house bought.. summer house gone??

lostinrates

kunekune wrote: »

. We were astonished when we got the list of stuff coming with our place we're (hopefully) buying, cos to us it's normal to include all curtains, blinds, lightfittings etc. In other countries that is standard.

Not all other countries, in fact, if you rent in Italy you usually have to provide your own bathroom, yes, bath, loo etc, and kitchen, and very often boiler! That's RENTING!

Wickedkitten

Brummybloke, if you still have a link to the house on rightmove (or have the actual page saved as a pdf) does it mention the summerhouse?

brummybloke

i still have the sale leaflet but the rightmove link went 2 weeks ago.

the sales leaflet describes breifly each area but it makes no reference to anything being left or taken it just states dimensions and things like 'tiled walls'.

there is a photo of the back garden which obviously shows the thing.

im a moaning so and so at the best of times, i know i have got a great little house, i am not normally lucky enough to have something so complex go so quickly and smoothly, serves me right for thinking it had.

Wickedkitten

So it doesn't actually say anything like

Garden
Laid mainly to patio, enclosed by fencing, garden shed, lawn area, side entrance.

Garden
Mainly laid to lawn, enclosed by fencing, garden shed, side access.

?

brummybloke

Wickedkitten wrote: »

So it doesn't actually say anything like

Garden
Laid mainly to patio, enclosed by fencing, garden shed, lawn area, side entrance.

Garden
Mainly laid to lawn, enclosed by fencing, garden shed, side access.

?

" rear garden comprises of good sized patio area and lawn garden"

that is it, it doesnt mention the mature shrubs, trees, rockery, flowersbeds or anything.. it literally just says as i quoted.

Nenen

Sorry to hear about the summerhouse - I can empathise only too well. When we bought our first house (many years ago now) they vendors told us they would leave the garden shed (quite a big one and good quality) along with some light fittings and curtains. These were specifically mentioned on the legal documents as part of the house sale. However, on the day we moved in, we wondered why the man was literally standing in the front garden with the keys and almost threw them at us as he raced off down the road! We soon found out! As we walked proudly round our new domain we suddenly realised that not only were all the fittings and curtains gone, the shed was also missing and, in taking it down they had broken two fence panels and left a pile of mess and rubbish! We contacted our solicitor who said that, although we had a good legal case, it would cost us more to take them to court than the shed was worth. We had to bite our tongues somewhat... which left a salty and rather bitter taste! In those days I don't think we had the small claims court... I'm wondering if you find that the summerhouse was on the legal documentation whether you could use the small claims court to recoup your losses... especially hearing the price of a new one from Tesco!

Hope it doesn't spoil your enjoyment of your new home too much.... just had a thought, was there any time delay in the lady moving out and you moving in? If there was it could be that someone who knew her and the time scales decided to help themselves!

bluejake

brummybloke wrote: »

i was also the ideal purchaser, i went in with an offer , it was decline, improved my offer to my max and told them it was my max, they accepted.
i then assured them that i would stick to my price with no gazundering or sillyness and would complete asap, 6 weeks later i got it all done as i said, and the summer house has put a temporary turd on my heppyness.

You see what being nice gets you.

It's business not making friends.

Think about what you would have done differently over the last six weeks and put it down to experience. Thanks for posting your experience so others can learn from your mistakes.

You have to squeeze for every last drop to get the maximum for your pounds. Money is just too hard to earn to give it away easy.

You were only the ideal purchaser from the sellers point of view. Ask yourself why you would want to be this.

You should aim to be the ideal purchaser from the money saving perspective.

Repeat: it's business not making friends

brummybloke

bluejake wrote: »

You see what being nice gets you.

It's business not making friends.

Think about what you would have done differently over the last six weeks and put it down to experience. Thanks for posting your experience so others can learn from your mistakes.

You have to squeeze for every last drop to get the maximum for your pounds. Money is just too hard to earn to give it away easy.

You were only the ideal purchaser from the sellers point of view. Ask yourself why you would want to be this.

You should aim to be the ideal purchaser from the money saving perspective.

Repeat: it's business not making friends

thanks, but it is not just business, it is the place i intend to live in for many years with my family. we are new to this part of the UK and in the 12 months we have been down here we have found people very very helpful and friendly.
if i treated people down here how people treat each other in birmingham i would not be very popular, it is a community focused town.
money is money obviously but my families happyness comes first and making friends is a huge part of the life we have chosen.

bluejake

brummybloke wrote: »

thanks, but it is not just business, it is the place i intend to live in for many years with my family. we are new to this part of the UK and in the 12 months we have been down here we have found people very very helpful and friendly.
if i treated people down here how people treat each other in birmingham i would not be very popular, it is a community focused town.
money is money obviously but my families happyness comes first and making friends is a huge part of the life we have chosen.

OK fine. I just hope when I am selling my house I get a buyer like you. Your experience has certainly been interesting to read about, once again thanks for sharing it.

QTPie

brummybloke wrote: »

" rear garden comprises of good sized patio area and lawn garden"

that is it, it doesnt mention the mature shrubs, trees, rockery, flowersbeds or anything.. it literally just says as i quoted.

THOSE are the sale particulars (and not what the solicitor has)...

Then it clearly wasn't included (and some people have actually been known to dig up shrubs and trees, so you might well have been lucky... :rotfl: ).

Just having it in a photo, does not mean that it will be left. There may be a photo of a mirror over a fireplace or a car ont he drive - those are not generally left either.

If it had been important to you (which you said it hadn't until you realised that it was gone), then the thing to do would be to check the fixtures and fittings list (get a copy from the solicitor) BEFORE you signed the contract. If you wanted it specifically, then you could have negotiated.

Sounds like the previous owner either sold it or gave it to a relative or something (if they were, themselves, moving into a flat).

Very bad to leave damage though

QT