Did you leave buyer housewarming gift?

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Im thinking once we completeNov/Dec leaving the buyers housewarming gift-maybe small plant or some tea n biccies. Is that something folk do? Maybe I’m being over the top.

Our vendors left a piano (which they came back for) , one of their helpers - and a small child - whose bag and keys they had driven off with in the van, ( they came back for them too) ,and spare tiles which the 1960’s still haven’t asked for back. The best things I found were when I was pulling up the migraine inducing carpet, a gold dental crown which I knelt on bare kneed (ouch) and a typewritten prayer/spell which you are supposed to read out loud three times a year to protect the house from hurricanes and other disasters. They must have had another one because why would you keep such an important thing under a carpet! I kept it and framed it and hung it on the wall so it is accessible.

Our sellers left flowers, fizz and a card. It was really appreciated.

We left a card, tea, biscuits, a candle and some sweets for their kids plus all the manuals for appliances and the bin day lists... then blocked them on messenger because they asked multiple ridiculous questions daily!

When I sold my flat some years ago, I left a photo of the family who had lived in the property in Victorian times. I loved the photo but have no idea if the buyers appreciated it or just chucked it in the bin!

This time I'm leaving a card and a bottle of prosecco.

Moving is generally very stressful, so it just seems like a nice little touch.

The first house I bought left me a giant wasps nest in the loo and mold in the fridge.

When I sold that house the buyer gazundered me so I left her fuck all except for mud on the stairs.

If this sale goes through it’ll depend on how they behave.

The people we bought our house off left two chicken steaks in the oven. Cooked, thankfully! Maybe they were in a hurry with packing and forgot about eating their dinner

We left a card and bottle of Prosecco and the people who moved out of ours did the same. We all kind of knew each other though.

When we moved into the area our previous owners left us wine and a folder with loads of information on the area and sketches/designs of the house which tracked its renovations over the years - it was lovely

Moved out yesterday, left a card and bottle of champagne. DH misunderstood the task to buy it and bought some really good stuff! Oh well, hopefully they will appreciate it!

We left a card, some Prosecco and flowers. We received flowers. It’s not necessary but a nice touch.

Last time I left a little hamper with tea, coffee, chocolate, biscuits, prosecco and a voucher for a local takeaway - as I know how much you just want a brew and something to eat when you move into a new house, and your tea bags might be at the bottom of a box, and you won't want to cook.

We actually stayed in touch with the buyers and became friends with them, but it still feels weird going round to their house for a brew, because I still feel at home there and have to stop myself being TOO at home!!

When we bought our place the seller left wine, teabags, coffee, a list of useful local numbers, explanations of how various things worked and troubleshooting instructions, then over the next few weeks very many more bottles of wine and spare keys had appeared in the kitchen every time we visited to do work.

Moving makes lots of people bitter.
Even with helpful people, the length of time it all takes and the stresses make most people feel that the people they are selling to or buying from, want too much and expect too much.

Lots of people seem to decide that because the person they are dealing with has negotiated more money/less money or there have been delays, they won’t leave a clean house or a small gift. People seem to feel like people have to earn a clean house.

It might sound pious, but I’d want to leave a clean house regardless of whether the people I’m selling to are arseholes. I’d want to leave it clean and with the crucial basic info like stopcock, appliance manuals etc. I think I’d also always want to leave a cheap bottle or box of chocs. People act like it’s a big deal, but it’s usually £5-10 and such small fry in the bigger expensive of buying and selling. Pettiness creeps in with moving. It’s exhausting and stressful and brings out the worst in people and the last bit of moving is usually rushed and often good intentions about gifts or cleaning go out of the window as time runs away with people. I’d like to think that in the few days before completing I’d manage to buy a box of biscuits and write a note to wish people well, even if they haven’t been great to deal with.

And you never know if you might need to be in contact again....post that didn’t get re-directed, bills, just a random but of info. Maintaining good relations often turns out To have been beneficial.

I’m shocked by how people choose to do things like leave mud on the stairs, poo in the loo or deliberately leave a mess, because they’ve found the people difficult to deal with......moving certainly doesn’t bring out the best in some people. At least the people saying these things are honest though about how they behaved......otherwise MN is full of people who behaved well but were treated badly where they were moving to, which seems a bit unlikely!!

I left a bottle of wine, some flowers and a card when I sold my flat.

We didn't receive anything from the vendors when we bought our house. In fact, they didn't even leave any black bin bags supplied by the Council pre wheelie bins!

When we bought our first home a few years ago - the sellers left us a bottle of bubbly, a card and some flowers. They knew how excited and happy we were to finally own our own home, it was a lovely gesture that meant alot and if we ever decide to sell, I will do the same ( as long as the buyers are nice!)