- Nov 12, 2017
- 11,910
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
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RANT WARNING!
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This topic makes me see red, as it should not even exist! I don't know how things are in NC, but in CA houses sell before they even hit the market. It might only take days even if they do get listed. Which means Realtors are doing less than ever before. No advertising (they rely of Zillow, etc). No open houses (no cookies!). They just leave lock boxes for showings. Some now stage houses virtually. Some farm out the paperwork tasks. Worthless. And even though prices have skyrocketed, some Realtors are still trying to get 6%! Others have compromised... down to 5%. Whoopee. On a million dollar sale, they take 50K! For a few days work!! (And spare me the 50-50 split and the broker cut and blah, blah, blah... not havin' it.)
The point being, the very least they can do is to provide iron-clad purchase contracts that spell out the tiniest of details. Everything that can be seen or thought of. Everything that a buyer/seller is not trained to notice or think about. That is, after all, the essence of a Realtor's job: to apply their "experience" to make sure a 6- or 7-figure exchange of money goes off without the hint of a glitch.
So @Newdude and @ajw22 are on the right track. What is "customary" is irrelevant. The seller Realtor should go over every detail with the seller as to what goes and what stays, and provide that as a disclaimer to potential buyers (WELL BEFORE even an offer is accepted). Then all that minutia gets added to the purchase agreement for all to see and sign. Which brings me full circle: there should be no surprises or assumptions unrealized when the new owner gets the keys, that's the Realtor's job!! It's bad enough they expect a huge cut of the profits, they can at least earn it!!
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END OF RANT
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PS. To actually answer the question: you should leave (or expect to find) everything needed to use and maintain the pool, including brushes and vacs and test kits, etc. In the same way it's reasonable to expect the furnace to have a filter and the fixtures to have light bulbs.
Come on, serious money changed hands, give each other a break and extend some common curtesy, the same you would want if the roles were reversed (the golden rule method). If you're moving into a house with pool, you'll really appreciate having everything needed for the pool. If you're moving to a new house with pool, and the seller didn't share this philosophy, then treat yourself to some new gear. What, you're gonna cheap out and drag your year-old chemicals and warn out pool brush to your new home, and leave the buyer of your house in the lurch? That's a real slap in the face to someone that just handed you 100s of thousands of dollars.
Maybe one exception would be a stand-alone robot cleaner. You wouldn't expect to find a vacuum cleaner in the hall closet. I think taking the robot with you is not unreasonable, especially if you leave behind a manual vac and/or nice brush'n'net set. But if that's the case, then the robot shouldn't be in the pool during showings, that's not cool. Or at least "robot not included" should be part of the disclosure package your Realtor should be sending out to potential buyers (that's how we do in CA).
To sum up: full disclosure (EVERYTHING!) is the key to a fair deal that leaves everybody happy.
RANT WARNING!
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This topic makes me see red, as it should not even exist! I don't know how things are in NC, but in CA houses sell before they even hit the market. It might only take days even if they do get listed. Which means Realtors are doing less than ever before. No advertising (they rely of Zillow, etc). No open houses (no cookies!). They just leave lock boxes for showings. Some now stage houses virtually. Some farm out the paperwork tasks. Worthless. And even though prices have skyrocketed, some Realtors are still trying to get 6%! Others have compromised... down to 5%. Whoopee. On a million dollar sale, they take 50K! For a few days work!! (And spare me the 50-50 split and the broker cut and blah, blah, blah... not havin' it.)
The point being, the very least they can do is to provide iron-clad purchase contracts that spell out the tiniest of details. Everything that can be seen or thought of. Everything that a buyer/seller is not trained to notice or think about. That is, after all, the essence of a Realtor's job: to apply their "experience" to make sure a 6- or 7-figure exchange of money goes off without the hint of a glitch.
So @Newdude and @ajw22 are on the right track. What is "customary" is irrelevant. The seller Realtor should go over every detail with the seller as to what goes and what stays, and provide that as a disclaimer to potential buyers (WELL BEFORE even an offer is accepted). Then all that minutia gets added to the purchase agreement for all to see and sign. Which brings me full circle: there should be no surprises or assumptions unrealized when the new owner gets the keys, that's the Realtor's job!! It's bad enough they expect a huge cut of the profits, they can at least earn it!!
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END OF RANT
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PS. To actually answer the question: you should leave (or expect to find) everything needed to use and maintain the pool, including brushes and vacs and test kits, etc. In the same way it's reasonable to expect the furnace to have a filter and the fixtures to have light bulbs.
Come on, serious money changed hands, give each other a break and extend some common curtesy, the same you would want if the roles were reversed (the golden rule method). If you're moving into a house with pool, you'll really appreciate having everything needed for the pool. If you're moving to a new house with pool, and the seller didn't share this philosophy, then treat yourself to some new gear. What, you're gonna cheap out and drag your year-old chemicals and warn out pool brush to your new home, and leave the buyer of your house in the lurch? That's a real slap in the face to someone that just handed you 100s of thousands of dollars.
Maybe one exception would be a stand-alone robot cleaner. You wouldn't expect to find a vacuum cleaner in the hall closet. I think taking the robot with you is not unreasonable, especially if you leave behind a manual vac and/or nice brush'n'net set. But if that's the case, then the robot shouldn't be in the pool during showings, that's not cool. Or at least "robot not included" should be part of the disclosure package your Realtor should be sending out to potential buyers (that's how we do in CA).
To sum up: full disclosure (EVERYTHING!) is the key to a fair deal that leaves everybody happy.
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