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Should I take these items with us when we vacate?
We sold our home. I want to keep these items and there was nothing about it in the contract so I'm confused if I can take them (I'd rather be safe and leave them if most people think I should):
1) chinese lanterns in the kids room (they have a sticky hook stuck to the ceiling and fish wire hanging them).
2) Shower curtains
3) Shower rod and hooks (just bought brand new ones)
4) free floating shelves I hung to hold trophies in kids room (nailed in wall)
5) fire place gate thingy (our fireplace doesn't really need it, it's there for looks)
6) garden hoses
7) potted trees
Re: Should I take these items with us when we vacate?
My Valentine Bookends (2~13~13, 2~15~09)
1) chinese lanters - take if they are not hardwired
2) shower curtains - take
3) shower rod (if tension rod - take, if screwed to the wall - leave it)
Take the curtain hooks
4) shelves - take
5) fireplace screen - leave it
6) potted trees - take
Anything that is attached stays with the house unless otherwise agreed to.
1) chinese lanterns in the kids room (they have a sticky hook stuck to the ceiling and fish wire hanging them). These are equal to lamps, they just hang. Take
2) Shower curtains - Take, I don't want your used shower curtain
3) Shower rod and hooks (just bought brand new ones) Screwed in leave, tension, take
4) free floating shelves I hung to hold trophies in kids room (nailed in wall) Leave, they are attached
5) fire place gate thingy (our fireplace doesn't really need it, it's there for looks) Take or leave. If you have a place for it in your new house take it. If it will sit in the attic unused for 15 years leave it
6) garden hoses take
7) potted trees take
I see no reason why you can't take any of those things. They are not perm. fixtures. This includes the decorative fireplace gate and tools.
Things you shouldn't take: light fixtures (like chandeliers and sconces and the such) - appliances (unless they were stated to NOT be included in your listing/contract) - carpet (rugs you can take) - light switch covers including decorative - window shades or window treatments that are custom to a window (shutters, shades, blinds) BUT NOT general curtains/drapes (those are on rods and are not customized for a window generally).
Nailed into the wall is not a standard for take/leave. My picture frames are on a nail and some of my art is screwed it - that doesn't mean I'm leaving it LOL The shelves were part of a BUILT IN unit then you should leave it. But free floating shelves on a wall are NOT BUILT IN.
Technically, if it is attached to the house it is a part of the house... and therefore stays with the house unless otherwise specified in the contract.
Check with your realtor. They will probably ask you to put together a list of items that you want to keep that are physically attached to the house. They can take that list to the buyer's realtor to see if the buyers are ok with you keeping those items.
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I would take all of the items as well...none of those things you listed are 'permanent' fixtures IMO. Except maybe the shower rod, I wouldn't worry about leaving the hooks or the curtain but I would make sure there was a rod there...even if it's just an inexpensive one you buy and put up (if you were removing the one that was there for whatever reason to take with you).
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Fixtures are part of a sale, so unless you said otherwise in your contract, you should leave the shower rods (if attached) and hooks (these are in the wall, not hanging from the rod, right?), shelves, and possibly the potted trees if the pots aren't free standing (these were at issue in a house my parents bought a few years ago so that might be a regional thing).
Talk to your realtor to ask the buyers. While the standard would be to leave them, the buyer might not care and you could modify the sale contract accordingly.