Moving house, those things you missed...
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So after the fun and games our buyers decided to pull on us on completion day (read 11th hour money off) we finally moved into to our new house. We managed to basically pack and move everything within 8 hours.
Apparently it was very kind of our buyer, after gazundering us and bearing in mind nothing was set in stone until friday PM, to let us have until 4 pm on saturday to move out!
Many beer tokens were dispensed
But since moving in we have discovered...
The gas fire in the fire place. Not working.
The lights on the landing. Not working. No idea why, everything else works up there.
The Oven, can't be switched on because it trips the RCD.
The dishwasher cold water feed sprung a leek. This morning. 5 minutes before leaving for work.
Pretty much all the door handles have fallen off or were missing. Not such a problem because they are fugly.
The front door only latches in one location. You can practically open the door when its locked.
There were no smoke alarms or CO alarms (previous owner had kids! and an open gas fire!)
Shower thermo mixer ranges from hot to surface of the sun!
And today, Not so much an issue missed but, I got the washer and fridge delivered and the delivery men have damaged the fridge on the visible side. Hadn't even been out the box 5 minutes.
To be fair most of this stuff is just to be expected. There are always rough patches that you didn't notice when looking round before buying. But the fridge thing is stirring up my OCD.
Its purely cosmetic. I am sure a touch up pen would have it 90% sorted. But its just a little annoying to have spent good money on a fridge, to have it damaged within minutes by the lug nut delivering it. He claims it wasn't him, but they were the only people to touch it and its right where that metal buckle on his lifting harness would have been when they first commenced the lift over the door step.
He must have thought I was daft. So on the blower to curry's now to either get it replaced or get some £££ back.
Anyone else got tales of malady when moving into a new house?
Apparently it was very kind of our buyer, after gazundering us and bearing in mind nothing was set in stone until friday PM, to let us have until 4 pm on saturday to move out!
Many beer tokens were dispensed
But since moving in we have discovered...
The gas fire in the fire place. Not working.
The lights on the landing. Not working. No idea why, everything else works up there.
The Oven, can't be switched on because it trips the RCD.
The dishwasher cold water feed sprung a leek. This morning. 5 minutes before leaving for work.
Pretty much all the door handles have fallen off or were missing. Not such a problem because they are fugly.
The front door only latches in one location. You can practically open the door when its locked.
There were no smoke alarms or CO alarms (previous owner had kids! and an open gas fire!)
Shower thermo mixer ranges from hot to surface of the sun!
And today, Not so much an issue missed but, I got the washer and fridge delivered and the delivery men have damaged the fridge on the visible side. Hadn't even been out the box 5 minutes.
To be fair most of this stuff is just to be expected. There are always rough patches that you didn't notice when looking round before buying. But the fridge thing is stirring up my OCD.
Its purely cosmetic. I am sure a touch up pen would have it 90% sorted. But its just a little annoying to have spent good money on a fridge, to have it damaged within minutes by the lug nut delivering it. He claims it wasn't him, but they were the only people to touch it and its right where that metal buckle on his lifting harness would have been when they first commenced the lift over the door step.
He must have thought I was daft. So on the blower to curry's now to either get it replaced or get some £££ back.
Anyone else got tales of malady when moving into a new house?
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Tuesday 30th September 16:48
hornetrider said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Anyone else got tales of malady when moving into a new house?
Finally moved in at 5pm a week before Christmas (think very dark outside) only to be greeted by bare wires hanging from all ceilings downstairs - all light fittings removed and no ceiling roses/bulbs left in situ. 
Movers had to move us in in the pitch black with torches and lamps here and there. Called a spark out the next day to rectify, said charge how much you like, and successfully charged it all to the vendor. Tosser.
Dromedary66 said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Apparently it was very kind of our buyer, after gazundering us and bearing in mind nothing was set in stone until friday PM, to let us have until 4 pm on saturday to move out!
So did you do anything in the end to make the gazunderer's first day in the house less than ideal?Even ended up leaving the wardrobe. Just didn't get round to it in time so had to leave it. Less hassle for me that way though, would have been a b
h to move and I would have ended up having to store it somewhere and rent another van to palm it off on some second hand store. He said in the end he didn't care for the wardrobe anymore, so hopefully he's going to have to chew about getting rid of it. Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Thursday 2nd October 22:53
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