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Moving and swing set
Does. Swing set need to be included in the sale of a house when you move or would you specify in the contract?
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Posted 12/18/18 7:01 AM |
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Katareen
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Moving and swing set
No it does not need to be Included.
If you are the seller and want to keep it, or the buyer and want to have it, it would have to be specified in the contract.
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Posted 12/18/18 7:05 AM |
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thewinterone
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Re: Moving and swing set
When we bought our house it was not mentioned in the contract. We didn't care about it either way. The sellers tried to get us to buy it right before closing. We said no, the sellers said they would donate it to a school. It was still there when we closed because they thought it would be too much of a pain to move. If you want to take it, I would put it in the contract to avoid any potential hassle.
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Posted 12/18/18 9:35 AM |
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NYCGirl80
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Re: Moving and swing set
If you want to take it, make sure your agent knows. Waiting until you're going to contract is too late to discuss it, IMO. It's a minor thing, but not worth the hassle of arguing over it later.
When we sold our house, we left it. It would have been more of a PITA and $$$ to move it.
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Posted 12/18/18 11:37 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Moving and swing set
Posted by NYCGirl80
If you want to take it, make sure your agent knows. Waiting until you're going to contract is too late to discuss it, IMO. It's a minor thing, but not worth the hassle of arguing over it later.
When we sold our house, we left it. It would have been more of a PITA and $$$ to move it.
This. The people we bought from had just purchased a new fridge and wanted to take it to their new home as their new home had no fridge (the owner's there were taking it with them). We were told that from the first time we walked in the house- oh by the way they need to take the fridge. I guess they wanted to make it clear up front so there was no question later on.
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Posted 12/18/18 11:51 AM |
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lightblue
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Re: Moving and swing set
You would have to include anything that you wanted to take in the contract. The old owners of our house wanted to take a chandelier and a mini fridge and they put it in the contract.
If I were to move, I would probably just leave the swing set there b/c honestly it would be a pain to take/move.
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Posted 12/18/18 2:59 PM |
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loveus
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Moving and swing set
Was the set expensive and what is the condition? I know a school had one that was 10k and to move less than 5 miles away cost 1k. Not sure if there would be additional charges if things were rusty or needed to be replaced.
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Posted 12/18/18 3:20 PM |
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pnbplus1
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Re: Moving and swing set
When we put our house on the market we specified that our swing set was not included. It was less than 2 years old and cost a couple thousand dollars. We paid a couple hundred for it to be taken apart and a couple hundred to put it back together. Way less than it would have cost to buy a new one. It went on the moving truck with all our other stuff.
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Posted 12/18/18 10:44 PM |
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KarenK122
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Moving and swing set
Anything you want to take that is not a personal item, you have to put in the contract and should be on your listing. We had a problem at our walk through because the seller took down every light fixture and took the entire expansive home security system (closed circuit with a ton of cameras) in the house as well as a few medicine cabinets. The light fixtures I could have cared less but you can't just leave a light bulb in the ceiling, you need to replace the fixture. Same with medicine cabinets. The security system was a fight but they ended up paying us full cost of the system to take it because it was technically part of the sale.
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Posted 12/19/18 2:29 AM |
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Re: Moving and swing set
As others have said, it's not a big deal to take it (I would say most people don't because of the cost of moving it).
But you must be upfront about it - I put any exclusions like this on the listing itself and make sure that whoever makes an offer is aware of them (as we negotiate).
You don't want to wait until contract because, at that point, things should be fully negotiated and buttoned up. It should just be memorializing the terms of the agreed upon deal, not changing them or adding things. That's when people feel blindsided or misled, even over minor things, and it's hard to get the deal back to a good place after that happens.
Transparency and communication are the key to a good real estate transaction!
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Posted 12/21/18 4:37 PM |
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mommy2Alex
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Re: Moving and swing set
We took ours when we moved. It was an expensive set from Wood Kingdom and in great shape and our kids were still little enough. It was stated in the contract that the swing set was not staying. We then paid Wood Kingdom to come and take the set down and set it up at the new house.
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Posted 12/31/18 11:55 AM |
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b2b777
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Moving and swing set
On the flip side the first home i purchased had a swing set and i wanted it removed. I put that in the contract. At the time i didnt want it left in my yard.
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Posted 1/2/19 2:27 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Moving and swing set
Posted by b2b777
On the flip side the first home i purchased had a swing set and i wanted it removed. I put that in the contract. At the time i didnt want it left in my yard.
I was going to say that too. Sometimes leaving it could be an issue- if the people don't want it it's pricey and/or a pain in the a to take it down and get rid of it. And the lawn will be messed up too
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Posted 1/2/19 2:41 PM |
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