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Are curtains considered attached or fixtures?

Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:48 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:48 pm
Sold house and wondering what the protocol is for this. Mixed reviews searching online.

Most leaned to not a fixture/attached.
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 9:49 pm
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58056 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:49 pm to
Do you really feel the need to take the curtains?
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141386 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:49 pm to
Do they match the carpet?
Posted by ehidal1
Chief Boot Knocka
Member since Dec 2007
37132 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:50 pm to
Take the curtains, leave the curtain rods. If you don't want the curtains or can't use them, just leave them. But you aren't obligated to.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

Do you really feel the need to take the curtains?


The wife made them, so yeah.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

Do they match the carpet?


Bare concrete floors
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:54 pm to
quote:

Posted by ehidal1


Thanks
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166015 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:54 pm to
Take that shite after they did final walk through
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
32756 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:55 pm to
I thought curtains went with the house unless stated otherwise in the contract. Might be a TX thing, though. I specifically excluded our bedroom curtains in our last sale be cause they were really expensive and matched our bedding. All other curtains went with the house just like the plantation shutters.
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
31401 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:02 pm to
quote:

Most leaned to not a fixture/attached.


assuming la law, it's been almost 20 years since i've looked at it, but i believe if you can remove it without any damage to what it's attached to (obviously the case with the curtains themselves) then not a fixture.
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 10:02 pm
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:02 pm to
You in Louisiana? If so, read these. LINK LINK

I think you're ok.
Posted by SLC
Hiwasse, AR
Member since Oct 2007
15522 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:03 pm to
Ask your broker. Fixtures are personal property that attach to the premises, ie the real property. Your broker should be knowledgeable of the practice in your area. Curtains don't sound like a fixture whereas the curtain rod or blinds may be. Either way, your broker should know how to handle.
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 10:04 pm
Posted by Beef Supreme
Member since Apr 2008
1902 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:03 pm to
Had a little curtain drama when we sold our first house as well. Wife really wanted them. Woke up the morning after we moved (moved after the closing) to both real estate agents freaking out bc "it's in the contract" had to give them back. Just had to they said. They threatened an attorney. As luck would have it my wife happens to be an attorney who only handles transactional law. You know, contracts? One letter later and the curtains were ours.

Tl;dr: no. They dont transfer with the sale no matter what the real estate agents say.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:07 pm to
McSexy68 can sell you some curtains she can spare
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:10 pm to
Did FSBO so no broker to ask.

As always the OT comes through with real life events to answer the question.

Thanks all for the info.
For your troubles
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 10:15 pm
Posted by eleventy
inner city
Member since Jun 2011
2056 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:16 pm to
We have always specified what is to stay and go with regard to curtains to avoid issues, but if no specifications are made, they go since they are not attached to the house.
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