bridie

we have our house up for sale... i was just thinking about timescales for things

if we get a buyer and they have all their finance in place how long does settlement usually take from that point?

gobbyjock

When we bought our house we put the offer in subject to finance (we already had a pre-approval cert), this offer was accepted, we then had 4 weeks to have the finance in place, once it was unconditional with finance,we then had another 3 weeks until settlement.

bridie

ok, thanks

bridie

Are you allowed to take your curtains....?

Just a silly thing that popped into my head considering we have spent a lot of money on them and the ones in my daughter's room I made and would like to use again...

Catch

Have you had any offers yet Bridie?

Nu-Shooz

4 weeks it took us from viewing the house, to moving in.

Machiavelli

Isn't it like UK where you can stipulate what you are leaving?

Know how you feel about the curtains. We weren't including the curtains in the sale of our house in the UK.

Our sale fell through twice and in the end we had to leave hoping the third sale would go through four weeks after we left. But we left the curtains up so that the house looked lived in. One of my biggest regrets! The couple who bought our house certainly got a bargain.

M

bridie

Not sure....

Real estate agent said fixtures have to stay, furnishings you can take

So my interpretation is... curtain poles and blinds stay, curtains you can take

Anyway, I'll ask the agents tomorrow... just thought I'd ask here as sometimes you feel a numbnut keep asking silly questions of the agents

Machiavelli

Yes, I would agree with that. In the UK, which we're not(!!!!!!!!!!), was it not "if it's nailed it's temporary, if it's screwed (no rude comments please!), it's permanent".

I hope only the women read this thread!

Am I right thinking that you're in QLD? If you are, and you want to ask what's what, my pal is a real estate agent here and I could ask her questions for you. Although... you are going to be paying them a fortune to sell your house. Surely you can ask them questions!

PM me if you need me to ask my pal any questions.

M

comet555

When we were viewing our current house the sellers told us that the curtains were included but that if we didn't want them they would really love to take them. We said no problem, it didn't really matter to us so we let them have the curtains. They were really nice and apparently they had brought them over from India. All the windows had vertical blinds on them so they were still covered even without the curtains.

I think the seller can stipulate whatever they want. In our case they asked nicely if they could keep them and we agreed.

As far as time scales go, I believe we moved into our house about 5 weeks after we made the offer. They wanted to move out on that specific date and we said no problem. We actually wanted the place 2 weeks later but we wanted to make our offer as attractive as possible.

NickyC

Curtains (like carpets, cookers and dishwashers etc) usually stay with the house. Every property I've ever bought had the window coverings (whether they were curtains or blinds) in place when we took over. Mind you they were universally horrible - but better than bare windows . I think it's something that people here might take for granted - that the curtains remain.

Usually, if you want to take stuff with you it should be specifically mentioned in the contract.

bridie

Yikes

NickyC

This was Sydney - might be different in Perth.

If they are expecting some curtains maybe you could substitute a cheap pair of ready-mades so they've got something to cover the windows - the buyers might not even notice that the curtains they get are different to the originals .

bridie

Yes, think I'll do that... will ask the RE agent tomorrow as well

Just feel daft keep asking silly questions!!!!!