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When you bought your home, did you allow the previous owners to leave items in the basement, garage or attic of the home?<\/p>\nWhen you bought your home, did you allow the previous owners to leave items in the basement, garage or attic of the home?<\/p>\n
When a buyer purchases a property in the Greater Hartford area, it’s supposed to be left in “broom clean condition” by the closing. That means the previous owners shouldn’t leave old paint cans, cleaning products or a host of other things behind. <\/p>\n
Often you’ll see a seller ask a buyer if it’s okay to leave random “stuff” that they feel the buyer may find useful in the future. Leftover paint is the most common request because sellers believe buyers may want the paint to do touch ups once all of the wall hangings are removed. Some buyers will be okay with the old paint staying, while others will tell the sellers “no thanks” and ask that it be thrown away. Usually it depends on the color of the paint and whether or not the buyer plans on painting right away. Truthfully, most sellers want to leave the paint because it’s a pain in the butt to dispose of properly.<\/p>\n
And what happens when you, the buyer, eventually become the seller of the house? Well, the next buyer is going to expect you to clean everything out. I’ve run out of fingers counting the number of times I’ve heard a seller client say “But the person I bought the house from left this for me, why can’t I just leave it for the new buyer…” The leftover mess from the previous seller now becomes your problem because you never dealt with it, or probably used any of it.<\/p>\n
If you’re a buyer, think long and hard about the items if a seller asks you if they can leave some things with the home. You’re going to be responsible to remove it in the future, so if it really isn’t of any value to you and you don’t see yourself ever using it, make sure you have the seller take it away before the closing. Otherwise it will become your problem a few years down the line before the closing of your sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you bought your home, did you allow the previous owners to leave items in the basement, garage or attic of the home? When a buyer purchases a property in the Greater Hartford area, it’s supposed to be left in “broom clean condition” by the closing. That means the previous owners shouldn’t leave old paint cans, cleaning products or a host of other things behind. Often you’ll see a seller ask a buyer if it’s<\/p>\n