Let the next owner take care of it.
I just had a closing where the owner needed every penny to get to his new home. His life savings had been wiped out keeping his 90+year old mother in law in the assisted living facility. He barely had money to move, but he bought the paint to paint the insides of his closet because he wanted the buyers to have a nice home. Talk about a warm and kind closing. Would that every closing is like that. Every seller should read this post!
Let the next owner take care of it. I hear this occasionally from sellers. It usually has to do with something like cleaning the carpets when you leave, or keeping the yard looking nice up to closing. I cringe when I hear this.
As a buyer, you expect to find your new home that you just closed on in the same shape as when you made the offer on it. Here in Georgia, the contract actually states this. Unfortunately this does not always happen.
For instance, I have a Seller whose closing in this coming Monday. Tenants moved out of their home June 1 and the grass has not been cut since. Let the next owner take care of it. I have another seller set to close next Friday. He wants to clean all the carpets the day before closing so the new owners will be happy. The tone of these two closings will be completely different.
I say when dealing with a buyer of your home, it is smart to do the right thing, whether it is dictated by the contract or not.
I write about daily life as a Realtor in the Towne Lake Community in Woodstock Georgia.
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