Weird or nice behaviour?

moneysniffer

Personally, I would phone rather than dropping a note. Then the buyer can give you an answer there and then, rather than faffing around and writing/posting a note in response!

Cyclamen

I think it's kind of you to offer.

When i bought my first house the estate agent telephoned to ask if I wanted a wardrobe to be left. I think i'd prefer it to come via the estate agent than a note through the door or a phone call.

Gwhiz

moneysniffer wrote: »

Personally, I would phone rather than dropping a note. Then the buyer can give you an answer there and then, rather than faffing around and writing/posting a note in response!

I agree. In fact, why not just knock on their door and ask them?

mavisangelica

We went into our EA and asked them if they would ask our buyer if they wanted a couple of things leaving. They rang them straight away (the answer was no though). I think that I would rather it went through the EA.

Kynthia

mavisangelica wrote: »

We went into our EA and asked them if they would ask our buyer if they wanted a couple of things leaving. They rang them straight away (the answer was no though). I think that I would rather it went through the EA.

I agree, unless you've already met them I would find it odd that you'd been to my home. Phone or go through the EA.

Goldiegirl

No not creepy at all.

But if she doesn't want them, make sure you take them with you - I'd be furious if someone left behind their old junk that they didn't want, and I didn't want either

pinkpiglit

Goldiegirl wrote: »

No not creepy at all.

But if she doesn't want them, make sure you take them with you - I'd be furious if someone left behind their old junk that they didn't want, and I didn't want either

Agree with the above. When we bought our place several years ago, the sellers left behind a disgusting old bed (you should have seen the stains!!), wardrobe and tatty set of drawers. All because it was difficult for them to get them down the stairs. I was peeved to say the least.

This time round we got the EA to ask our buyer if they wanted something (it's relatively new, not one of the grotty items left behind when we moved in) and they accepted and were grateful for the offer.

weeg

Just to clarify: I'm in Scotland, where we don't generally talk to the EA after we have accepted an offer. Questions regarding fittings, dates et al are dealt with by solicitors. I don't have the buyer's phone number, but I do have her address as it's on the missives. I'm not going to leave a pile of crap behind - although I might end up leaving stuff for the council to collect from the shared back court (which is normal, acceptable behaviour in this neck of the woods).

I'll drop a note round with my email address on it and she can make up her mind. I'll even give her the option of coming and taking a look if she wants. She's nice - we chatted when she came to view (hence why I know all about her structural plans, I had a deeply geeky conversation with her friends regarding the relative merits of load bearing partitions v steel joists)

thequant

pinkpiglit wrote: »

Agree with the above. When we bought our place several years ago, the sellers left behind a disgusting old bed (you should have seen the stains!!), wardrobe and tatty set of drawers. All because it was difficult for them to get them down the stairs. I was peeved to say the least.

This time round we got the EA to ask our buyer if they wanted something (it's relatively new, not one of the grotty items left behind when we moved in) and they accepted and were grateful for the offer.

Remember that with fridges/freezers, wether they are tatty, etc they are classified as hazardous waste with stiff penalties if they are not disposed of correctly.


Maybe this thread title shouldn't read "weird or nice behaviour", but "Got an old fridge-freezer I can't give away"


the OP is 5 days away from moving but only just discovered that the new place has a fridge/freezer. Yet they were thorough enough to specify which items came with the sale of their property.


Come on admit it, you were either planning to sell the fridge freezer or give it away to someone else, for whatever reason you can't now.


You have now discovered that the disposal of fridges & freezers costs money as they have to be disposed off correctly.


So you now want to dress up your own problem as doing someone else a favour.


Wouldn't surprise me that your FF is one of those dodgy Beko models that have a history of catching fire.

whomy5

No I don't think its weird at all I think its very nice of you.


When we were buying our house the vendor offered to leave the fridge freezer, washing machine and a couple of other items if we were interested in them (nothing to do with the price of the house or anything)


We declined but in the end accepted the washing machine as it was nearly new and we didn't have one to bring with us, so we were grateful for it and it saved us money having to buy one.


So she can either accept or decline your kind offer, but Im sure anyone buying a property would be grateful for the offer.


The only thing I would be put out about was if the items were in poor condition, then I would think the vendor just cant be bothered to get rid of them themselves and were trying to dump then on me.