Buying A Home
queenbone
member
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Do you consider a porch swing to be a fixture?
My REA mentioned to me how our porch swing will be a nice selling point, but it never occurred to me that this would stay with the house. There were hooks in the porch ceiling where previous owners had obviously hung a swing, but we bought this one. If you saw a house and it had a swing, would you assume it would come with the house?
Technically I don't think we have a spot for it at the new house, these Victorian porches are more narrow, but I was thinking we could maybe build an arbor or something for it down the line.
Our POD is coming tomorrow so I need to know whether to fit it in there or not.
WDYT?
Warning
No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
Re: Do you consider a porch swing to be a fixture?
If there were screws in the front porch roof and a swing there, I would assume it was a fixture.
I would throw a couple pillows on it, make it look welcoming, and include it with the home.
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
I would take it down to be safe. I can see someone thinking that it would stay.
Or you can write into the contract that the swing does not convey, but that you will leave the ceiling hooks in as to not damage it.
? ?????????! Z!
BFP #1 EDD 12/14/12, C/P 4/9
dx: DOR
Clomid + trigger + IUI #2
Everyone welcome.
Yep, I would assume it comes with the house. If you plan to keep it, I would remove it before listing and store it until you move.
Yes, I would assume it came with the house. If you do not want to sell it with the home, then remove it. I found it REALLY annoying to look at the features of a house only to find out on the disclosure statement that certain "features" were not included.
Don't show me the "pretty package" but only want to sell the cardboard box.
My Valentine Bookends (2~13~13, 2~15~09)
I don't know that you need to take it down, to be honest. But you do need to be clear about what conveys and what doesn't. There is a LOT of stuff about a house that makes it look nice and "Sells" it, but doesn't stay. I see a porch swing in the same light - you're staging the house to look nice, you want people to see how it looks w/ a swing. Just as you're probably staging the inside w/ your own furniture - but I doubt you're leaving your furniture.
The house we bought has a kids jungle gym. Looked pretty darn permanent to me - but even so, I asked if it conveys or not. It did, but if it didn't - it wouldn't have stopped us from buying the house.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I agree...
Ditto - if it helps sell the house, it's worth it to leave it in the long run.
Are you united with the CCOKCs?
I would assume it a fixture as well since it is bolted/screwed in place.
Simply disclose it as an exclusion, and you will be fine!
40/112