What do you leave in the house when you move out?

JennyW_2

when we finally move out I shall be leaving paint for all the rooms (for touch-up). Spare lounge carpet (always handy to make small mats or repairs burns/spills). I have kitchen and bathroom tiles which I will leave in case they need to replace any. All nets/rails are staying as well as lamp shades/light fittings. All shelving/rails in the bathroom.

Basically anything we have which will help out our new buyers.

Instruction manuals for the appliances. Details of stopcock location, bin days, resident parking details.

Oh, and a bottle of wine too

Joe_Bloggs

Burglar Alarm details and instructions may be appropriate. Also take readings of the utility meters as you leave. Leave a copy for the new occupants. My instructions for the gas boiler/central heating are on the rear of a cosmetic cover. It would have been helpful to know this.
J_B.

tazgirl

The people that sold our flat to us left all instruction manuals, various bits of paint and tiles, some curtains in the bedroom (which was fantastic) and some bookshelves. Oh yes, and some skis and poles in the roof - we've never got rid of them in case they're the house lucky charm! (or maybe albatross?!)

I think it really depends what sort of stuff it is - if you're leaving it because you don't want it anymore/it's broken, then that's not on. Then again, the house we may (or may not... don't ask) be moving too had a lot of stuff in the garden shed and end of the garden, like old doors, kitchen sink etc. My FIL insisted we made a point of making sure it was all going out before we got the house, but I actually want some of it as I'm a bit 'make do and mend' and could see some interesting garden features made out of it (old kitchen sink buried, then can fill with ice for outdoor drinks storage during BBQs!!)

Terry_D

Think of what you would like to find when you move into your next house - clean, empty of funiture (unless you asked to leave) tidy garden, instruction manuals on CH etc...........

Tassotti

tazgirl wrote:

My FIL insisted we made a point of making sure it was all going out before we got the house

Whats a FIL

FTB83

I'd go with lynzpower and ask the buyers directly, I'm sure they'll be massively gratful and you'll know where you stand.

We had a lot of communication with our sellers before we moved in and it proved invaluable (we have curtains, instruction manuals, carpet offcuts etc.).

Hope the move goes well fo you, so exciting! :j

tazgirl

Tassotti wrote:

Whats a FIL

Sorry, am lazy typist! Father-in-Law. In this instance, general property guru having lived in more houses than he's had hot dinners apparently...

clairehi

I wish my sellers had left paint. they filled in all the holes in the walls from removing shelves etc, which was nice but there are lots of splodges of filler everywhere.

nickinoo

I also plan to leave spare tiles, instruction manuals, information about the refuse collection etc. The curtains/nets/rods & poles that we are leaving are listed on the fixtures & fittings list. We are also hopefully leaving our white goods (subject to a mutually agreeable price).

I will probably leave a bottle of wine & a card as our buyers have been lovely.

Astaroth

Leave the place clean and I dont see any issues of leaving things like shelves or carpets etc irrespective if they were included in the sale or not.

Certainly leaving champaign/ wine and glasses plus a small card is a nice touch.

One move I made the previous person emptied it of everything including light blubs which made moving in at 9pm in winter very difficult by torch light until the women had managed to find the nearest shop that was open and sold lights.