Leaving handover notes on completion day?

Carrot007

I got a nice note saying there was a little grout missing in the bathroom/wetroom.

I took it to mean as i suspected that the entire thing was bodged by an idiot and needed repalceing asap.

The light switch (metal and posibly not (in my view) addiquately eathred (and yes I know it's not allowed under regs but I think them overkill for a bath,bog and sink room but perfectly sane for a wet room) in the bathroom 8 inches away form the other side of the shower screen confirmed this (I put in a pull switch on day 1)

And yes they had used ordinary grout, not a bathroom one.

TheBanker

I saw new neighbours moving in. I casually mentioned they should give me shout if they needed anything.

Half an hour later the bloke knocks on my door and asks if he can "borrow" some loo roll. Turned out his girlfriend was sat on the loo and realised too late that there wasn't any paper.

Riggyman

When I sold my last house I labelled up all the keys, and even received a text off the buyers wife thanking me for leaving the house so clean (must have missed the guinea pig wee stains). Did receive a text off the new owner a few days later asking if I could confirm the postcode so he could insure it...

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

No, never!

anotheruser

Deleted_User wrote: »

It's a nice thing to do for the basics - eg window cleaner phone number, stopcock is under sink, etc.

Not 'forogt to tell you the bath leaks and the bloke across the road is a pervert'.

To be honest though, I'd rather know the latter things.
The old home owner didn't tell us the bathroom sink leaked into the hall (they painted over it to hide it). What a mess discovering and then trying to sort it.

I know it seems bad play to tell someone after they've moved in, but as I say, I'd rather know than find out at a later date.

Our seller didn't leave anything - apart from a mess.
Shame I didn't buy from someone from here...

Miss_Samantha

anotheruser wrote: »

The old home owner didn't tell us the bathroom sink leaked into the hall (they painted over it to hide it). What a mess discovering and then trying to sort it.

Ah but if they had left a note it would have meant that they knew, and therefore that they should have told you before you exchanged contracts...

fed_up_and_stressed

I recently sold and left manuals, tagged keys, bin day calendar a bottle of reasonably drinkable M&S wine, chocolates, spare bulbs, spare paint and wall paper, a 4 pack of loo rolls and a welcome to your new home card. Every time I've bought the vino left by the previous owner to "celebrate" my home has been awful so I wanted to avoid that for my reasonably nice buyer.

C.C.L.

We left lists of bin dates/times, taxi numbers, utilities, where the nearest bus stops were, names of schools nearest supermarket, doctors, dentist, coffee shops. Also instructions and any manuals we still had for cooker, heating. We also left spare bulbs for all the light fittings, and labeled all the keys. Left a 'welcome to your new home' card and a plant and bottle of wine. We also left a list of what plants were perennials in the garden. The EA forwarded a lovely letter from the new owners thanking us for all the information.
For the time it took us to write it all down it was worth it knowing they could concentrate on moving in and know where things were.

Fuzzyness

my seller left me nothing but a loft full of stuff that needed taking to the tip. the roll of woodchip wallpaper and psychedelic carpet that was up there was worth it for comedy value alone.

Penelope_Penguin

As We went around decluttering the house and packing for sale, I put all manuals, take away menus, historical documents to do with the eh house, etc into a big box to leave for the buyers. Outside, we've stacked spare tiles, pavers, sand, cobbles, etc in the shed.

Our buyers have been lovely. I've was diagnosed with serious illness between agreeing a price and exchange. We let them know, and they have done everything they can to fit in with my treatment.

We sent the buyers a list of things that we aren't taking with us, and asked if they wanted them, or if they'd like us to dispose of them. They told us not to worry, and they would deal with them once they've moved in. It maybe that we offered them some long curtains (Victorian house; they're moving from modern, so will cost them £1000s to cover the windows ) felt like a sweetener to them.

I've bought them a voucher for our local deli-cafe and one for the ale bar-shop, and a bag of chocolate buttons for each of their children.