What Stays With theHome You Are

Selling in South Florida?

Nestor Gasset and Katerina GassetInternational Properties and Investments, LLC

Make a list of all items included and not included in the sale...

When you are selling your home in South Florida make a list of the items that is included and not included in the sale.

Give the list to your real estate agent and add the list to the property flyer.

Have everything in writing...

Buyers cannot read your mind.

Things talked about verbally through interactions can be forgotten or misunderstood.

Have everything in writing...

The rule of thumb we go by is that anything that is attached to the house goes with the house when it is sold. But just the word, "attached" is left up to the interpretations of each person and what you consider NOT attached a buyer may consider attached.

Read the MLS report submitted by your agent to see what is included...

Remove from MLS right away if there is something in the report that you are taking with you.

You can also add your exclusions in the MLS- to be upfront about what is going and what is staying.

One court in Washington D.C in 1982 ruled that...

"... when determining whether an article is a fixture, the court may consider three factors:

1. Actual annexation according to the nature and use of the article

2. Its adaptation to the use for which it is annexed and 3. The intention that it should a permanent accession to

the realty.”

If you have a nice chandelier in your dining room…

… bring that chandelier with you as long as you replace it with a substitute.

In this case, you have to make sure that you reinstall it safely with no loose wires and no damage to the ceiling.

If you have a nice chandelier in your dining room…

BUT it is SO much easier just to remove the chandelier before you put your home up for sale and do the substitution. We see so many arguments over lighting fixtures and it really is a stressful time when you are selling your house. It really is not worth the argument so why not eliminate the argument in the first place.

Artwork is another area of contention and misunderstandings.

A nice artwork in your house helps to sell your house. If you are taking the artwork with you make it known upfront in the writing that the artwork is not included with the sale.

Make sure also to to fill, patch and smooth in the holes the artwork being attached leave behind.

The wet bar and closets are assumed to be attached to your property.

Make sure the buyers know when they tour your house that you are taking the wet bar and the closet shelves if that is what you are planning to do.

A wet bar and closets are assumed to be attached to your property.

Take into account the local customs but also the customs of the area where your buyer is moving from. For instance, homeowners in most of Europe take their kitchen cabinets with them when they move. Most cabinets are not attached like we attach them here in the U.S.

We sell a lot of homes here in South Florida fully furnished, toothbrush ready to move into.

In these situations it is very important to leave an itemized list of all the inventory of the house that you are leaving as furnished.

What one buyer thinks is fully furnished may not mean the same thing to you.

Park your cars somewhere else outside of your garage during showings.

The buyer may well interpret that to mean the cars are staying with the rest of your furnishings. There are buyers who really believe that you are leaving your cars with the sale.

We suggest to park your cars somewhere else To alleviate this misunderstanding from ever surfacing in the first place.

Provide exclusions on your inventory list.

Many times these things don't even come up until you are in the middle of negotiations when tensions are high.

We see offers go sour very quickly over misunderstandings about what is staying with the house and what is not.

Provide exclusions on your inventory list.

Deliver this list up front before the buyer makes an offer so that you have nipped their ability to start playing hardball in the negotiations with you. We see so many times where buyers place an unreasonable value on items they want to stay that are not disclosed until negotiations. Don't wait that long.

Contact Nestor Gasset today on his mobile number at 561-541-9936 to get started on getting your

home on the market and sold!

NESTOR GASSETREALTOR®, Broker, ABR, CIPS,

SFR, GRI, REOSOwner of International Properties

and Investments LLC

1021 Cherry Lane, Wellington, FL 33414

561-753-0135BrokerNestorG@gmail.com

www.ForidaIPI.com