If you are divorcing and selling leave some ‘man’ evidence

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Looking to buy a house. Saw a house today which is being sold after current owners have only been there 3 years and spent a fair amount of money in that time. Told it was being sold to invest in their business......except, only 1 bedside table and no evidence of a husband/male partner in the house. We’ve seen this several times. It’s obvious it’s a divorce sale, which usually means you can bargain harder. So, if you are selling, at least have a second bedside table with a few books on it and some men’s shirts in the cupboards.

In my experience a divorcing couple is sometimes the worst seller for negotiating with. You often have two parties that utterly need the best price possible to buy two new homes out of. And often it’s two (or at least one) very angry people. Sometimes (this actually happened to me) one party strings along a sale only to pull out at the last minute to fuck off and mess up plans if the other seller.

I live alone in a house with three bedrooms, each of which has a double bed with two bedside tables.

I don't have any shirts though.....

it’s a divorce sale, which usually means you can bargain harder

Why might this be the case, can you explain?

So do men always take the bedside table with them when they leave?

Or do women throw the table away as soon as he moves out?

Why? I’m trying to imagine the thought process where you’d be packing to leave and think oh I mustn’t forget the bedside table... or he leaves and you think I must get rid of that bedside table immediately...

I have two bedside tables, I bought my house as a single woman. Does that make me greedy?

We only have one bedside table as can’t afford another one 😂 Our house is also quite girlie as DH just let’s me get on with it!

@bluebluezoo this has also puzzled me. Because if DH and o were to separate my thought would be that I now get another junk draw! Win!

I also don't believe he has a strong attachment to the bedside table. I can imagine he would prioritise a number of other household items first.

Ooh, you could go one step further to avoid somebody making the terrifying assumption that ones home is man-free. Leave some colourful balls and toys strewn in the garden and fill the house with the aroma of beer and steak, add to visual appeal by scattering some used pants on the floor. This signals to prospective buyers that this will be a fine forever-home for their man, where he can manspread on the sofa, (complete with bum-groove) and gambol free in the garden.

You sound like the buyers of our flat a few years ago. I was heavily pregnant and the buyer saw we needed to sell so lowered their offer last minute by 10k.. is that the kind of bargaining you mean?

*leave some shirts in the cupboard

Eww. You're one of those buyers, who poke around inside cupboards. Nosey.

Stop it!!!*
This ^^

Ha funny

Off topic EAs often tell you if the seller is keen to move quickly anyway, it’s not something they let slip

Picturing some man stomping down the driveway in a huff, bedside table under his arm “you’ll be hearing from my solicitor!”

This made me laugh like a drain

If my wife and I divorce and we sell up, should I still leave some "man evidence"?

Why bother about the bedside cabinet anyway?

Surely just leaving the toilet seats up will do the job without forking out on ikea/argos flatpack?

Leave a screwdriver kit out just to make sure. I’m the one in this house with the power tools, but I’m sure that won’t stop anyone leaping to conclusions with the athleticism of an olympic gymnast...

Blow up doll in bed should do it, or full on red room. That will definitely reassure stressed buyers that the house is male-friendly.

What?! It's ok for women to live alone. It's not a curse that's passed on.

@HoldMeCloserTonyDanza "Picturing some man stomping down the driveway in a huff, bedside table under his arm “you’ll be hearing from my solicitor!”

Oh me too as per @BettyBooJustDooinTheDoo & @RhubarbTea - that did make me genuinely laugh.

I am still giggling.