What are condsidered Attatchments when selling your home in NY???

 Just curious...what are considered "attatchments"...is a microwave over
the stove???  what do i have to leave the buyer?

  It is not an 'attachment' if it can be removed without injury to the home.

An appliance is typically not considered an attachment unless it is built
in.

Attachments don't always have to remain with the home.  The Agreement of
Purchase and Sale (Ontario, Canada) can be written to include or exclude
any item.  Generally speaking, if an attachment is not included, the
seller should be responsible for fixing any damage left by its removal and
that should be in the Agreement.

Your Agreement of Purchase and Sale should spell out what stays and what
goes as specifically as possible, including model numbers for any
appliances.  It may seem like overkill, but it can save all kinds of grief
at closing.

Check your contract and call your realtor if you have any questions.




 (arittler@gmail.com) writes:

 
Natalie Munro wrote:

I can remove most light fixtures without injury to the home.  Toilets
too.  Yet, if you took either of those, you'd be in trouble.   This
definition is way off the mark.   I think anything that is fastened in
place goes with the house is the more typical definition.

That means if the microwave over the oven is fastened in, it stays.  If
it's sitting on the counter, it's your personal property and you may
take it.  I'd also make sure items of specific interest, eg frig,
stove, washer, are specified in the sales contract as to if they are
included or not.

  (trader4@optonline.net) writes:

I took the definition straight from the book.  I agree that it's not
adequate.  Calling an attachment anything that's fastened isn't adequate,
either.

Buyers and sellers often don't know what should stay so it's up to the
realtor/s to make sure that the Agreement is specific about what is
considered attached and what is not.  No-one wants a surprise on closing
day.


And include the model numbers.  The buyer wants the appliance he/she saw,
not the substitute that the seller picked up at a yard sale.

 Usually chandeliers and appliances are mentioned.  I doubt a seller who
is including appliances would swap out for garage sale items. Final
walk through would reveal this and then a smart buyer would protest and
delay closing and maybe even walk awayfrom sale.  As a seller if I want
certain things I list as excluded. Buyer sees that and doesnt expect to
get washer stove etc. I had a custom fireplace mantle and excluded that
from sale. No problem. As a buyer I'd probably bail if the house was
gutted even though contract didnt say "wallboaed is included"

trader4@optonline.net wrote: