Did you leave a gift for your buyers?

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And if so what?

Last time i sold it was through Purplebricks, who put you in touch with each other rather than doing the go between. We built quite a lovely relationship really 😅 the sale took a fairly long time. I left a bottle of champagne and a card.

On our last move we left a professionally cleaned and immaculate house; we were not afforded the same courtesy by our sellers, who at least did have the good grace to look a bit embarrassed as the movers picked up their furniture, revealing the filth in all its glory.

It wasn’t a surprise, but it was exhausting getting it to a level of hygiene suitable for a child to sleep in, before the end of the school day!

I was going to but they were absolute nightmares throughout the process I thought fuck you and didn’t. I did clean it though because pride wouldn’t let me not. Even my solicitor said she hadn’t seen anything like them in all her years of conveyancing.

I did however leave a massive arrow taped to the wall pointing to the thermostat. One of their many demands was I stay and teach them how to use the heating. I did not.

They sent us a bouquet of flowers for 'choosing them'. We are leaving a bottle of Prosecco and a card. We have always left a gift

We rent a house now, but the last flat we rented came with a goldfish. He moved house with us when we came here but lasted about 6 months so we think he was about 4 altogether. Not bad for a fish who couldn't swim!

When we sold our London house, we were already overseas so didn't leave a gift, and the house before that I part exchanged with the house builder so no gift then either. The house I moved out of before that still had ExH living it so if I'd left a gift it would have been of the prawns sewn into the curtains variety.

Vendors left us a bottle of champagne and a card with the names of the neighbours - I was really touched until I realised they hadn’t bothered cleaning possibly since we’d last viewed the house, 4 months prior. It was vile, dog hair and filth everywhere. The thought of the STATE of that bathroom when we moved in, will haunt me til my dying day. I’d rather them kept the sodding champagne and cleaned the shower.

I am still wanting to know why someone's husband left plastic ducks hidden around the house.

Does everyone else think this is normal?

The vendors of our house left us a big box of chocolates, a lovely card and a photo of their family in the garden from many years ago, it had been in their family 90 years. We intend to leave the photo with one of us for the next people.

Tbh I’d find this really funny if someone did it to me.

I left a card, wine, a folder of instruction manuals and other useful information, labelled keys, local newspaper.

My vendor left me similar. I think it is certainly the done thing unless the relationship became tense or acrimonious.

We had thr usual wine, instructions and pots of paint. However, they also left us all thr historic deeds, plans and letters about thr history of the house. It was brilliant and I used it when I did a module in House History getting even more information. When we finally move, I'll leave my masters essays along with the house archive to explain.

No because they were arseholes and made me incur a lot of extra expense and inconvenience. I did leave the house spotlessly clean though.

For the previous house the family buying ours were Polish so I researched it and left them a loaf of nice bread, a fancy salt dispenser and a card, they were religious so I wasn't sure that they would drink alcohol. We arrived at our new home (which they must have had professionally cleaned) to a bottle of Moet Chandon and a card. This time I left wine and a card and we were left a very grubby untidy house which hadn't even been hoovered!

When we bought this house we were left a bottle of wine and chocolates. I'd have been happier if I'd been left a clean house to move in to, it was filthy. Not just "haven't run the hoover round", more "shampoo or replace bedroom carpets".

2 of our new neighbours also brought wine/ plant/ scented candle.

Last house I left the new buyer a beer making kit and a card and a plant. The one I sold before that I left a bottle of wine and a card.

We didn't get anything when we moved in here - the house needed w really good clean. The last house they didn't leave us anything either. The house was filthy and I cried when I saw the kitchen. Very unlike me but it really was bad!!

Card and prosecco. Our vendor left the same for us too.

Recently found out that our buyers split up 4 months after moving in and had resold the house within a year. It made me surprisingly sad as we were really happy there.

Both times I've bought a house I have arrived to filth. The first time we found a large box of 80s porn mags. The last time it was literally shit. I had a new born baby and we had to stay at a relative's house until it was clean enough to move into. But I have always left every home completely spotless and always left a gift. Grrrrrr.

Never. Moved lots and lots of times and I've never left a gift nor had a gift left for me

Bottle of fizz and card

My DD would absolutely love this!

Yes a big bunch of flowers, bottle of wine and ‘new home’ card
Also left a list of handy things like bin days, best restaurants, nearest shop etc
My buyers were a lovely couple who were head over heels with the house and put in an offer in the hallway before even looking around!

Thanks all
I went with prosecco and a card in the end

was it sanctimoniousness about others drinking or sheer wastefulness that made you put it in the bin?

Rather than school / community Fayre tombola, give to a friend etc?

At the very least I hope the bottle went in the recycling bin?

Our vendor left us a filthy mattress in the hallway, which was a special touch.

I brought a lovely card and planted up a spring bulb display in a lush box for them. Our buyer turned into a massive twat and trying to get money off in exchange and pissed all our neighbour’s off.. so the gift got given to our neighbour with an apology & warning about who we sold too. I’m still gutted we left the house cleaner then when we moved in and wish i dug up more plants!