Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 23:18     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
If the new owners plan to paint, just fill the holes.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 23:15     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Uh, no. You don't have to fill holes and paint.

Everyone us going to do their own thing anyway. Part of the deal when buying an occupied house.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 20:47     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Yes, you need to paint, too.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 20:37     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Unless they are built ins

What counts as a built in?


When a carpenter build them into the wall.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 20:24     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Anonymous wrote:Unless they are built ins

What counts as a built in?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 18:56     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Unless they are built ins
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 18:52     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Agree with PPs. Take the shelves, fill the holes, and paint over the spackle.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 18:36     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
No, they go with you.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 18:13     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So, if I have some floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that are just anchored to the wall, I can take those with me and nobody would (should) complain? Am I responsible for filling the holes left from the screws? Or is that sort of a known - that you will have some (reasonable) holes in walls when you move into a previously occupied home?


You need to fill any holes. The way to get around this is to leave the picture hooks. If you remove them, you must fill. Since there's nothing for you to leave after the bookshelves are removed, you should fill the holes.


Do you need to paint it too? The same color as the wall? Or just fill them?


New poster. I don't know if you "have to", but it certainly is the nice thing to do. The people who sold our house to us did. Very nice people. They also had a binder with all the instruction manuals for appliances, roof warranty, etc. Leave the house the way you would want a home left for you.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 16:19     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So, if I have some floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that are just anchored to the wall, I can take those with me and nobody would (should) complain? Am I responsible for filling the holes left from the screws? Or is that sort of a known - that you will have some (reasonable) holes in walls when you move into a previously occupied home?


You need to fill any holes. The way to get around this is to leave the picture hooks. If you remove them, you must fill. Since there's nothing for you to leave after the bookshelves are removed, you should fill the holes.


Do you need to paint it too? The same color as the wall? Or just fill them?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 16:06     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Anonymous wrote:So, if I have some floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that are just anchored to the wall, I can take those with me and nobody would (should) complain? Am I responsible for filling the holes left from the screws? Or is that sort of a known - that you will have some (reasonable) holes in walls when you move into a previously occupied home?


You need to fill any holes. The way to get around this is to leave the picture hooks. If you remove them, you must fill. Since there's nothing for you to leave after the bookshelves are removed, you should fill the holes.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 16:04     Subject: Re:Are bookshelves fixtures?
Not op, but on the same note… if they list something as "it conveys" and we buy the house but don't want it - do we still have to let it stay or can we ask the seller to get rid of it? I am talking something huge but not attached to the house. Just a pain to get rid of.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 15:54     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
So, if I have some floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that are just anchored to the wall, I can take those with me and nobody would (should) complain? Am I responsible for filling the holes left from the screws? Or is that sort of a known - that you will have some (reasonable) holes in walls when you move into a previously occupied home?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 15:46     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
They would go with you, when you move.
If you don't want them, ask the sellers if they would like them. If they don't then you are required to dispose of them.

The only time bookshelves are "fixtures" is if they are permanently "built-in", as you see in historic homes.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2014 15:43     Subject: Are bookshelves fixtures?
Are bookshelves that you anchored to the wall with one or two screws considered fixtures? Or can they come with us when we move?