Does Lucy Come With the House?

What to Do About the 5′ Tall Fiberglass Statue on the Front Lawn

Should the Buyer of this 1950’s rambler just west of Cedar Lake expect the Lucy statue on the front lawn to come with the home?

The starting point is to determine whether it’s a fixture — Realtor-speak for, “is it permanently attached to the home?”

If the answer is “No,” i.e., it’s personal property, the Buyer would normally have no expectation of getting the item(s).**

Moving Headache

While I wouldn’t want to be the one to pick up and move the Lucy statue, it doesn’t appear to be anchored to the ground, permanently or otherwise.

Just to be safe, though, in the property’s “Agent Remarks” section on MLS, the homeowner explicitly excludes it from the sale.

**At least in the Twin Cities, there’s one BIG exception to the “fixtures stay/personal property goes” convention: appliances.

Specifically, the refrigerator, oven/stove, and washer/dry are customarily left in the home — and specifically written into the Purchase Agreement that way.

See also, “Fixture Confusion“; “How to Tell if Something is a Fixture”; “Taking the Fun Out of a Deal (Literally)“; and “MLS: “All attached TV mounts shall stay but not TV’s.”



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