Selling house with imperfections

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Is it something I should feel guilty about?
My DH keeps saying 'it's sold as seen' but I can't stop thinking about my loose kitchen tap and other minor things my buyer doesn't know about, the tap just needs tightening underneath, I can't do it according to my DH you need a special tool 🤔 and he's not very pro active. I've become quite personal with my buyer as we've had lots of issues with EA/solicitors we've kept in contact with each other, my DH thinks I should have kept distant as if anything went wrong after purchase she might be inclined to call/text me about it, not saying it will or she will but that's his thoughts.

I'd agree with your Dh. I'd keep contact via ea so you don't get too personal

A house will always have "things". Our seller failed to mention there's no light in the master bedroom and just a fan - we naively assumed fan had a light in it too and only did daytime viewings so didn't notice. Bizarre.

All houses have little things. It sounds brutal but most people have no intention of keeping your fixtures or fittings when they move in. So your tap is probably just going to he ripped out and replaced.

I would expect small problems with the house. That's what surveys are for anyway.

Agree with your DH.

There is thread after thread on here listing vendors who leave toilets unflushed, cats locked in, bailiffs on their way, who remove lightbulbs, who leave half-eaten food for the buyer to find, who insist on taking fixtures with them... Honestly, you're fine.

Viewed half a dozen houses of various ages and styles, the other week and not one didn't need something obvious fixing.

I don't think most people do rip everything out, but many houses will have a few minor issues. I wouldn't worry too much.

Don't worry, we all find things after we purchased that we had no idea about.

She's commented sooo many times how it's the very top end of her budget so she won't be decorating etc. Which seems weird to me but makes me feel even more guilty! It's a pain in the arse, the tap that is, it slants forward and gets in the way.
She's signed for this house and we're signing for ours Monday and then the chain is complete I really wanted to fix it for her before leaving.

I've just seen the no bedroom light! Weird, that makes me feel better lol

We've spent over a grand fixing the things that were faulty in our new house. And that's before we replace the completely knackered kitchen and bathroom! Very frustrating but none of it would have been picked up in a survey.

But I would still say don't worry about the little things such as the tap. Save your money for fixing all the things in your new house.

If there were big things such as the front door not locking - things that are properly broken - it would be a different story

Stripy really? I would have been so annoyed!
No ours is a case of wonky tap and a bit of stained paint work oh and a hole in the wall behind the fridge 🙈 we've always been meaning to get a blank light switch thing on it but just never got round to it 😂

I would actually get those things done. It wouldn't cost you more than £50 and it would mean you'd feel happier about the sale.

Really, don't worry. When we moved into our current house we discovered the front door didn't open, my mum moved into her most recent house to find a radiator pipe behind a sofa spraying water all over the floorboards!

Every house will have little things like that! I'm sure the one you are moving to will have a few little issues!
We are leaving a few marks on the wall and a temperamental toilet flush but I expect to find a lot worse in the house we have bought!!
Don't worry

I don't think I'd be bothered if I hadn't of become 'friendly' with her, gotta hate when the DH is right.. 🙄

When I moved into my lovely new house I came home the following weekend at 1.30am after a few too many wines to find my kitchen ceiling on the floor. Turned out the lovely vendors hadn't told me the bath or shower in the en-suite leaked and so I'd been merrily having a shower every morning in my much wanted en-suite bathroom and all the water pouring into the floorboards 😰. Oh, and they never said there was an electrical fault on the cooker extractor hood and a friend visiting was nearly electrocuted !!

GinisLife, that's terrible!

But a tap that needs tightening is no biggie. No house is perfect.

Gin that is awful! How dangerous.
No it isn't a biggie to fix the tap IMO but the DH thinks otherwise and I can't do it myself 🙄
I wouldn't care but I've been wanting it fixed for months so I could use it properly and if he hasn't fixed it then he's hardly going to do it for a stranger, think I'm going to get someone in to fix it and shame him to death 😂

Tell DH that he needs to get it fixed over the weekend or your calling someone in?

The most helpful sellers we have bought from left us a nice note detailing things like where the stopcocks were, when the bins were collected, and the knack for getting the side gate to lock properly. If you are feeling guilty about some things, would it help assuage your conscious to write something similar for her?

*your = you're

I've already stated to write a list for her detailing how to use thermostat, heated flooring, boiler etc. Got out all the instructions/manuals for everything we're leaving and was planning on getting her a card and some flowers but once again DH thinks I'm being overly friendly, I just think it's a nice thing to do I no for sure we won't get any of this from our dickhead vendor, so that's why I'm feeling guilty about the tap 😂 I'll get someone out over the weekend to sort it.

Most minor plumbing jobs have YouTube videos on how to do them, you can fix it just follow the video. I learned to change a bottom filling adjustable toilet valve on you tube saved me about £80.

IT takes a year of moving into a new house to fix all the little niggles.

DH says it's a special tool (although he could be bullshitting) I know it's really awkward to fix/hard to get to, I'm just going to call someone in. Preferably one of DH friends so he's mortified lol.