Unless you need them, don't buy them. If you're uncomfortable with the proposed arrangement, go with your gut.We are currently bidding on a house and the estate agent has just suggested that we could pay a cash amount directly to the owner for white goods/contents. I'm a bit uncomfortable with this but just wonder if this normal and legit?
I'm not sure the solicitor will accept this. His remit is the house sale. The contents is a private matter afaik. Vandriver is on the button here. If a seller is forced to sell and the bank writing off the residue, then this is a way of having a seperate cash transaction between you and the seller.If it's documented and given to our solicitor for our records, is there anything we as the buyer should be concerned with?
I think the concept of selling the contents separately from the house price is perfectly normal and acceptable.
Come on now Ceist Beag, every dog on the street knew in the boom times and the days of stamp duty that cash was paid "for contents".