CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Sept 24, 2022 0:42:26 GMT
Toilet paper!! Seriously in 3 of the houses we moved into they didn’t leave toilet paper! So, when we moved besides snacks, paper products, we left toilet paper!!
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pilcas
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Post by pilcas on Sept 24, 2022 0:54:17 GMT
While I think it’s very nice of you to do all that in memory of your mother it really isn’t something I would think of doing. I have never heard of anyone doing that before. While I would try to leave the house more or less clean I would not stress about it because anytime I have moved anywhere there have been rooms to pain, small renovations or updates to do and the house just needs to be cleaned again. I do see the whole thing as a business arrangement and nothing more. When I bought the house I now live in I saw the owner only at the closing.
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Post by groovy on Sept 24, 2022 2:10:15 GMT
That is such a nice gesture! Your mother sounds like a special lady.
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Post by melodyesch on Sept 24, 2022 2:16:16 GMT
I haven’t heard of that, but it is a sweet gesture and if I were moving tomorrow I would steal the idea. Wine would be lost on us, as we’re not wine drinkers and I wouldn’t want glasses that didn’t match mine. Just thinking of what I would appreciate the most, it would be paper products or things that might be packed and not quick to hand, like dish soap, paper towels and maybe a pretty dish rag/towel set. We have excellent tap water where I live, but if we didn’t I’d maybe leave a package of bottled water in the fridge.
ETA: When I moved into my first house, we were in the same room with the owners for closing. It was an old couple and the lady told me an extremely sweet story of how she and her daughter had handmade the heavy drapes in the living/dining area. She was so proud of them and I was glad she got the enjoyment out of telling me. It didn’t stop me from taking them down and donating them, but I was glad to have heard about them.
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Post by ~summer~ on Sept 24, 2022 2:52:10 GMT
It’s not something I would do - and it’s hard to explain why but it really doesn’t appeal to me. Maybe because I want to think of the house as starting fresh with me.
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Post by papersilly on Sept 24, 2022 3:27:04 GMT
It’s not something I would do - and it’s hard to explain why but it really doesn’t appeal to me. Maybe because I want to think of the house as starting fresh with me. These are my thoughts exactly. It doesn't appeal to me either. It's a business transaction. Too many things to do already with the move to worry about little gifts for the next people.
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Post by peasapie on Sept 24, 2022 3:56:14 GMT
That’s so kind and thoughtful of you.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 24, 2022 4:14:28 GMT
My brother bought our old house. Other than the manuals and warranty paperwork for the appliances, roof, etc. the only things we left were a couple pieces of heavy furniture that we didn’t want to move and that he said he could use.
The same was true for the people who we bought our current house from. They left us some decent furniture they couldn’t use after they asked us if we wanted it and a folder with all of the info on the appliances, etc.
I wish they would have left us a list of service people they had used and were happy with for things like the garage door, the SubZero refrigerator and the Thermador wall ovens. It also would have been nice to have a list of good restaurants in the area and a pizza place that would actually deliver to the house. It took us about five years before we found a pizza place that would deliver to our neighborhood!
One helpful thing our realtor gave us was a list of the names and addresses of our nearby neighbors. We would meet people in passing after we moved in and then promptly forget their names, so it was nice to be able to go back to that list to refresh our memory, “Oh yeah! *That’s* who that was!” 😬
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Sept 24, 2022 4:20:15 GMT
I think it’s very kind of you and I love the idea. We built both of our houses so there wasn’t anyone to leave us anything. We are still living in the second house but we sold the first to a young single guy. Other than all the manuals and warranty papers, we didn’t leave him anything except a list of all paint colors, etc.
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Post by mom on Sept 24, 2022 4:33:31 GMT
I think its a lovely idea and would love getting something like that if I were the new home owner. All the times we have moved + sold homes, never have I gotten something like this (other than the appliance manuals) nor have I done it. But I will file the idea away for when we sell this home.
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joelise
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Post by joelise on Sept 24, 2022 8:50:38 GMT
I’ve moved house a lot. Many times I have left a bottle of wine and a card for the new owners. I always leave the house spotless with toilet paper and all manuals and instructions for any appliances in the property. In the past I have left a note of bin day and the time the post arrives and I leave any take away menus for the area.
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on Sept 24, 2022 9:27:42 GMT
I’ve never left a gift or had one left for me - just the usual house info, manuals & receipts.
Something someone did do for me was leave a note saying “I know you are due to have a baby within the next few weeks. I have cleaned the house to within an inch of it’s life and done all the drawers and cupboards too. It’s hard enough moving at 38 weeks so please don’t think anything needs to be cleaned again”. That was an amazing gift! The house was incredibly clean and it was such a relief.
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Post by jovifan on Sept 24, 2022 11:21:31 GMT
When I bought my house I had put in the offer a note to try and win them over. One of the things I mentioned was making our Saturday morning pancakes in the kitchen. So when we closed and came here there was a note and a box of pancake mix and syrup to ‘help us in our Saturday tradition in our new home’. It was a small gesture but welcomed ❤️
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hannahruth
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Post by hannahruth on Sept 24, 2022 11:52:02 GMT
When we moved into our current home the realtor had left a basket of for us - toilet paper, tea/coffee supplies, a couple of globes, matches, names and phone numbers of local takeaways, tradesmen and general information regarding the suburb.
we appreciated it but some manuals and information about the house would have been good.
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Post by lisaknits on Sept 24, 2022 12:18:35 GMT
We moved into one home a long time ago and found that there was not one square of toilet paper left in the house! Luckily I had packed a laundry basket with tp, paper towels, hand towels, paper plates, etc. to get us started on moving day. When we sold our last house we left a bottle of champagne in the refrigerator as a surprise for the new owners.
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 24, 2022 13:03:49 GMT
In addition to the usual manuals, I left a list of quirks about the house, services I used with phone numbers, a welcome note, and a big pot of geraniums for the front porch.
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Post by scraplette on Sept 24, 2022 13:23:44 GMT
I never gift alcohol to someone I don’t know well. They might be struggling, in recovery or have religious beliefs.
I actually learned that from my mother, so I love honoring your mom with this basket, I am missing mine a lot.
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Post by scrapbookwriter on Sept 24, 2022 13:43:11 GMT
I commissioned a painting of our home as a gift for my husband. (Surprisingly affordable!) The artist also made art prints for me. When we sold the home I wrapped up one of the 8x10 prints as a gift for the buyers, along with a note wishing them happiness in their new home.
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kibblesandbits
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Post by kibblesandbits on Sept 24, 2022 13:51:59 GMT
Huh. Never heard of leaving a gift. Or toilet paper, for that matter. ??
When we sell a property, we have a full cleaning done and leave the place clean. that's it.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 24, 2022 13:55:33 GMT
I leave the manuals and a little note saying I hope they enjoy the house. No gifts.
It’s a business transaction and issues can arise right up until closing and even beyond. You might not feel so warm and fuzzy about them if they start making unreasonable demands during their final walk through (when you’ve already moved out and left the lovely gift.
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Post by GiantsFan on Sept 24, 2022 14:00:47 GMT
When we moved I left the manuals to major appliances and note stating what was remodeled or replace and the date. When I found a manual while unpacking in the new home I mailed it to them.
For MIL's house, the new owners were moving from another town and at the Realtors prompting I put together a list of grocery stores, gyms, salon, take-out and restaurant recs, parks, things to do, etc. He also asked me to list the phone number for utility companies to help them start those services. It was a one pager left on the kitchen counter.
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Post by mom on Sept 24, 2022 16:33:56 GMT
When I bought my house I had put in the offer a note to try and win them over. One of the things I mentioned was making our Saturday morning pancakes in the kitchen. So when we closed and came here there was a note and a box of pancake mix and syrup to ‘help us in our Saturday tradition in our new home’. It was a small gesture but welcomed ❤️ Oh that is super sweet! I love when people pay attention to little details and then remember them!
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Post by melanell on Sept 24, 2022 16:53:56 GMT
As someone buying a house, the manuals, any paperwork regarding when repairs were made, etc. are something I really appreciate. I'd be happy with a list of people who worked on the house in the past as well---if you liked them, of course. We got some info on the furnace and the name of a tree guy and that was it. So a binder or folder of info is something that sounds really great to me. I don't need anything else. That would be gift enough. The t.p. suggestions crack me up, because when we packed, we had a "first box" and it contained paper towels, toilet paper, and cleaning supplies. So we were definitely thinking about that, but never thought anyone would actaully leave us any. Which worked out well, because no one did leave us any.
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Post by Zee on Sept 24, 2022 21:05:51 GMT
Who would remove the toilet paper? Do you remove light bulbs too? How weird.
No one left me anything in my Iowa house and the wife was a bitch at the closing but the husband was a gem and wished us much happiness. I really appreciated that.
The PA and GA houses I bought were new and I did have to buy toilet paper, but at least I expected that!
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Post by ~summer~ on Sept 24, 2022 21:10:19 GMT
The peas are super unpredictable sometimes - I would half expect everyone to think using someone else’s TP was gross lol. And for the record I can’t remember whether or not we left TP, if our new house had it etc….
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Post by Lexica on Sept 24, 2022 21:28:30 GMT
The peas are super unpredictable sometimes - I would half expect everyone to think using someone else’s TP was gross lol. And for the record I can’t remember whether or not we left TP, if our new house had it etc…. I had the same thought! It hadn't occurred to me to check the bathrooms to make sure there was a full roll of TP in each before the move. Full transparency - the only bathroom with TP right this minute is the master bathroom. I removed it all, including the new packages under the bathroom cabinets, when they tented the house for termites. I didn't want to use TP that had been sitting in a gas-filled house. The termite company supplied these bags and instructions on how to double-bag certain items and how to twist them and tie them shut. They even wanted everything in your refrigerator and freezer put into these special bags. I figured if food inside the freezer wasn't safe unless it was inside two bags, neither was my TP and kleenex. I had the back of my car filled with things that I didn't want exposed and that couldn't be washed in the washing machine and the rest was done up in those bags. When I came back home, I cut open a bag and put a new roll in the master bathroom and since I am working upstairs finishing the packing, I haven't gotten around to putting any in the other two bathrooms. I can't swear that I would have thought about doing so before moving unless I needed it myself in one of those bathrooms. I would never leave a partially used roll though. That does sound weird to me.
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Post by vjlau on Sept 25, 2022 3:15:54 GMT
When we bought our first house many years ago (we're on our 3rd now), the owners met with us and the realtors a few days before to sign some paperwork. The wife said to me that she didn't want to deal with moving and cleaning, so they hired movers, and cleaners. She passed on that she asked the cleaners to scrub out all the cupboards and drawers in the kitchen and bathrooms, to do the windows, and a few other things. When we got to the house, it was very obvious that this was true. The entire place sparkled like new. That was the absolute best thing ever!
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Post by chaosisapony on Sept 25, 2022 3:35:47 GMT
I think that's a nice gesture. The best I've ever received was a drawer full of manuals and warranty information for every appliance. I thought that was great!
When my best friend bought her first house they found the previous owner's wedding ring on the bathroom counter. They rushed to get into contact with the realtor to get it back to him only for him to say he left it there on purpose because the house was sold due to divorce resulting from his wife's infidelity. That really weirded my friend out and she's always said she felt the house had bad juju because of that LOL.
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Post by vsimone on Sept 25, 2022 4:59:40 GMT
I left all the historic photos I had found/been given by previous owners, along with some letters an elderly man had sent to me describing his life growing up there in the 1940's. I also left small pieces of wallpaper I'd discovered in various rooms during restoration. When my parents sold their house they left some jars of preserved fruit made from the trees on the property. Six months later all the trees were bulldozed and the block sub-divided and sold off to a developer. It broke my stepmums heart
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frankiegirl
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Post by frankiegirl on Sept 25, 2022 12:08:30 GMT
We sold my parents house last year. It was super sad but it was time. The family that bought it had mentioned they liked the dining room set (not the living room sofa set which is weird because it was gold and green striped - who wouldn't love it ). Anyways we didn't know what to do with dining room set. Neither my sister or I wanted it. It probably wouldn't sell for much for the effort. So we left it for them (after verifying that they wanted it). They were so happy and excited. It made us feel better that something was left in the house because it was sad to see the house so empty. And they were super happy.
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