Leaving paints, sealers etc. in the shed when selling a house

SuseOrm

Some charities would welcome the donations have paint for people who move into properties that need it but they don’t have the funds to decorate. I would google paint recycling and just take it along to them because I can absolutely assure you at the moment they all seem to just be ripping everything out, painting it, changing it from top to bottom not touching up the paint work on existing walls.  

TripleH

theartfullodger said:

Sold my late brother's house recently.  There was, similarly, a large section of old paint tins... (Left when house clearance people shifted everything else). But as he hardly touched the place since he bought in 1971 I took them personally to the excellent dump Manchester.

We left the remaining paint for our old flat for the new owners. Our ex-neighbours had moved in shortly before we did gave us a load of tester pots which we used and put in our carport for the next time we went to the tip. Someone kindly disposed of them for us along with our pallet truck sadly. 

Debt

Just tell the agent to bin them

Section62

jcuurthht said:

Thanks for the input everyone. I'll leave it where it is. The agent can tell any prospective buyers during visits that it will be included.

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Don't surprise the buyers by just leaving them where they are, make it clear from the outset that they will be left. If any prospective buyers want to reduce their offer by £20 to cover the cost of petrol to take them to the tip they can.

I think we had a thread here a while back on the subject of left paint tins... so I don't think it is wise to assume that people would welcome these being left, more so with you not being in the country to deal with them yourself if the buyer kicks off after completion.  Paying someone to get rid of them won't be cheap, and the cheap way of giving them away on freecycle/freegle isn't very safe if you aren't around to give access and check they are all taken.

Sorry for your loss.  Hope the sale goes through smoothly and you have lovely buyers who see the value in spare paints.

newsgroupmonkey_

I would definitely leave them if you've recently decorated (as we have).

We've painted our house top-to-bottom with off-whites. You can't actually buy them - you need them made up. So leaving even a virtually empty tin leaves them enough to do minor touch-ups.

Also, outside, we have a small piece of render which needs doing from time-to-time (every 2 or 3 years). We have a virtually full tub of paint.

TheJP

Depends how old the stuff is, i personally think its rude to leave and assume the buyer will use it/be grateful for it. My first home the seller left loads of old paint and stuff and even said don't worry its free when i mentioned it. All the paint was spoilt and it took me 2 trips to the recycling centre to get rid.

Check with the buyer first and if they don't want it get it removed.

newsgroupmonkey_

TheJP said:

Depends how old the stuff is, i personally think its rude to leave and assume the buyer will use it/be grateful for it. My first home the seller left loads of old paint and stuff and even said don't worry its free when i mentioned it. All the paint was spoilt and it took me 2 trips to the recycling centre to get rid.

Check with the buyer first and if they don't want it get it removed.

As above, ours is last weekend

And we're talking about 3 tins. I'd definitely ask though.

It'll be the last thing to be removed. We'll almost certainly scuff something as we move.

TheJP

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

TheJP said:

Depends how old the stuff is, i personally think its rude to leave and assume the buyer will use it/be grateful for it. My first home the seller left loads of old paint and stuff and even said don't worry its free when i mentioned it. All the paint was spoilt and it took me 2 trips to the recycling centre to get rid.

Check with the buyer first and if they don't want it get it removed.

As above, ours is last weekend

And we're talking about 3 tins. I'd definitely ask though.

It'll be the last thing to be removed. We'll almost certainly scuff something as we move.

Can i ask a question out of interest, why did you paint your house top-bottom if you are moving out?

newsgroupmonkey_

TheJP said:

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

TheJP said:

Depends how old the stuff is, i personally think its rude to leave and assume the buyer will use it/be grateful for it. My first home the seller left loads of old paint and stuff and even said don't worry its free when i mentioned it. All the paint was spoilt and it took me 2 trips to the recycling centre to get rid.

Check with the buyer first and if they don't want it get it removed.

As above, ours is last weekend

And we're talking about 3 tins. I'd definitely ask though.

It'll be the last thing to be removed. We'll almost certainly scuff something as we move.

Can i ask a question out of interest, why did you paint your house top-bottom if you are moving out?

Good question.

We only moved in 2 years ago, a month before Covid. House was in desperate need of doing - it genuinely hadn't been done since the 90s (and was therefore in two-tone bright colours, with borders). We got it cheap for this reason.

One room was so dark pink, that they didn't even add it to the marketing photos! The bathroom was a lovely 70s blue (complete with bidet) which we've replaced with a modern suite. That wasn't in the marketing either.

We really need to maximise the value of the house, so a few weekends of painting (internally and externally), may hopefully make it a bit more marketable.

Much of it we've done white, or off-white, so that it's turn-key, but easily changed.

googler

I would not make a fuss if I found paint to that extent in a purchased house