Our buyers want to 'make offers' on our furniture

pawpurrs

Alfie stop worrying they are not going to pull out over furniture!
Only offer them things you genuinely dont want and at a price you are comfortable with, unless they are antiques then second hand furniture has little value. If you would rarther keep the items rarther than sell them, at a suitable price then dont.
They are buying a house, not all your belongings.

Alfie1999

You're probably right but i'm sure you know how the wait between accepting an offer and exchanging can be grim, especially in this market.

pawpurrs

Yeah I know, in the same boat!
I have just filled in the fixtures and fittings forms and theres stuff I am taking, and I did have a tinge.

LillyJ

We negotiated for the carpets to be left, the shed and the wardrobes in the bedroom.
They then turned round and said that they were taking the fireplace, and the gas fire, and that they wanted £400 for it if we wanted to keep it!

I told them to stick their fire, and that I would buy one from B&Q instead for £200.

When we arrived on the day, it was clearly too much hassle and they had left it. They were just trying their luck.

We didn't want any of their furniture cos we didn't like it. They were very good in other ways - the house was spotless and they had filled all the picture hook holes and painted over them etc. But they did literally take everything, down to the curtain rails.

I suppose it depends how much you like the furniture you have, how much it will cost to replace, whether or not you see yourselves needing to replace it anyway in the new place, how old it is, how much of a bargain it was to start with etc.

I don't think they will pull out over it - we threatened to over the fireplace (as it was on fixtures and fittings list) but in all honesty there was no way we were going to pull out over a £200 fireplace when we were spending that amount of money.

pawpurrs

I am taking my curtain poles because they are antique and I spent years finding them, antique rings the lot. If I had wooden ones from B and Q I wouldnt care.
And I am taking my woodie too, as it cost £1k and I have barely used it and cant afford to go and buy another one.
As long as your upfront about what stays and what goes that is what matters.
Carpets should stay as per course, IMO who wants to rip up carpets and try and get them to fit another property?
Sheds normally stay, and anything fitted.

Debt_Free_Chick

What's a "reasonable price" for second-hand furniture? Look in your local free-ads to get a feel for the price that furniture goes for. Your OH will probably be disappointed.

Second-hand furniture rarely fetches a price that reflects what it cost to buy. Effectively, it's "second-hand tat" no matter how good you think it is. Sorry

GDB2222

pawpurrs wrote: »

And I am taking my woodie too, as it cost £1k and I have barely used it and cant afford to go and buy another one.

Forgive me, but until now I thought I knew what a woodie was, and I'm kind of attached to mine. It may be old, but it still works passably well.

Alfie1999

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

What's a "reasonable price" for second-hand furniture? Look in your local free-ads to get a feel for the price that furniture goes for. Your OH will probably be disappointed.

Second-hand furniture rarely fetches a price that reflects what it cost to buy. Effectively, it's "second-hand tat" no matter how good you think it is. Sorry

I agree with you.

The problem is that the buyer may well point to a number of things and make an offer that my oh will find irritating.

Unfortunately, I think we need to tread on eggshells and pretty much give them whatever they want to keep them thinking they've got a good deal.

If they pull out it'll be catastrophic!

GDB2222

I would just point out that a contract to sell your house has to be in writing, whereas a contract to sell your furniture can be verbal or in writing. Just be sure that you don't agree to sell your furniture at a knock-down price only to find that the buyers pull out of the house purchase but still want the furniture. At the very least, you want to make the furniture sale conditional on the house sale going through.

Bogof_Babe

You could go round before they arrive putting "not for sale" post-its on your most treasured items, to avoid any embarrassment or awkwardness.