Useful information for new owners

LandyAndy

talulahbeige wrote: »

Instructions on how to use appliances that are left behind, eg boiler, cooker, grill etc.
Tips on any thing that has a little quirk, eg the window that you have to jiggle the handle on to open it etc

I defy anyone to reset the clock on our cooker without the previous owner's instructions.:D

Jebrelli

LandyAndy wrote: »

The names of the neighbours.

Only if you're 100% sure. My parents had been calling the couple next door Mary and John for 14 years until Mary finally plucked up the courage to reveal her name was Anne.

My parent's sellers weren't the most aware of people. :rotfl:

hollynololly

Thank you all...looks like I have a bit more writing to do tonight!

p.s. I have one of those awkward cooker clocks too, it's still an hour out from the clocks going forward last week - I better try and change it before the new owners arrive and are an hour late for work on their first morning, not a good start!

jackomdj

do you have any funny recycling programme, every area seems to do things a bit differently.

Personally I think leaving a bottle of wine & a nice indoor plant is always nice.

Kara_P

Sounds like such a great idea. Our seller gave us a list of things she thought we needed to know and it helped a lot especially as it was our first house. There was a switch however that wasn't mentioned and after a few weeks I have to email her to ask what it did... nothing apparantly as the new heating system no longer needed it! Still glad I know

LittleMissAspie

Our sellers left all the keys in labelled bags which I thought was nice and organised.

I would have liked to know what the kitchen flooring was although we found it after hours of searching the internet. So maybe tell them what flooring you have and what colour the paint is etc.

Davesnave

Kara_P wrote: »

There was a switch however that wasn't mentioned and after a few weeks I have to email her to ask what it did... nothing apparantly as the new heating system no longer needed it! Still glad I know

We had that on a van we bought. We were told, "Don't touch that switch" and we nodded sagely, but neither of us asked why. It had a symbol on it, so we thought we'd look it up later.

The handbook runs to at least 200 pages, but there is no explanation of the switch, or symbol.

For a long time I ignored the switch, but one day, bored waiting for something, I decided to press it. It clicked on, but wouldn't click off again. Frantic that I'd done something silly, I gave the switch a really hard push, but instead of switching, it fell right through the fascia.

After removing bits of the trim I finally managed to get the switch back to its original place. I'm still not sure if it is off or on, and I still haven't a clue what it's supposed to do!

dorset_nurse

I've been in my new place a year and there were a few things that took me a while to work out for myself;

Closest bus stop to get in/out of town, closest postbox, closest offlicence, late opening shop for emergencies (for the chocolate run at 10pm!)

I would have loved to have had a little welcome pack, all I got was a load of spiders and a blu toilet tablet
Oh, and one front door key (!)

rxg111

The location of the switch to increase the boiler pressure can be useful (I think it's called the filling loop).

lincroft1710

Sounds obvious but leave all the instruction manuals/books/leaflets of the fixed or to be left appliances. Some people keep all their instruction books together and forget to leave behind the ones no longer required.

Also at the bottom of the list write "As you have now purchased this property, any problems/faults/omissions you encounter are your responsibility. Everything was in place and working properly when we last used it and complies with the fixtures and fittings list". But don't write this if your CH boiler blew up a few hours before completion!