Turnover Etiquette: When you sell your home

[kingbud]

Question: How much "stuff" should I leave with the new owner when I sell my home and its lovely pool, i.e., brushes, skimmer nets, supplies, etc.? I'm moving to a new place where I'm going to be needing all this stuff, but I hate to leave them completely in the lurch, follow me? This will be a first timer taking over my beloved 18000 gal Polynesian in-ground, maybe I should be satisfied with giving them just a really good orientation and tell them where to find stuff, for instance Bleach and Ployquat. The wise counsel of my PoolForum family is eagerly awaited!!!

[aylad]

I think if it is in your budget, leave the brushes, nets, etc. there and get new ones at your new place. I would take any chems and especially any bleach with you, but leave a list of what they'll need and what it's for. Orient them well to your "baby", and leave the PoolForum link!!

Janet

[cleancloths]

If its not attached to the structure you are under no obligation to leave anything. If you are going to need the stuff why leave it? Would you also consider leaving your dishes as the new owners will likely need dishes - probably not. :)

[CarlD]

In a home sale, everything's negotiable--we got stuck buying a washer/dryer twice--when we sold our last house the W/D and basement fridge was part of the deal--but not the kitchen fridge. So that fridge has been in our garage for 11 years as the second fridge (soda, milk, wine, BEER! ). But we had to buy a W/D for the new house. That's just how it goes.

Everything's negotiable.

[rhosk]

...and leave the FoolForum link!!

Whoops!!! :)

[aylad]

Thanks for catching that!! Ooops!! :o

[waterbear]

Just a suggestion. You might also want to leave them a link to a forum where they can register and ask questions that might pop up. You all KNOW how vauable that might be to them.;)

[kingbud]

Hey everybody, thanks for weighing in!! Very sensible responses, I must say I especially liked the question about leaving behind the dishes! Of course, nothing was negotiated in advance, and pragmatism would appear to be the order of the day, but foremost, a healthy detailed orientation to "my baby" will definitely take place. After all, I didn't really get one and I DID invent the wheel. And the advancement of the POOL FORUM link to the new kids, well that goes without saying :) (sorry it took so long for me to get back, moving you know...) Thanks all, Peace and high quality h2O.

[Sumo1]

Last time I moved, the buyer wanted the washer/dryer. At first I thought "NO WAY!" (Yes, this was my first time to try to sell:o ) Luckily then I thought, if one of us gets old stuff and one of us gets new, I might as well get the new, updated stuff. I'd give 'em the old stuff, if I could afford it.

Hal

P.S. A face to face orientation is a whole lot better for a newbie than the handwritten note I got with the dregs of his chemical bottles, "Pour this in..and pour this in..and then pour this in..." Try to treat 'em right 'cause you know they're excited!!:D