Damage to property when moving, what is the correct etiquette?!

djheath

I am in the process of selling my flat and have had the usual caveats from the buyers solicitor saying I will make good any damage caused to the property when moving out as well as making good any damage caused by removing fixtures and fittings.
I am curious about how far this "making good" should go?

For example, I have a number of shelves, pictures, hanging cabinets etc, which will all be removed from the property and so will leave screw holes in the walls. I was planning just to put polyfilla over these holes and sand them flat. Is this considered sufficient? I dont really want to buy paint to match the current colour in each room, plus I assume the buyer will be decorating when he moves in. I know when I moved in, there were still screw holes and nails hanging out the wall from the previous owners and I didn't care since I was decorating anyway and assumed this was just part of the job.

What's the etiquette in this situation?

googler

Are you selling in Scotland, or E&W?

JimmyTheWig

I would have said that if you do at least a half decent job with the polyfilla and sanding then this would be fine.

klolav

djheath wrote: »

I am in the process of selling my flat and have had the usual caveats from the buyers solicitor saying I will make good any damage caused to the property when moving out as well as making good any damage caused by removing fixtures and fittings.
I am curious about how far this "making good" should go?

For example, I have a number of shelves, pictures, hanging cabinets etc, which will all be removed from the property and so will leave screw holes in the walls. I was planning just to put polyfilla over these holes and sand them flat. Is this considered sufficient? I dont really want to buy paint to match the current colour in each room, plus I assume the buyer will be decorating when he moves in. I know when I moved in, there were still screw holes and nails hanging out the wall from the previous owners and I didn't care since I was decorating anyway and assumed this was just part of the job.


What's the etiquette in this situation?

I think that's very good of you to do just that. I don't think it's expected to even do that much. As you said most people will decorate. And a lot of screws from hangig pics etc will be used by the new owner.
I have never moved anywhere where the previous owner has filled in a few screw holes and it hasn't bothered me. We are due to complete on our house sale shortly and wasn't planning on filling holes in!
Just my opinion.
Good luck with the move