Tuesday, August 24, 2010

What should you do after your house is sold for the new owners? Just clean? Remove nails, patch and paint?

I will have it spotless and clean, but don't know if I have time (with 3 kids and this is an out of state move, we are returning for only 2 days with movers to pack up house) to remove all nails from walls, patch, and paint. And it's flat paint so you'd see spots on the walls where I painted-so which is worse, nail holes in walls or patches? Is there anything else we should do for the new owners? What should you do after your house is sold for the new owners? Just clean? Remove nails, patch and paint?
a normal contract says broom cleanWhat should you do after your house is sold for the new owners? Just clean? Remove nails, patch and paint?
Your responsibility as the seller is to have it in as good of condition as it was for your buyers final walk through. Make sure your home is reasonably clean and all of your possessions are out of the house. Patching nail holes and repainting walls is something for the buyer. If you want to do something good for the buyer, write a letter telling them useful things about the neighborhood. Things like when trash day is, where to take yard waste, local parks and entertainment venues. You could even give a brief introduction of the neighbors. As a home buyer I would find this more useful than filled nail holes and it would take much less time for you.
Leave it clean/spotless and with the nails pulled. The nicest thing would be to have the kitchen and bathrooms ready for the new owners. Nail holes are not that big a deal and the new owners will probably paint anyway.





I would rather have the kitchen ready to be used vs. worring about a few nail holes, if it was me.
leave them any info you may have as to how long it has been since any major appliances has been replaced or repaired furnace and so on also if you have a repair man who you have used and is familiar with things then leave him number for the new owners
Most new home owners like carpet cleaning also

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