that we used in the house. I had labeled everything. I also left wallpaper remnants. I left carpet fragment remnants from when we had the carpet replaced just a week before listing. We had redone bathrooms and there were leftover tiles for the bathroom. Extra pieces of the hardwood that was replaced a week before listing. All there, all nicely labeled which room.

The wife did the walk-through that morning and came to closing livid telling me that I had left a closet full of junk. I explained with the closer, and realtors there that these were the paint, wallpaper, and flooring remnants for all of the materials in the house in case they needed to patch or repair. She sneered and very pointedly told me that if I didn't come and remove those immediately after closing that she would not close; and her husband agreed with her. The realtors tried to convince her that she wanted those things. She said she absolutely didn't want those and didn't want to clean after me (we had professional cleaners clean before the walk-through). If I didn't agree to remove all those things immediately after closing, she wouldn't sign. So, after closing, we drove back to the house, I removed all those things and took them to a dumpster (except the paint which took me 6 months before I managed to dispose of it).

Maybe she wanted to repaint with her color scheme and didn’t want to deal with disposing all the paint you left.

yeah. That was my idea. But that could have just been explained nicely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the convenient outlets in our old house were the newer USB integrated outlets. We had 3-4 per room. I knew I wanted the same convenience in the new house. We swapped them out for standard outlets.

Hope you left them in the kitchen and bathroom as they are required by code.

But really, that is petty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the convenient outlets in our old house were the newer USB integrated outlets. We had 3-4 per room. I knew I wanted the same convenience in the new house. We swapped them out for standard outlets.

Hope you left them in the kitchen and bathroom as they are required by code.

But really, that is petty.

I think you're confusing GFCI with USB. USB outlets are like $20 an outlet. I'd take them too. I'd probably remove before I put the house up for sale though.

[Anonymous]

Goodness people are cheap! We made several hundred thousands when we sold our most recent house - you better believe I left toilet paper and hand soap in the bathrooms, paper towels in the kitchen, and all the custom drapery on the windows (which wouldn’t have fit the windows in our new house or probably any other house). Left champagne in the fridge and a gift certificate for pizza as well.

[Anonymous]

Rich Mormons dug up all the bushes in the front yard when they moved to multi million dollar house in Mclean

[Anonymous]

We had just painted and I was planning on leaving a can of each color for touch ups. I was disposing of other old paint from the sellers before us and asked out agent if we should leave the newer cans. She said no and that all paint cans must be removed so we dumped it. One week before closing got a question from the buyers on what paint colors we used in case they needed to do touch ups. They would have liked to just have the cans. Oh well.

We left the Elfa because I didn't want an issue but I really, really wanted to take the drawers. We had rods already in the closets and would have left the attached rods and shelving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Digging up landscaping is crazy. I don't care if the shrubs are imported and the perfect height. Landscaping is part of the land.

I have some plants that were my moms, that I transplanted from her garden when she passed away.

I would dig them up and take them with me If I were to sell, but ai would let the buyers know before the sale.

[Anonymous]

When I was a kid the lady across the street moved away and left her indoor/outdoor cat. The cat started to come to us for food and shelter. We put a cathouse on the front porch and one day we just opened the front door and let her in. She walked to my bedroom, jumped on the bed and took a nap. She became "my" cat and slept on my bed for the next 15 years. I loved that cat, she was fabulous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the toilet paper. We have always left at least one roll of toilet paper in the house. Just common curtesy

You shouldn’t complain about that.