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Are They Leaving This Junk In Here?

February 15, 2008 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Home Buying, Home Selling

junk left on a property Oh you mean those valuable broken fixtures and piles of newspaper???

Often while walking through what is an otherwise empty and vacant home, I run across piles of junk left in the garage, or in a storage room, or piles of yard clippings in a heap over in the side yard. And my Buyers always want to know: are they going to leave that pile of stuff there?

Well – one of my favorite parts of our Tucson real estate contract states that: “All personal property not included in the sale and all debris will be removed from the premises.”

Which means no, that stuff isn’t supposed to stay there.

And as a Seller, you need to make some plans to get any remaining personal property or debris out of there before closing.

If you’ve got a lot of trash type stuff, then maybe you need a small dumpster. During my last home remodel, I made good friends with Jack, the dumpster guy, who has excellent rates – much cheaper than what the city or the big box stores charge. Send me an email and I’ll pass on his information.

If you’ve got donate-able goods, we can call over the Habistore and Goodwill to take usable goods away.

As a Buyer, you should always walk through a house a couple days before closing to make sure the piles have been removed. If we find a lot of extra stuff in there initially, we might want to start addressing that particular contract clause earlier than that.