What have you left behind in your old home?

phoebe1989seb

We've really never left anything more interesting than left over paint - clearly labelled with which room it was used in and agreed with buyers first - and some spare oak flooring for patching up if necessary.

However, a few house moves ago we did accidentally leave a couple of tent pegs in the lawn where a cover had been secured over some garden furniture. This was of no consequence other than the fact our buyer had once been convicted of murdering someone using.......a tent peg :eek:

Years ago a friend of an acquaintance bought a house where an original Tiffany lamp had been left in the attic. They sold it at auction where it made £40k!

Davesnave

I left a photocopy of a newspaper cutting from 1952, advertising the last two semis in the road for sale by the developers.

The price was 140 times less than they'd paid us!

aneary

My parents left a chassis of a copy of a 1930s aston martin, in the back garden, we ran out of time and room in the vans. My mum has sworn that she is getting removal men in next time they move.

My dad did pick it up later.

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

i think lost a box of stuff. Photos, memorabilia and some very interesting items like my grandad's WW2 ration book. It hasn't turned up anywhere else. It was a few years ago so lost in the world now

ska_lover

dsdhall wrote: »

Bottle of champagne.

Classy touch

elonii

We left a fully stocked woodpile, a brand new brush for the chimney flue, an office desk and chair, and a digital safe inside one of the wardrobes.

We also sold them a daybed which we had actually intended on leaving as it had been made from old roof trusses we removed when renovating and was WAY to heavy to lift out of the property. When they offered me $200 for it I couldn't say no

charco

Just remembered that in our old flat the previous tenant left behind a drawer or her pants! The place was a complete state. I think she'd literally packed that morning. Hadn't vacuumed or cleaned anything. She'd gone back to live in Falkirk and certainly lived up to the cheeky stereotype!

Fonque

I have a small outbuilding as part of my flat, the previous tenant left a box of junior snooker and football trophies in there. I may not chuck them out as I can see a potential craft project in them as the plinths and stands are quite nice. So I'll probably upcycle them and sell them on.

NicNicP

We left behind spare paint and tiles and a new home card.

walwyn1978

Spare paint, spare tiles, bottle of wine, garden bench that we had planned to take with us but our seller left us his (nicer) one - we asked our buyer if he wanted it free and he said yes.