Should I keep my mirrored cabinet up or replace it with original mirror before listing?

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by SmartMoney

I agree, if you want the piece, take it down and replace it with how you want to convey the property. Leaving it in place with a note "you can't have it" will only create tensions that need not be present. Make sure none of the photos contain the piece you wish to pack up and move.

Don't confuse the practices in a model home where upgrades and options are available. I have seen where sellers state the drapes in a certain room, yet it never fails the become part of the negotiations. I've seen the same thing happen in game rooms (with the exception of the pool table because it costs too much to move, so it conveys, lol).

If you don't want it staying, remove it now and show the buyer what they will really be getting when they buy your home.

Funny story about draperies: In Germany, while looking at a high-end rental (not purchase, not rent-to-purchase) with someone, one exceptionally nice condo included a requirement that renter must purchase the custom draperies (nice, but not new) for 20,000 DM (this is 1990, pre-Euro). My advice to my friend was not to rent there, even though it was otherwise an exceptional place. It was really extortion, when you come down to it. The landlord would not budge, and it apparently rented easily.

As to pool tables, yes it seems that sellers tire of them and/or don't want to keep them/transport them, because it is quite common to see pool tables included in home sales purchase. If I liked a home that happens to have a pool table, I will would write into contract that the pool table would have to be removed at or before COE. I don't want one and I wouldn't want to take on the burden of having it removed.

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by FloridaHappy

Remove the one you want to keep and replace it with the plate glass mirror. Framing it isn't difficult. There are instructions on Pinterest. You don't even have to cut a 45 degree angle. The Pin Junkie: How to Frame a Bathroom Mirror


If you remove it before listing the house, it never becomes a point of contention.


I have a ceiling fan in the master bedroom that I am attached to and that is not replaceable. I have already purchased a fan to replace it when we get ready to sell this home. It actually matches the new lighting fixtures in the adjoining bathroom.


Good luck on selling your home.

Thank you. We just installed inside door levers to replace two round door handles, but don't plan to do the entire home, so we have saved the original round handles (attractive) and will re-install them prior to photographing and putting the house up for sale. The levers are better for my wrist, but the bedroom and bathroom locks on the levers are extremely easy to defeat, and the round handle has a better lock (one can still defeat them, but it requires a bit more effort and a tool.)

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