Leaving a note for the buyers of our house when we move?

[ErlingHaalandsManBun]

Have you done this when you have moved?

I think I am going to leave them a note with some useful info on for them. So far I have got:

The codes for the outbuilding locks
How to read the gas and tell if you need to order more (we are on LPG)
Who our gas supplier is
Who services our boiler
Who cuts our hedges (they expressed an interest in getting this done also)
Who our window cleaner is (although we will cancel him before we leave)
When bin day is

Is there anything else you would include/have included if you have done the same for your buyer?

Anything else you would do/leave before you go?

You should organise for your post to be forwarded

Very, especially on a Wednesday.

I keep an ongoing "house manual" with anything relevant,

trade contacts,
Paint colours/codes,

Carpets, Tiling, flooring
Key security numbers (i.e. Banham require them top make copies)
Smart Home account details, or transfer them (e.g. Hive heating)
Label and switches or sockets that aren't obvious.

I would remove any irrelevant info before sharing it with the buyer.

I'd buy a hope you are happy in your new home card and write information inside.

Ours left a long description of the pond, how nic3 the neighbours are, how much they’d loved the house. It was great.we left a bottle of wine the thermostat o instructions and woodburner instructions. Still got a few queries afterwards.

Chimney sweep and last bill
Cess pit / septic tank empty schedule and last bill
Oil supplier and last bill and usual schedule

Most have been mentioned already - and I think the majority are basic courtesy and should be done as standard! I’ve also always left a card and a bottle of wine wishing them health & happiness.

List of the neighbours names. We were delighted to have it. My SIL was calling her neighbour the wrong name for years when she misheard the name the first time they met. He never correct her.

I wrote tons! Left all the manuals, receipts for the kitchen, bathroom and other work we had done, details of the heating, stopcock, meters, the street WhatsApp group, the hedgehog who lives under the garden shed, the bin days, spare lightbulbs for all the light fittings, a box of the tiles in the kitchen and a box of the lvt flooring used throughout, the oil for the worktops, the special cleaner for the range cooker, the tile sealant etc etc plus a gift voucher for the lovely bakery at the bottom of the road. They had been a pleasure to deal with throughout and we wanted them to be happy. I had checked through the agent that it was okay to leave those things and they told me after they'd felt really welcomed. (And I saw them the other day and they are very happy there)

Ours left a filthy house, several weeks of dog shit from 2 x Labrador's all over the garden and a bag of sex toys/outfits in the attic.
He was an executive at our local council too 🤢 often see him in the newspaper.
Our gorgeous new neighbour came round with cleaning equipment and offered to help as she knew it would be bad.

The last time we moved these were questions on the Fittings and Contents form.

Moved house a few times Aswell as all the boring stuff, l left a bottle of wine, bunch of flowers box of chocolates and a card, saying we hope they would be as happy in the house as we were. Gutted to move, l loved that house, but due to work circumstances had no choice

That’s mad!

That is so funny.
Not!

A couple of years ago someone was telling me about something similar and it turned out seller and buyer worked for the same company, but completely different departments.

The house was left in a right state, again with the dog shit and just a dirty house.
Like the minute it was sold they stopped doing anything for about 3 months.

Anyway, by chance talking about it in the office one of her colleague realises it is the house of someone else in another department that they know.

The photos do the rounds and are the subject of gossip.

Of course it gets back and the person is absolutely mortified, especially when they learned there was a whole set of photos.

It's such a mean dirty thing to do. It really would make you think very differently about someone to know they would leave a house in suchba state.

Really low class thing to do.
She passed those photos around and didn't care who saw them.

Dog shit is even more disgusting when you don't have a dog yourself and there had been no sign of it during viewings.

I would definitely insist on a last minute walk around before closing if I bought again.

Too many stories of people being caught out when they don't.
Wrongly depending on people being decent.

Ah, you live in a country where it never runs out, and never goes wrong.

Slightly different to your scenario but when my grandma died and the house was sold, I left them a card to say what lovely memories we had of the house, our favourite things about it and said how much my grandma loved food and feeding people - left them a Just Eat voucher and said enjoy a first-night takeaway on us.

I’ve done it several times in England and not run into a problem. You can redirect for up to a year, but the onus is on you to update your contact details where necessary.

I have issues with the RM service, but redirection hasn’t been one of them.

Indeed - you can lift most of this information from the documents that come out of conveyancing. Id had enough of my buyers at the end of the six months so I didn't feel the need to extend my knowledge of the house to them.

Yes, I have four on my driveway - mine and three of my neighbours'.

It's a nice thing to do. I didn't do that for the guy who bought my house, but he was a landlord and messed us around. The seller of my house left a note, which was helpful apart from the fact that she left a pond with a fish we had to get rid off and hadn't cleaned the house, but the note was useful. More importantly just make sure your house is clean

@ErlingHaalandsManBun We got a lovely card from the seller of our house with info on bin days, that the cold dishwasher connection pipe had a red ring on it and various other things. It was a difficult sale for him as he loved his home & where he lived, but he was getting divorced & his ex wanted her share, so it was very kind of him to do that

My letter simply let them know about the friendly cat who lived opposite and that he likes to pop in sometimes for an afternoon nap!

When we moved in our previous owners left us a lovely pile of junk to take to the skip!

When I sold my late parents' house, I left receipts for things like boiler services, insulation, roof person etc so they had the history and contact details and left them a bottle of prosecco. I wrote a card with details of helpful neighbours and wishing them well as they had been good buyers who waited patiently for probate.

When we moved out, we left any leftover paint we used on the walls (got rid of all the other colours) and also left leftover wallpaper/borders/tiles that may come in handy in the future if not redecorating in future. Was left in a box in the garage.

My DB recently bought somewhere and that person had left detailed notes of all the paint colours used, kitchen cupboard manufacturers and styles etc.

We've found some plans for a house my gf built back in the 70s. We've no need for them. House no longer in the family so will scan in the info we want to keep and will post the bundle up to current residents in case they find it of interest.

We left a card and bottle of wine when we sold my nans.
Left a note saying where the water shut off was, and my mum put her number encase she needed to ask any questions.
We cancelled gas, electricity etc so the buyer would set up her own..
You could leave business cards for the hedge trimmers. Window cleaners etc