Leaving blinds behind

jazabelle

marliepanda wrote: »

I dont think anyone has said taking expensive/matching curtains is petty.

Just that taking blinds that are custom made for the house/blinds you werent planning on using anyway

Nope, they said taking curtains was petty. Blinds are completely different as they are often custom made.

totallybored

I'd also leave curtain poles. I can understand taking curtains if they'll fit at the new house but I think curtain poles should be left as they are fixed to a wall. I'd be annoyed if I moved into a new house and found the vendor had taken them (and would the holes have been covered and painted over etc?).

Bufger

We were first time buyers when we bought our current home and the vendors knew this. They'd upgraded and were obviously OK for a bit of cash - they left us with all blinds and window fittings, a leather sofa in the front room (after hearing we didnt have one yet) and a big double american style fridge freezer with a bottle of wine in and a note!

It made me think i'd paid way over the odds for the house but in reality I got a bargain. The sofa and fridge helped out so much as we couldnt afford to do the house up for ages.

Mrs_Imp

When I sold my flat the buyer asked if she could buy all of my furniture, curtains and white goods. I said 'no, but she could have the white goods, curtains and bookcases for free'. It would've cost too much and been far too much hassle to transport them 100 miles just to be put in to storage. I wanted to keep my lovely sofa bed, but unfortunately we had to leave that behind too. It fitted up the stairs (just) when I bought it, but then I had the place replastered and the few extra mm meant that it wouldn't fit back down the stairs

savageHK

totallybored wrote: »

I'd also leave curtain poles. I can understand taking curtains if they'll fit at the new house but I think curtain poles should be left as they are fixed to a wall. I'd be annoyed if I moved into a new house and found the vendor had taken them (and would the holes have been covered and painted over etc?).

We've just bought a house, blinds were left, curtains were not - and yes, curtain poles have been removed from at least two windows (two others have some kind of rail, which fits the bays - one of which still has hooks on it, but the other doesn't and as it's a smaller size I haven't managed to find any replacements yet!). Holes not covered and painted over, but all the walls are in a sorry state with marks where pictures have been and holes where shelves have been...