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House Closing

Mistreatedbycs — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 03:52:16 GMT

First, the real estate people normally keep the buyer from the seller but all the paperwork that is being sent to me and copied to the buyer has my home address allover it...I don't want to be bothered/contacted after I sold the house, it's bad enough letting go of the house I grew up in but now all this information out there?

How can I say something like that at the closing? I don't want to be called all the time or asked what's this, what's that?

Re: House Closing

september — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 04:15:48 GMT

I've sold two homes that I didn't live in, and never worried about my address being on the paperwork. I'm sure it's there for legal reasons.

No one ever contacted me, from either sale. Why do you thnk this is going to happen?

Re: House Closing

ID2 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:31:53 GMT

Relax, why so paranoid? I've sold several houses in my lifetime, the last one being a year ago. I've never, ever heard from any of the buyers. Be grateful that your house is sold, go celebrate!

Re: House Closing

ValuSkr — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:17:17 GMT

Congratulations on selling your house! Don't worry, they won't call.

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151949 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:24:27 GMT

Once you close on the house that won't be your address anymore. Anyway, who are you afraid of getting your address?

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bonnielu — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:44:16 GMT

We are in our original house we bought after we were married a few years. We tried to sell it once thinking we could move a bit closer to my job. We ended up in the background listening to one or two prospective buyers. Wow, what an eye opener. Such strange concerns and comments. But I was told by our real estate agent that when it was over, it was over. We were free and clear as long as the deal was honest and settled legally we would not have to be into the transaction after the fact. Needless to say WE CHANGED OUR MINDS and are still here. One of the best decisions we ever made was to simply stay.

So no worries.

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January121 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:47:30 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS!! on selling your house ..... the best of luck in the future!!!! 😄

Re: House Closing

kitty60 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:38:48 GMT

When you sell your house you are entering into a contract with another person/entity at this time you need to have both listed. As others have said once the property has closed it is no longer your house or address. Believe me, in this day no matter what the reason if someone wanted to find another person they could rather easily.

Re: House Closing

novamc1 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:20:15 GMT

No one's address is confidential these days. If someone knows our names, all it takes is a little internet searching to track us down.

If you know your buyer's new address, why shouldn't they know yours?

Who knows how useful this can be........(it has happened to me several times), important pieces of mail still get sent to your old address. Wouldn't it sometimes be beneficial to know about this from the people living in your former home now?

Re: House Closing

Mistreatedbycs — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:20:35 GMT

You're right, just celebrate the house is sold.

(I don't physically live there, so house address is not mine)

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151949 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:54:10 GMT

When we moved I gave the new owners our new address so in case any mail or anything slipped through they could forward it to us. As it turns out some mail did need forwarded, as well they sent me a nice thank you note for how clean the house was and a cake & champagne we had left for them in the fridge.

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Reba055 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:03:12 GMT

@151949 wrote:
When we moved I gave the new owners our new address so in case any mail or anything slipped through they could forward it to us. As it turns out some mail did need forwarded, as well they sent me a nice thank you note for how clean the house was and a cake & champagne we had left for them in the fridge.

@151949 Wow, aren't you nice!

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151949 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:09:56 GMT

@Reba055 wrote:
@151949 wrote:
When we moved I gave the new owners our new address so in case any mail or anything slipped through they could forward it to us. As it turns out some mail did need forwarded, as well they sent me a nice thank you note for how clean the house was and a cake & champagne we had left for them in the fridge.
@151949 Wow, aren't you nice!

The wife was a pain in the neck - she kept coming over to visit the house a lot and eventually I just gave up on cleaning for her to visit because we had the house all full of boxes we had packed. Anyway, we got to know her well and she was nice, just overly excited to be getting a new house. Anyway, I felt like making the day a little more special so I told her attorney at the closing to make sure they went back to the house and that they looked in the fridge.She was so excited they opened the champagne and - since they didn't have any glasses - they( husband, wife and attorney) sipped it from the bottle. She said they had never had champagne before.

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september — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 02:05:15 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
You're right, just celebrate the house is sold.

(I don't physically live there, so house address is not mine)

Hugs to you, just bling. I'm sure this was an emotional decision as well as a financial transaction for you. I hope you can feel some relief now that it's done.

I think the new owners will figure things out (as we all do, when we move into new homes). I doubt they'll ever try to contact you.

Re: House Closing

KathyPet — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:51:50 GMT

I have sold half a dozen or so homes and never had a buyer contact me except once. I got a call from a buyer about a year after we sold a home because the dishwasher had needed a repair. When the repairman took the dishwasher apart he found a opal and diamond ring down under the filter unit. She called to see if it was mine which it was. I had lost it about 3 years prior and searched everywhere for it before giving up. It had obviously slipped off my wet hands while loading the dishwasher and I never noticed. I was glad she called and that I got it back.