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A broker and her clients have visited twice and called two times for details. This time she said she needed just one more piece of information "before we make an offer." She will, of course, go through my agent with the offer.
My wife and I discussed renting before buying when we move to NC and so will want to sell most of our furniture. So my question for the agents here is this:
Is it appropriate to offer furniture/appliances (Maytag Washer/Dryer) as part of a counter to the initial offer? Or are most clients interested in the bottom line more than furniture/appliances?
The furniture would include an oak wall unit designed to fit perfectly along one wall with all cable and sound wiring accessed to it. (We designed the home.) If they happened to want anything else, we would be happy to include it.
All the appliances except the washer and dryer will stay no matter what but the Maytag W&D are their top of the line items.
Whatever we don't negotiate, we will likely sell on Craig's list and/or an "furniture sale open house." Formal dining (6 chairs), casual dining (4 chairs), sleeper couch and matching love seat, oak roll top desk, oak Armour, antique oak dresser, solid oak L-shaped office desk and hutch, oak book shelves, ... We just thought offering it to the home buyers might be an option.
Oh, how will I wait for the offer? If it comes this week, that is FAST. It has been 14 days since the listing went up on MLS.
The cleanest and simplest thing to do is not include the sale of any furnishings/appliances(that would normally not stay) as part of the house purchase contract. Do a completely separate transaction for the sale of any furnishings/appliances. This separate transaction would be for those furnishings/appliances that normally would not be considered as part of a house purchase. If there is any question about what remains as part of the house purchase it should be spelled out in the house purchase contract.
Last edited by gbone; 12-01-2009 at 12:46 PM..
Reason: revised
Same in AZ where OP is. Refrigerator is not normally included too.
Us too. AZ and Oregon are very similar.
Guy be careful of loading too many personal items in the purchase and sale agreement. Lenders start to worry that the value of the home has to do with the furnishings and not the structure. Frig, washer and dryer to be included isn't that uncommon, but the custom bookcase...better to do a separate bill of sale and sell if for $1 or something.
Guy be careful of loading too many personal items in the purchase and sale agreement. Lenders start to worry that the value of the home has to do with the furnishings and not the structure. Frig, washer and dryer to be included isn't that uncommon, but the custom bookcase...better to do a separate bill of sale and sell if for $1 or something.
In fact, the AZ contract has a section where you can check off if the Frig, washer, dryer are to be included and space to note make/model info, and other items. But I agree that best done separately for a lot of stuff to be sold.
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