Turns out, in the great state of Texas, if any improvements or accessories are attached to a property when it’s shown to potential buyers, they become the legal property of the final buyer. This includes everything: pots on a pegboard, petunias planted in the front lawn, mounted shelves and framed photos, even above ground pools. Essentially, anything that could leave a gaping hole once removed has to stay, according to the Texas Real Estate Commission’s One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale). This includes “installed and built-in items” like “valances, screens, shutters, awnings, wall-to-wall carpeting, mirrors, ceiling fans, attic fans, mailboxes, television antennas, […], cleaning equipment, shrubbery, landscaping, outdoor cooking equipment, and all other property owned by Seller and attached to the above described real property.” That all sounds fairly obvious. But the accessories bit also includes “curtains and rods,” the aforementioned “above ground pool” and “swimming pool equipment,” as well as “artificial fireplace logs.” Artificial. Fireplace. Logs.
Does that come with the house?
/ 15.10.2020 /