Fully furnished house or not?

confirmer

Hi all,

have any of you ever bought or sold a house fully furnished?

Does it make much difference to the asking price if you provide it fully furnished?

Or would it be better to sell everything on ebay/local newspapers/car boots etc?

Thanks

Idiophreak

I don't think I'd pay any more for a furnished place - would have to get rid of most of the furniture, so hassle would outweigh any benefit. You're much better off trying to shift the stuff on ebay etc imo

gemstars

I may be wrong so anyone feel free to correct me but I wouldn't have thought a mortgage would take into account furniture so if you had a buyer they wouldn't be able to buy your furniture by adding it onto the house value, they'd have to pay you for it separately.

You could of course negotiate the furniture in the F&F list when the house sale gets that far.

Try gumtree for selling your stuff, it's usually better than ebay for furniture and then anything that doesn't sell you could give away on freecycle.

ilovecheese

We sold our house fully furnished a few years ago, the cost of the furniture (sofa, bed bases, dinning furniture, cooker, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, display cabinet, coffee table) was organised seperately from the house sale, the new owners paid us cash on the day they moved in. Your best option is to sell it un-furnished but tell all the viewers that all the furniture is optional and they can buy it if they like.

mlz1413

Many years ago I agreed a price for some furniture on a house purchase so that the house price could remain under the stamp duty level.

I agree with ilovecheese if you advise everything is optional then buyers can make their own choice.