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We just made an offer on pre-war co-op that is carpeted throughout and has dramatic (!!!) wallpaper in every room. Sellers accepted the offer instantly. No papers have been signed yet. As part of the negotiation of terms, is it reasonable to ask the sellers to agree to deliver the apartment free of wallpaper and carpet? Or is it at all reasonable to negotiate a slightly lower price at this point to take into account the cost of removal? Should we have taken this into account before we made the offer and now we should just suck it up? There is no way to tell the condition of the floors under the carpet, and it will take a fair amount of work to remove all the wallpaper from this 920 sq ft apt. We are first time co-op buyers and friends have told us that there is room for negotiation even after an offer is accepted.

We don’t want to lose an opportunity to ask for something that we might be able to get, but we don’t want to be obnoxious either!
Thanks very much for any advice.