Title: Learn What Stays & What Goes When You Sell Your Home
Headings: Learn What Stays & What Goes When You Sell Your Home
Learn What Stays & What Goes When You Sell Your Home
What Stays: Anything Built-in
What Can Stay: Certain Appliances and Furnishings
What Goes: Your Personal Belongings
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Content: For example, if your house has built-in bookshelves, you should leave those shelves for the buyer. The same is true of any fireplaces, bathroom fixtures and kitchen fixtures. You should also leave behind wall-to-wall carpeting and other flooring, hardware such as doorknobs and drawer pulls, light fixtures and any security systems or alarms, such as carbon monoxide monitors and smoke alarms. Items outside of the home should also be left behind if they are in the ground. For example, unless you specifically state that you are taking these, any bushes, trees and other in-ground plants should be left with the house. What Can Stay: Certain Appliances and Furnishings
You don’t have to leave behind your refrigerator or other purchased appliances, such as the washer and dryer or dishwasher, but a lot of sellers do. Buyers sometimes anticipate that the appliances will stay, so if you do plan to take your refrigerator or washer and dryer, it’s a good idea to put that in writing before closing so that you and the buyer are on the same page. Not sure what the best move is? Read this for more appliance advice.