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Say I want to leave a letter for the new owners to find after closing congratulating them on their new home and telling them some info like who to call to arrange for trash pickup and stuff like that?
Is it OK or will it be weird and not received well?
I left an accordion folder for my buyers. It had the warranties/instructions for all of the appliances, the garage door openers, important numbers sheet that I had posted on my refrigerator, etc.
I really didn't leave a personal note, but I felt the folder was a nice touch.
Say I want to leave a letter for the new owners to find after closing congratulating them on their new home and telling them some info like who to call to arrange for trash pickup and stuff like that?
Is it OK or will it be weird and not received well?
I don't think you can ever go wrong with leaving on a classy note.
Which day is trash day, which mailbox is theirs, where the main sewer cleanout is - lots of things they didn't think to ask & you can rattle them right off.
Say I want to leave a letter for the new owners to find after closing congratulating them on their new home and telling them some info like who to call to arrange for trash pickup and stuff like that?
Is it OK or will it be weird and not received well?
Sure.
Many buyers are touched by such a gesture as a personal note.
One interesting question is whether you left a phone number and address so they could contact you with issues.
I wrote a document with contact info for maintenance people and description of a few idiosyncrasies of the house and gave it to my to real estate agent to pass on. I did not include contact info although circumstances were such that they would have no difficulty finding it. I also left a bunch of manuals (admittedly not organized).
I left an accordion folder for my buyers. It had the warranties/instructions for all of the appliances, the garage door openers, important numbers sheet that I had posted on my refrigerator, etc.
I really didn't leave a personal note, but I felt the folder was a nice touch.
+1. Exactly what we do, put all the instructions/warranties and our maintenance history usually in a kitchen drawer. I wouldn't know what to say in a personal note unless it was a historic house maybe, but nothing wrong with the idea. It's a nice gesture, you'll never know what the new owner thought, so not "weird."
Say I want to leave a letter for the new owners to find after closing congratulating them on their new home and telling them some info like who to call to arrange for trash pickup and stuff like that?
Is it OK or will it be weird and not received well?
Say I want to leave a letter for the new owners to find after closing congratulating them on their new home and telling them some info like who to call to arrange for trash pickup and stuff like that?
Is it OK or will it be weird and not received well?
It has always been received well by my clients when the seller left relevant information for them.
I had post-it notes all over the house I just purchased. Telling me what light switch controls what, what type of cleaner I can use on the bathtub (it has been refinished), etc... Plus manuals and warranty information for certain things.
When I sold my house I left all the appliance manuals in a kitchen drawer, and a list of all the companies I'd used to service my house on the counter just above that drawer. I figured at worst the buyers would just throw the list away, but at best they'd be happy to have the info.
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