Does your rentback include a deposit?

Anonymous wrote:Does it really matter? Won't the new owner toss it and buy a new one?

true first world response right there. contrary to what you've been brainwashed to believe, and OP's example aside, most people don't throw out the existing, fully functioning appliances when they purchase a home.

Just pay a appliance repair company and then offload it to them and move on

Does it really matter? Won't the new owner toss it and buy a new one?

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Anonymous wrote:The day we signed our listing agreement we discovered the ice maker wasn't working. We emptied out a large chunk of ice, reset it and expected it to be working the next day. We discussed this with the realtor and decided we would get it fixed therefore we did not disclose it wasn't working. However, we have replaced 2 parts and are waiting for a third to come in and it still isn't working. We obviously want to be fair to the new owners, how do we determine what the fridge is worth at this point? I have seen numbers on depreciating an appliance for a rental, is it the same for a personal home?

Fridge is 4 years old.

TIA!

OP you're subject line, and post are confusing. Subject line says SOLD, yet you're still talking about your listing agreement and working on repairing the fridge.

Please define SOLD, so that we understand the exact status of your home.

It’s not hard to understand. OP is talking about when the problem started, planned to fix it so didn’t disclose, house has sold but the repair isn’t complete yet.

OP Here. This is exactly it. We were trying to do the right thing by fixing the ice maker. However, we have replaced two parts and tried the unplugging trick and the ice maker is still not working. I am waiting for a third part to arrive, which I hope fixes the issue. No other issues with the fridge ever. Lesson learned: disclose.

Did the buyers discover it at the walkthrough? This is what the walkthrough is for. Or you could have told them at any time that this was going on.

The house sold with no contingencies, but we included ice maker in the listing documents. We honestly thought we would be able to have it fixed without an issue. We are in a rent back for a few more weeks but the part I am waiting on was just delayed so I'm thinking about what to do should the part not arrive in time or fix the issue.

There is an ice maker. It is just not working. They waved contingencies. If this is the only issue, they are lucky. They can fix it.

This happened to me but larger because the entire fridge stopped cooling. I just bought a new fridge with a warranty (so they wouldn't think I was trying to be deceitful) and kept it moving. The fridge was far less than the proceeds I made on the sale.

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Anonymous wrote:The day we signed our listing agreement we discovered the ice maker wasn't working. We emptied out a large chunk of ice, reset it and expected it to be working the next day. We discussed this with the realtor and decided we would get it fixed therefore we did not disclose it wasn't working. However, we have replaced 2 parts and are waiting for a third to come in and it still isn't working. We obviously want to be fair to the new owners, how do we determine what the fridge is worth at this point? I have seen numbers on depreciating an appliance for a rental, is it the same for a personal home?

Fridge is 4 years old.

TIA!

OP you're subject line, and post are confusing. Subject line says SOLD, yet you're still talking about your listing agreement and working on repairing the fridge.

Please define SOLD, so that we understand the exact status of your home.

It’s not hard to understand. OP is talking about when the problem started, planned to fix it so didn’t disclose, house has sold but the repair isn’t complete yet.

OP Here. This is exactly it. We were trying to do the right thing by fixing the ice maker. However, we have replaced two parts and tried the unplugging trick and the ice maker is still not working. I am waiting for a third part to arrive, which I hope fixes the issue. No other issues with the fridge ever. Lesson learned: disclose.

Did the buyers discover it at the walkthrough? This is what the walkthrough is for. Or you could have told them at any time that this was going on.

The house sold with no contingencies, but we included ice maker in the listing documents. We honestly thought we would be able to have it fixed without an issue. We are in a rent back for a few more weeks but the part I am waiting on was just delayed so I'm thinking about what to do should the part not arrive in time or fix the issue.

OP is there a home inspection? Without that contingency it’s all sold as is. Heck if I know of any of the appliances in the house we are buying even work let alone the ice maker. I don’t know where all these people arguing over a $300 ice maker are buying but in the area we didn’t make any offers with inspections.

Anonymous wrote:No one needs an ice maker. Put some trays in the freezer and move on.

And disclose it, day ice maker is not working

ice makers are notoriously crappy. ours has given us trouble from pretty early on. we have tried fixing it multiple times. We have just given up on it at this point. The Fridge and Freezer still work just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:The day we signed our listing agreement we discovered the ice maker wasn't working. We emptied out a large chunk of ice, reset it and expected it to be working the next day. We discussed this with the realtor and decided we would get it fixed therefore we did not disclose it wasn't working. However, we have replaced 2 parts and are waiting for a third to come in and it still isn't working. We obviously want to be fair to the new owners, how do we determine what the fridge is worth at this point? I have seen numbers on depreciating an appliance for a rental, is it the same for a personal home?

Fridge is 4 years old.

TIA!

OP you're subject line, and post are confusing. Subject line says SOLD, yet you're still talking about your listing agreement and working on repairing the fridge.

Please define SOLD, so that we understand the exact status of your home.

It’s not hard to understand. OP is talking about when the problem started, planned to fix it so didn’t disclose, house has sold but the repair isn’t complete yet.

OP Here. This is exactly it. We were trying to do the right thing by fixing the ice maker. However, we have replaced two parts and tried the unplugging trick and the ice maker is still not working. I am waiting for a third part to arrive, which I hope fixes the issue. No other issues with the fridge ever. Lesson learned: disclose.

Did the buyers discover it at the walkthrough? This is what the walkthrough is for. Or you could have told them at any time that this was going on.

Anonymous wrote:Just buy a cheap replacement fridge

Instead of doing this, you should talk to the buyers. Ask if they would prefer a cheap replacement fridge or a credit towards buying a replacement fridge. Some people might take $400 or $500 towards buying a new fridge rather than a cheap replacement fridge. This way, if they wanted a more expensive fridge, they could take the closing allowance and apply it towards a new fridge of their choice rather than just end up with a cheap fridge they don't want. If this had happened before you had a contract, then I would agree with you, since you want to appeal to the LCD (we just need a fridge!).

When something like this happens after the contract but before settlement, that's the point of keeping open communication between seller and buyer. So that the seller doesn't just throw money away by doing something that the buyer doesn't want. When you have a contract, you are no longer dealing with trying to appeal to the broadest selection of buyers, you only have to satisfy one buyer, so ask them and negotiate with them about what they want.

If a buyer was nasty to me about a fridge, I'd just replace it with a cheap one off facebook marketplace or say the fridge doesn't convey. I lived in another area of the country where fridges don't convey, so no one expected them.

As the seller, I would see what the buyer wants and go from there. Negotiate and be honest.

we got ours working by using blowdryer on the water line. apparently it was iced.