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Vendor wants to leave things in garage

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  • steampowered
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    Margot123 wrote: »
    All I can hear is: 'are you stupid enough to provide free storage, guard my stuff, keep out of the garage in case you damage something, provide me with access when I want it, let my relative/friend/dodgy acquaintance in at their convenience....ad infinitum......'.

    For all you know it could be something dodgy you are taking care of

    I think this is a ridiculously risk averse view to take.

    If you take the view that you are not going to do anything nice because there is a chance of it going wrong, you'd never get out of bed in the morning. You wouldn't take a shower for fear you'd slip on a bar of soap and break your neck.

    And you'd certainly never buy a property. Because for all you know the electrics could be dangerous, and the roof could be falling down, and the neighbour could be a serial killer.

    Back in the real world, is it really that much of an inconvenience to have someone's stuff in your garage for a few days while they move?

    The risk of the seller leaving their crap in the garage for a few days longer than you'd like is a tiny risk in the overall list of risks one takes when buying a property.
  • Cakeguts
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    I think this is a ridiculously risk averse view to take.

    If you take the view that you are not going to do anything nice because there is a chance of it going wrong, you'd never get out of bed in the morning. You wouldn't take a shower for fear you'd slip on a bar of soap and break your neck.

    And you'd certainly never buy a property. Because for all you know the electrics could be dangerous, and the roof could be falling down, and the neighbour could be a serial killer.

    Back in the real world, is it really that much of an inconvenience to have someone's stuff in your garage for a few days while they move?

    The risk of the seller leaving their crap in the garage for a few days longer than you'd like is a tiny risk in the overall list of risks one takes when buying a property.

    So far I haven't heard any ideas as to what happens if someone breaks in and steals stuff left in garages or gardens?
  • jimbo747 wrote: »
    Tell them to stick it in one of those self storage places. A garage style lock up for the month will be £100 or so. And they can get cracking now rather than moving day.

    It's what we did for most of our stuff as we were moving ourselves, granted it was only 200 metres down the road.

    Some will collect it all for you for a bit more money.
  • steampowered
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    Cakeguts wrote: »
    So far I haven't heard any ideas as to what happens if someone breaks in and steals stuff left in garages or gardens?

    Someone could break in and steal things regardless of whether the seller's stuff is there or not.
  • davidmcn
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    Cakeguts wrote: »
    So far I haven't heard any ideas as to what happens if someone breaks in and steals stuff left in garages or gardens?
    What do you mean by "what happens"?
  • badmemory
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    edited 5 January 2018 at 10:12AM
    Doing something nice is what you do by donating to charity, giving a handout to someone on the street, helping out a friend when they need a hand, it is not giving a total stranger free access to your property (ie your garage etc). My garage is for keeping my car in (yes i know this is revolutionary these days) it is not for other people's junk.
  • Cakeguts
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    Someone could break in and steal things regardless of whether the seller's stuff is there or not.

    Of course they can but what would the vendor say to the buyer if someone broke in and stole the vendor's stuff that they had left behind? Would they be likely to accuse the buyer of taking it?
  • steampowered
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    Cakeguts wrote: »
    Of course they can but what would the vendor say to the buyer if someone broke in and stole the vendor's stuff that they had left behind? Would they be likely to accuse the buyer of taking it?

    Then the buyer confirms they didn't steal the stuff, and there is nothing more the seller can do?

    This is getting a bit silly now. The chances of a garage getting burgled so that the burglars can steal miscellaneous items of furniture, and the buyer then accusing the seller of stealing the stuff, are pretty much zero.
  • Cakeguts
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    Then the buyer confirms they didn't steal the stuff, and there is nothing more the seller can do?

    This is getting a bit silly now. The chances of a garage getting burgled so that the burglars can steal miscellaneous items of furniture, and the buyer then accusing the seller of stealing the stuff, are pretty much zero.

    We don't know what the seller wants to leave behind. I think it is more likely that someone will steal pots from a garden. Getting into the garden may be a problem but if the house is empty thieves have all the time they need especially over a weekend.

    Many places are watched before people break in so that they know when they are unattended.
  • davidmcn
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    Cakeguts wrote: »
    We don't know what the seller wants to leave behind. I think it is more likely that someone will steal pots from a garden.

    But the seller has already lived there for (presumably) years with exactly the same risk applying.
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