Can we leave anything behind?

Charliezoo

Is it acceptable to leave a few glasses, mugs, a kettle etc behind when you complete? I've got a few bits I don't need that I thought our FTB's might appreciate but I don't know if its the done thing really and don't want them to think we're just leaving our rubbish behind.

Thanks

olly300

You need to tell them what you are leaving.

Some people like me collect the keys and move in the next day so leaving things like that isn't necessary.

clutton_2

ask them.. they may say yes... they may say no... then act accordingly....

madnessofBruno

Speak to the buyers, I have left a gift box of essentials in the past.

You may want to draw the line at dumping granny or a unwanted pet.

poppysarah

Put it all in a box - post on freecycle "one box of household items - must be taken today"
Sorted.

Evilm

Our vendors of our first house left us a case of wine which was well received.

If its only a small box worth you could put it in the kitchen marked "a gift for the new owners" and a note that if they don't want them could they please dispose of them? If its a large amount of stuff I would talk to the estate agents and ask if they would be interested or not first.

wessexw

I’d be pretty annoyed if I moved in to find anything left behind beyond what had been agreed (unless it’s a nice present like wine!!). Just because they’re a FTB it doesn’t mean that they have nothing. I’m a FTB in the middle of a purchase at the moment but I’ve been renting for years which means that I already have lots of the small stuff, I suspect the same is true of many FTB. I wouldn’t assume it would be ok – I’d ask if I were you.

It’s amazing sometimes what some people assume of FTB (not having a go at the OP, just in general) – with another place I put an offer on, the vendor wanted me to up the offer by £5k and they’d throw all their furniture in. Their furniture was the ***iest furniture I’d ever seen, cheapest of the Argos range so it really meant that they wanted me to pay them £5k for the pleasure of me finding a way to dump their furniture when I moved in. Needless to say I said no, which was met with consternation as they couldn’t understand that a FTB might not be that desperate for furniture.

julianashcroft

When I last moved the only thing I left behind was a bottle of champagne in the fridge for the new owners. I did this mainly because the sale went through without any problems.

pollyzanna

went to look at a property and the vendor calmly stated that she "hadn't decided whether or not to take the cat" with her?! :eek:
We didn't think furry animals were part of a "fixtures and fittings" list!!!

Chinkle

You may think them useful, your buyers may just think them junk.
If you don't want them any more then just freecycle them before you go.

Ebe_Scrooge

I'd agree, the simplest and fairest way is just ask your buyers if they'd like you to leave it.

In general it's really not on to leave anything that's not explicitly mentioned in the agreement, but for the things you've mentioned that *may* be useful to someone, then just offer them, and take them with you if the offer is declined.

I had a similar thing when I sold my last house. Was doing the final tidy up and runs to the tip, came across a fairly substantial amount of building sand lurking at the back of the garage, left over from a previous DIY project. Phoned my buyer who was quite pleased for me to leave it for him as he was planning some work soon after he moved in. But it would have been a right pain for him to cart to the tip if I'd just left it and he didn't want it, so basically - just play fair :-)

[ Actually, there are probably legal ramifications if you leave "junk" that's not mentioned in the agreement, if people wanted to make life difficult ].