Vendor removing fitted carpets!

Dumbledore55

Alias_Omega wrote: »

Wow, an interesting read.

After all the hassle you have gone through, i would be against paying the fee, maybe you can tell them this (text etc).

Then i would go on holiday, spend the time knowing that they maybe sweating on this, and may find that when you return its been sorted out.

Though, in the big picture, your a few pence in the scheme of things of taking hold of the house.

So i forecast that when you return from the holiday, if they have not paid it, you will pay it yourself.

All the best,

AliasOmega

You're right £216 isn't going to stop me having the house of my dreams but I'm definitely not going to offer to pay or negotiate with them while I'm on holiday. They wanted to complete by 15th April and it's in their hands to do so if they pay for the indemnity. Everything is signed and my solicitor has the go ahead to exchange contracts and complete if they pay up. Otherwise, we'll sort it out when we get home.

Georgie4

Idiophreak wrote: »

I know it's not a good time to have principals, when you're paying out so much already, but I'd tell them where to stick it.

If you're careful, you'll probably be able to get new carpet in for a little more than £1k or thereabouts - let them keep their cruddy old stuff and get some that's exactly what you want instead.

Just be warned in a house we bought new it cost us just short of £3k to carpet - AND NOT EVEN EXPENSIVE CARPET ! I know its a big house we are in but it may cost you a lot more than £1k in the long run - have to say though I would tell them where to stick them;)

Dumbledore55

Thanks Georgie4 but the carpet issue is sorted, we've managed to get them included in the sale price. It's just the matter of the indemnity now for the conservatory.

jungli_jim

Dumbledore55 wrote: »

The vendors have been re-located through work and are currently in rented property paid for by the company the husband works for. The curtain s never have been an issue for me and I have negotiated the carpets as part of the selling price.

My point now is that the indemnity is THEIR responsibility even if they sell to someone else they will need one. They may need as much money as they can get for their new house when they find one but I'm sure they don't need the instruction booklets for appliances left in their old house. The date they wanted us to complete was more convenient for them than us, due to our holiday so now we are in an argument about who pays for the indenity - they can wait for a date that suits us more.

They haven't found a property yet, they want the money first so they aren't in a chain and can get the best deal they can - just like us! Even their own estate agent says that they hope somebody treats them the same way they've treated us. Even when we came up to the asking price they wanted and they said they would deal at, they still re-contacted everybody else that had viewed it to see if they could beat us.

As I said, if they had been co-operative I might have met them half way but it wasn't us that breached the covenant it was them so they should pay the cost of the indemnity certificate.

You have the patience of a saint.
Do you have another option if this does not complete?
If yes to the above Gazunder then to tthe tune of 5k and if they refuse go with plan B

tbs624

roses wrote: »

I don't think the point is "the seller is trying to get as much money as possible". What benefit will taking our carpets do for them? Curtains fair enough but carpets are custom cut for each room and taking them out is just spiteful.

"Spiteful" in your opinion, depends on the circumstances, in my opinion A vendor may move to a property with smaller rooms so the carpets could be easily adapted. It can depend which side of the fence you are on and we do get just the one side of the story on most posts.

Some vendors will make a decision to leave behind almost new carpets & curtains, leaving themselves with additional expenses in their new home, only for those original carpets & curtains to be unceremoniously dumped in a skip by the house buyer 3 months down the line.

The point is that most seasoned house buyers don't let these sorts of issues get to them - it's unfortunately part & parcel of the whole procedure. If you are an angsty FTB then it's hard to see past it but if it's a house you really want you get over it.

roses

All true but in this situation, the vendor is moving to rented accomodation so removing carpets out of the sold home is spiteful because they won't be using them in their new house.

tbs624

roses wrote: »

All true but in this situation, the vendor is moving to rented accomodation so removing carpets out of the sold home is spiteful because they won't be using them in their new house.

The OP has posted that the vendors have already moved to a rented property, funded by the husband's employers. That does not mean that they will be there forever or even as long as 6 months. It doesn't mean even that the rented property is carpeted. The point is that you are continuing to make baseless assumptions and judge these people's actions as "spiteful" without knowing the facts:equates IMO to the worst sort of "housewife" gossip.

However, as the OP seems to have secured the second hand carpets that she desperately wanted perhaps we should leave it there

Imp

ellies_angel wrote: »

I was speaking to a friend yesterday about when she bought her house. She said the garden was full of blooming daffodils. The sellor had asked if she could remove a couple of rose bushes for sentimental reasons and my friend had said yes. On the moving day when she arrived at the house she discovered that all the daffodils had been removed and the bulbs dug up. Couldn't believe the amount of time it would have taken to do that compared to the cost of some bulbs!

Maybe the Vendor heard the buyer say "The garden is full of bloomin daffodils" and as a token of good will, the Vendor removed then so they caused no further upset to the buyers.

Tim_Deegan

When you buy a house as I understand it you are only buying the house, and anything that is actually attached like taps light fittings etc..... Then if you want any of the other items like carpets and curtains, then the price for those can be negotiated.

poppysarah

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

When you buy a house as I understand it you are only buying the house, and anything that is actually attached like taps light fittings etc..... Then if you want any of the other items like carpets and curtains, then the price for those can be negotiated.

Carpets are often quite well attached. Carpets that aren't are called rugs.