Making good walls when selling

mrschaucer

If the property is supposed to be left as it was at exchange of contracts, it actually had lots of rawl plugs in the walls at that point ...  If you want to sort stuff out, do.  If you don't, don't.  Seriously, only idiots complain.  Most of us just get on and deal with whatever's left, happy that we've moved into our new home.

lucypilates

I've always redecorated when I've moved - even if it's a case of just a lick of paint - i would expect it to need it to be honest. A few rawl plugs wouldn't scare me ... a massive hole in the wall would so anything extreme ought to be made good if you can. You don't know what type of furniture the buyers have, how they want to hang their pictures etc ... just better to leave it to them to decide when they move in. If the buyers expect perfection, then they'll probably be disappointed ... but thats up to them.

Irishpearce26

If you have raw plugs/anchors leave them in the wall as this is deemed fittings. If you take the plugs/anchors out its best practice to fill them but you don't have to paint the wall as otherwise you would be redecorating your house at that rate.

AnotherJoe

youth_leader said:

I worried about this when I sold as someone had posted her buyer complained about the picture hooks she'd left post completion.  I didn't have matching paint or filler, and was worried about any damage, so just left mine.  My seller rang me about her picture hooks, and I asked her to leave them up for me as I'd reuse them.  

I was actually asked a specific question by the buyers solicitor "will you refill any holes left by removing picture hooks" to which I could  truthfully answer "yes" since i didnt intend to, and didnt, remove any, I left them. I didnt ask the same Q of my sellers but they did the same ,plus a fair number of rawlplugs for furniture, which will go when I redecorate.

I really dont see the point of removing and then filling, first theres the possibilty they can be reused or will eb covered up by similarly placed furniture or pictures, or secondly they will still be visible e unless you happen to have the exact same paint and even then probably still visible (and what about wallpaper?