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garyhun
14,122 posts
98 months
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Derp said: Would you unscrew things like the cooker hood, take the electric cooker out of the worksurface, remove the dishwasher etc, or is that just a huge dick move? In my eyes, unless the seller knows about this, it's a MASSIVE dick move. What you should do is state what's being taken and for the stuff you are leaving, if you think it's got value, make sure you cover the cost in the negotiation on selling price.
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JustinP1
10,294 posts
100 months
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Make sure you have all the electric sockets and light switches while you are there. I bet there's at least a few hundred quid's worth.
And the front door lock - the 5 lever one I got for our house was about £60!
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essayer
1,606 posts
64 months
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JustinP1 said: Make sure you have all the electric sockets and light switches while you are there. I bet there's at least a few hundred quid's worth.
And the front door lock - the 5 lever one I got for our house was about £60! Just take the door, it's always handy to have a spare. Our vendors took some wooden shelves that had been sized to fit the alcove each side of a fireplace. Thankfully they left the battens that the shelves sat on 
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hornetrider
41,176 posts
75 months
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falkster said: This happened to us! To the extent where flexes were hanging from the ceiling and wires poking out of walls.
It's ok I got my own back when all the garden waste she left was left on the pavement outside her shop in Harrogate That happened to me too. They're not allowed to leave exposed wiring, so I got a sparky in to sort it all out and sent the bill to the vendor. That was a good day.
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Paul Dishman
2,088 posts
107 months
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We asked the buyers of my late mother's bungalow what furniture they'd like us to leave, hoping that they'd want as much as possible to save us the trouble of getting rid of it all. Apart from the oven and dishwasher which we were leaving anyway, all they requested was a white plastic table in the shed and a A3 size picture.
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Hugo a Gogo
15,398 posts
103 months
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try buying (or even renting!) in Germany, everything goes, INCLUDING the kitchen sink
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Miguel Alvarez
3,356 posts
40 months
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My first house the seller left loads of stuff for me. Paint for each room so that I could touch up if need be, spare light bulbs candles etc. Along with the oven, garden furniture some garden shears etc.
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onomatopoeia
2,924 posts
87 months
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I told my buyers what I would be taking and leaving. I wanted most of the curtain poles and a couple of the light fittings (I replaced those with basic ones) but left the freestanding electric cooker - they were getting gas put in but it would be a couple of months. Also left an 18 month old 10'x8' metal shed in the back garden for them, because dismantling it would have been more effort than I cared to make. The retired couple I was buying from left various bits and bobs for me, including an old but reasonable condition lathe, 5/8" chuck pillar drill and an arc welder 
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ukwill
7,257 posts
77 months
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I'm just moving at the moment. You receive a fixtures/fittings list from your conveyancing solicitor. You tick or cross the boxes relevant to the contents of each room. Bit like a rental inventory.
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garyhun
14,122 posts
98 months
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ukwill said: I'm just moving at the moment. You receive a fixtures/fittings list from your conveyancing solicitor. You tick or cross the boxes relevant to the contents of each room. Bit like a rental inventory. Whilst that's all good and dandy, the issue is some people still take items that they say will be left. Pursuing through the courts is not something people like doing so a  holes get away with it.
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ukwill
7,257 posts
77 months
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garyhun said: Whilst that's all good and dandy, the issue is some people still take items that they say will be left. Pursuing through the courts is not something people like doing so a holes get away with it. Fair enough, although the OP asked what he should take with him. Not what he should take with him regardless of what he put down on the form his solicitor had provided! Regarding your point, I guess it would depend on how important the item was to me as to whether I would raise it with the solicitor (if it had been wrongfully removed).
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Deva Link
26,934 posts
115 months
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My daughter was left a year-old free-standing fridge-freezer as the sellers said they'd stuggled to find one that fitted neatly in the corner of the kitchen where the height was reduced by the stairs. That was very nice of them, but unfortunately it was a Beko, so it lasted about 2 months. 
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Silver
4,052 posts
96 months
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Our vendors tried to charge us for every possible thing in the F&F list then actually gave the items away which we refused to pay for (scabby old rotary washing line, plant pots etc). However, they then had the cheek to leave the shed, attic and kitchen full of the s t they didn't want yet couldn't be arsed to get rid of (old laminate floorboards, glassware, old shelving etc). Removing the oven and hood would be a hugely t ttish thing to do unless previously agreed that you would take them. Also, for the love of god, clean your house properly before you leave.
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Lemmonie
5,093 posts
125 months
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I sold a house and upon moving in the buyer phoned the estate agent to complain that we had left:
Couple of spare kitchen floor tiles
Couple of tins of paint to match the decor
Roll of wallpaper to match the decor
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The fish in the fishpond!!!!!!!!
WTF she thought id do with the fish was beyond me!!
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OllieC
2,858 posts
84 months
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Lemmonie said: I sold a house and upon moving in the buyer phoned the estate agent to complain that we had left:
Couple of spare kitchen floor tiles
Couple of tins of paint to match the decor
Roll of wallpaper to match the decor
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The fish in the fishpond!!!!!!!!
WTF she thought id do with the fish was beyond me!! I'd be chuffed at getting a free stocked pond 
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Derp
Original Poster
1,347 posts
24 months
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ukwill said: I'm just moving at the moment. You receive a fixtures/fittings list from your conveyancing solicitor. You tick or cross the boxes relevant to the contents of each room. Bit like a rental inventory. Cheers, i didn't know this. I guess this answers it And to the people thinking im a tight b d, one of the houses im looking at looks like it was frozen in time at about 1973, and as such, any modern appliances i can not have to re-buy after 24 months, would be helpful.
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caiss4
741 posts
67 months
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Silver said: Our vendors tried to charge us for every possible thing in the F&F list then actually gave the items away which we refused to pay for (scabby old rotary washing line, plant pots etc). However, they then had the cheek to leave the shed, attic and kitchen full of the s t they didn't want yet couldn't be arsed to get rid of (old laminate floorboards, glassware, old shelving etc). Removing the oven and hood would be a hugely t ttish thing to do unless previously agreed that you would take them. Also, for the love of god, clean your house properly before you leave. Sounds familiar.....last move but one had a detailed inventory from our vendor highlighting items they were leaving providing we paid extra. Included was the stand alone oven/hob which they wanted £150. We decided we wanted none of it but hoped they'd leave the oven behind. Not a chance. Arrived, oven gone but piles of crap left behind. To cap it off the removal men got lost and arrived 4 hours late so the unloading started just before dark. Yes you guessed it the b****rs had taken all the light bulbs (but as a previous poster experienced they'd left some disgusting lampshades!) Fortunately the new neighbour came to the rescue with spare bulbs. And to cap it off the house was filthy. Following day it was into town to get a secondhand cooker. Low and behold what do I spot but the very cooker from the house - price £75! On principle I didn't buy it - bought one that cost £50 instead.
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nick s
925 posts
87 months
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My Aunty & Uncle sold their house recently (huge house worht severla million) and the rich Arab they sold it to, asked them to leave absolutley all furniture (tv's, beds, clocks literally EVERYTHING untouched) and he bunged an extra 140k on top of the buying price!!
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Deva Link
26,934 posts
115 months
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Silver said: However, they then had the cheek to leave the shed, attic and kitchen full of the s t they didn't want yet couldn't be arsed to get rid of (old laminate floorboards, glassware, old shelving etc). I'm sure someone on here sent (and had it paid) a bill for clearing their new house of all the crap that was left.
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Hoofy
48,548 posts
152 months
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Speak to the vendor! I just ask them what they wanted/needed. Bulbs were left (what kind of person worries about 50p on a several hundred thousand pound deal?); I even left a toilet roll in the holder for them. And flowers as a welcoming gift. Took the front door, though. Motherf kers.
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