https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 05:40:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request/page/2#post-1796837 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:54:37 +0000 littlek 1796837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I think it's also different based on where you live. I bought a condo in 2001 and it came with all appliances. I then purchased a townhouse in 2007 and it again came with all appliances. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request/page/2#post-1796786 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:35:48 +0000 looch 1796786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Things have a way of working out, don't they? If we move and our place has a pool, we're taking our pool heater! </p> <p>Our house included all appliances, plus the owners left us their pool furniture and some shelves inside the house. </p> <p>Regarding window treatments, I think if they're custom or for special sizes, it makes sense to leave them...especially if you know you can't use them in your new place. I plan on taking mine with us, but then again, our current windows are on the smaller side (50 year old house) and who knows what the future holds. I just can never forget what I spent! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request/page/2#post-1796770 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:31:06 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1796770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I only have experience buying this house, back in 2009. Most places didn't include appliances. This particular house didn't even have any in it, but we were happy to buy our own!</p> <p>They did leave the curtains in every room which were godawful and HEAVY. It was a pain taking them down and throwing them out! They were nasty and gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request/page/2#post-1796768 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:30:31 +0000 swurlygurl 1796768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our previous owner left us all her curtains... I wish she hadn't! Super dusty lacy goodness.</p> <p>I didn't know we were allowed to ask for stuff! The previous owner had a HUGE wall clock that fit *perfectly* in a spot in the house, and I wanted it sooo badly. She was moving into a small condo so she probably just got rid of it rather cheaply :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request/page/2#post-1796750 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:23:18 +0000 littlek 1796750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: we left our curtains at our place which we rent not sold. I wasn't planning on using in our new house. </p> <p>I haven't received any weird requests but I had someone purchase my condo without looking at it. The condo market was super hot and she didn't want to lose it, so she went off internet pictures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796749 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:23:08 +0000 MamaMoose 1796749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: really?!? In TN it assumed that the oven, dishwasher and microwave are included, but that the fridge and washer/dryer have to be negotiated in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796747 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:21:52 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1796747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: why are curtains &amp; light fixtures assumed to be included but not appliances? A lot of houses we looked at didn't include appliances! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796692 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:09:11 +0000 MamaMoose 1796692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: You should take them down and change out for cheaper ones before you list. That's what our realtor suggested we do if there were any that we really liked. Our new house has bigger windows and higher ceilings anyway so we just left ours up even though I really like a few of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796683 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:04:31 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1796683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I assumed light fixtures would be included but I definitely wouldn't want to include our curtain panels! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796679 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:03:41 +0000 lavender 1796679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not to crazy but our buyers asked us to put in a garbarge disposal in our sink. We said no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796670 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:57:14 +0000 MamaMoose 1796670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yeah our realtor told us that anything "attached" (light fixtures, curtains, surround sound speakers, etc) is assumed to be included. The buyers for our house requested that we leave our grill and fire pit! I was kind of bummed because the grill was my husband's Christmas present and it was really expensive. Hubs was secretly thrilled because it was a propane grill and now he has an excuse to buy a new grill to utilize the natural gas line at our new house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1796650 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:42:56 +0000 looch 1796650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is the inspiration for me that when we do sell our house, we get a storage unit and put most of our personal and expensive items in there, unless we want to sell them!</p> <p>It is pretty common where I live that window treatments and light fixtures are included with the house. In our case, they were so bare bones and gross, we changed them out anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1795672 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:44:49 +0000 Anagram 1795672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and at our closing, my husband and the seller (this was a FSBO situation) haggled back and forth for a verrry uncormfortable 10 minutes with both lawyers about a light fixture that had disappeared after closing. </p> <p>My husband ended up with $250 cash in his pocket after the argument, given by the seller towards a new light fixture. I'm super non confrontational, so I just got verrrrrry interested in the grain of the wood of the table in the law office. Excruciating to witness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1795669 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:42:36 +0000 Anagram 1795669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And to all of you in this thread....your bad buyers are my husband X 1000, haha. He's really good at getting random things and it's because he has the balls to ask for things no one else will! It's the south Asian part of him, where haggling is always expected.</p> <p>Let's see, when we were house hunting when I was pregnant, he asked for the furniture in at least 3 out of 8 houses we bid on, he asked for one entire nursery to be left intact so we wouldn't have to decorate a nursery (yeah, like a woman is going to leave her baby's nursery furniture and décor), he totally asked for things like hanging pot racks and specific lamps/chandeliers, etc. It's just his way....I've learned to just let him do him thing and see what kind of deals he gets us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1795666 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:37:32 +0000 Anagram 1795666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: haha.....your husband is hilarious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1795662 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:24:00 +0000 Anya 1795662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaughLines: sounds like a weirdo, but that's cute he asked you to sign them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1795654 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:09:55 +0000 daniellemybelle 1795654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is making me feel like I should have asked for more! We asked for their wooden playset but I think they were thrilled they didn't have to move it. ;)</p> <p>They did leave several random things like toys, curtains, etc which is fine but what cracks me up is that DH thinks they left it all "for us." Oh, look honey, they left us this chip clip. They must know we love to eat chips - how nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1792576 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:30:37 +0000 fancyfunction 1792576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: The good thing is since we've already closed, he doesn't have a case. Everything he's saying is a lie anyway, so I'm trying not to let all of the ridiculousness get to me ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1790180 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:53:20 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1790180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also had our buyer request all of our furniture, art, pot rack, microwave, computer screen mounts, and some other crazy ass stuff. I was flattered and offended at the same time. They requested an art photo of our girls!!! (While it is an adorable photo, that was definitely crossing the line into creepy). We ended up closing with them but refused most of their requests. After we left, they asked us to trash the house's original radiators from 1906. I was so sad for the house. It was clear that they didn't respect the provenance. Even now, it's hard for me to drive by my place and see what they've done to it.</p> <p>But I love our new house so so much that it was worth the sacrifice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1790154 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:39:10 +0000 spaniellove 1790154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: @cascademom: I remember when we were selling our condo we got some requests for the furniture and our electronics. We told our eventual buyer we could sell her the furniture, but when she found out how much the stuff cost she changed her mind. We did end up leaving the TVs for her though since they were mounted on the wall and we didn't mind getting newer TVs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789604 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:05:34 +0000 MamaMoose 1789604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fancyfunction: that sucks. A good friend of mine just went through a very long (and expensive) legal battle with the guy she sold her old house to because he was trying to claim that she willfully neglected to include some things on the disclosure document. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789271 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:36:16 +0000 cascademom 1789271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: Man, I wouldn't have negotiated pieces. When we sell, I hope that they don't ask for our couch, etc. When we got married, we had my grandma's old couch. Right after LO's arrival, we got awesome an awesome new couch and chairs. Same with our dining room table. I love our table. It's going to our next house for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789268 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:35:43 +0000 fancyfunction 1789268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just sold a co-op that recently changed a rule and is now not allowing residents to use their attic spaces anymore (which we only found out through our realtor). Our buyer wanted us to pay for a storage space for him b/c of this! Um - what? We didn't make the rules - you knew you were buying a co-op and that things can change at any time. </p> <p>But he is also crazy and two weeks after closing he's accusing us of having a broken washing machine and that we shut off the water valve to try and cover it up! I don't even know where the valve is AND I did laundry up to the day we left! But as he closed already, this is no longer our problem anyway ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789266 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:34:56 +0000 wonderstruck 1789266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, we bought our house a few years ago and t never would have occurred to me to ask for this sort of stuff! There were a few minor repairs needed, but we took that into account when we decided how much money to offer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789251 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:30:29 +0000 LaughLines 1789251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our buyer asked for me to leave some paintings on the wall (that I painted myself!!) as well as some wall mounted wine shelves, a hanging pot rack, and a couple other things. Ended up doing it because the paintings were HUGE and fit well in a loft with 20ft ceilings but wouldn't fit so well in our suburb house. Once he found out I painted them he asked me to sign them, so I was a little flattered, but otherwise mostly cranky that he wanted my stuff (a lot of which were wedding presents) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789211 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:18:19 +0000 jetsa 1789211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: yep we actually negotiated a few pieces but then the deal fell through after inspections because they were asking for every little thing and we were losing money before repairs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789198 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:14:33 +0000 cascademom 1789198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: It would be one thing if it's a model or staged, but someone's personal furniture is a whole other story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789189 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:12:18 +0000 jetsa 1789189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: yea it was insane, we're like do you want the clothes in our closets as well :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789127 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:55:07 +0000 LBee 1789127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I know! I wanted to tell her that if she planned to wait for my husband to change the lightbulb, she'd be waiting for awhile. If I came and told him that a lightbulb was out (and it was in one I can reach), I think he would look at me like I was genuinely crazy for reporting something to him that I am 100% capable of doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-absurd-buyer-repair-request#post-1789087 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:45:50 +0000 MamaMoose 1789087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BakerBee: Well that reasoning would certainly annoy me on principal. When a light bulb is out at my house you better believe I change it myself (as long as I can reach it) rather than running to my husband. </p>