This has never happened to me before. I was showing a property to a young couple for the second time with idea that I would be writing an offer for them when the showing was completed. We were down in the lower level when I noticed that one of the buyers would periodically write something in a notebook.
I didn't think too much of it until it came time to write the offer. We began by starting to discuss what items were to be included as per the listing agent's data sheet. Much to my surprise, the buyer handed me a list of her own. She said she liked the furniture in the house so much she wondered if we could ask for other items in the offer.
The list included a large sectional sofa, three slate tables, three bar stools, a futon, the kitchen table, a hutch and the flat screen TV that was mounted to the wall in the living room. Please note that the items we were asking for were the perfect color and fit the rooms quite nicely.
As I started writing, I thinking to myself that this was never going to fly. Although one time I did ask for a cat in an offer and that went to close. I figured the sellers would probably blow a gasket, especially when they saw that the price we were offering was $10K under asking price.
I warned the listing agent before I sent over the offer that it was perhaps a little unorthodox and to be grateful that we weren't asking for the seller's socks and underwear.
At first the sellers were a little shocked. After some thought, they took it pretty well and we are in the counter offer stage. They are actually willing to include most of the items.
I never thought we'd even get this far. I'll let you know how it goes.
Take care.
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