Seller closing gifts: a keepsake of the home they sold

Do realtors give closing gifts to sellers?

Less often than to buyers, which is why sellers notice when they get one. A seller has often lived in the house for years, raised a family in it, and is handing the keys to strangers. The usual new-home gift does not fit someone who is leaving one.

A gift for the house they are leaving

The listing photo is usually the best photo anyone has taken of the house: well lit, freshly staged, the lawn at its best. That makes it the right place to start. A miniature of it goes with your sellers to the condo, the smaller place or the house across the country, and keeps the old one in the family.

• Sellers downsizing after decades in one house.
• Families selling a parent's home.
• Anyone moving far from the town the house is in.

The years they lived there

For sellers, the base can carry the street and the years they lived there, in two short lines of raised letters in the same white. It is the part that makes a model of a house their house.

A lettered base is made to order, so it starts with an email rather than the upload. Send the listing photo or a link and the two lines you want, and we reply with the price and the timing. Nothing is made or charged until you say yes. Just the house, with no base, you can start right now.

When to give it

At the closing or just after the move. Each piece is made in 3 to 5 business days after you order, so order once the closing date is firm. Ship it to their new address with tracking, or to your office to hand over at the closing.

How it works

1. 1

   Send the listing photo

   One photo of the front is enough to start. No account, nothing to pay.

2. 2

   See it free, instantly

   We make a preview from the photo and show it to you first. Your buyers never see it.

3. 3

   Approve it, and we make it

   The preview you approve is what the piece is made from. It is finished by hand in our Massachusetts workshop and shipped with tracking.

Sizes and prices

Every size is measured on the longest side. A wide house comes out lower, a tall one narrower. Ships in 3 to 5 business days, with tracking.

Questions and answers

Do realtors give closing gifts to sellers?

Many do, though less often than for buyers. A seller who chose you is a likely source of referrals, and a gift that honors the house they are leaving is one they remember.

What is a good closing gift for sellers?

Something that suits a goodbye. A miniature of the house they sold goes with them to the new place. If they are moving into a home of their own, a practical housewarming gift works too.

Can I use the listing photo?

Usually, yes. A front listing photo works well: daylight, the whole house in view, nothing in front of it. You see a free preview before you pay, so you know what you are getting before you spend anything.

How far ahead should I order?

Order once the closing date is firm. Each piece is made in 3 to 5 business days, then ships with tracking at the shipping speed you choose.

Can it ship to their new address?

Yes. Enter their new address as the shipping address at checkout and it ships directly to them, with tracking to you.

How will they know it is from me?

Checkout has no gift note, so send your card on its own, or ship the piece to your office and hand both over together.

Can it have their name or address on it?

Yes, on a slim base in the same white: two short lines in raised letters, like the family name and the street. A lettered base is quoted by email, so write to us before you order. Without a base, upload the listing photo and see the free preview now.