Our buyers want to 'make offers' on our furniture

Old_Git

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

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

good idea ,stick one on your OH as well .

Alfie1999

Old_Git wrote: »

good idea ,stick one on your OH as well .

Hang on, let's not be too rash with the stickers.

Millburn_farm

As a woman; some furniture is precious and some worth pennies; our bed for instance is priceless, it was made for me :shrug: more yrs ago then we've been together, so totally unsaleable, my suite :shrug: anyone can have, but then I've had it 20+ yrs for £1,000 and it's waayyy too small for the sitting room in the house we hope to build; then again is someone is expecting to buy it this week

I'd want a reasonable price; considering peeps don't buy second hand in 2008, and the furniture your OH is attached too, and....... remembering you are going to need a bed; settee etc and the price of moving iit isn't that much

jyonda

What's interesting is what this tells you about them and what your response tells them about you. If you act desperate and gladly sell things you'd rather keep for peanuts then the chances they'll reduce their offer on the house.

LillyJ

pawpurrs wrote: »

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.

Sheds aren't fitted though, they can be picked up and moved anywhere. It wasn't in the details either, so we had to negotiate, cos we wanted it, and they said they were going to take it. Same with the carpets, they weren't in the details.
With the curtain poles, I'm talking about the white plastic rails that cost about £3! When they get to their new house I am sure there will be rails already there so I don't know what they plan on doing with them. I don't like them much, but it would have been handy in the spare room where I had a set of curtains that would go well already, but have had to put up a new rail. (it isn't a big deal or anything, just can't believe they went to the trouble of taking them down, then filling all the holes.)

With anything, like carpets, you do have to check, because if you do want carpet and they take them, then you are going to be annoyed! Having carpet fitted to a whole house is a massive hassle.