Vendor removing fitted carpets!

lana22

whathavewedone wrote: »

Lana, as you say "light fittings" just means that you have a means of lighting the room. If you viewed a house and noticed that the sellers had light fittings that you particularly liked you should ask whether they are leaving them or not.

We have 6 expensive chandeliers in our house, which, along with the rest of our furniture we have bought over a period of years having lived in a number of different places. It's not difficult to take them down and refit them in another house, all you need to do is switch off the electricity and then switch it on again. So it's not a fixture which you should automatically assume would be left.

It's also about taste. I could have left a £300 chandelier in the living room which the new owner might regard as nothing more than a convenient alternative to a bare bulb until such time as they could get round to buying a paper lantern.

Incidentally when we have left houses we have replaced our light fittings with white paper lanterns as a gesture of goodwill along with a note explaining when the rubbish gets collected, how to work the heating etc etc, relevant instructions and guarantees, all the keys labelled so you know which windows they belong to etc.

I think it's really inconsiderate when people don't do this and also don't leave the house clean - it's very hard to clean properly when you have 1000 boxes to unpack.

The light fittings they took were actually hideous, so I'm glad they took them so I didn't have to bother getting them down.

The people were actually very considerate when they left and left us all the paper work related to the double glazing (inc receipts), a folder with the manuals for the cooker, fireplace, burgular alarm etc. They labelled any light switches/plugs that weren't obvious, and left the place absolutely spotless (and I have some very OCD tendencies.)

roses

poppysarah wrote: »

Other water related things to watch for - lead pipes going to the kitchen tap. A friend has discovered she's got a lead pipe - and no one will repair it now it's got a leak on it. She needs to have it replaced and that means ripping her kitchen out.

She needs to find a new plumber! My house had lead piping up until January when I had a new boiler fitted and all my pipework upgraded. I never had an issue in getting someone in to repair a leak when the lead had problems last year.

whathavewedone

I think I know the sort you mean. That shiny fake brass look.

geoffky

I have got the wife to agree that we will not be taking a thing apart from our tv and sit on lawnmower when we move.. i want to buy everything new and don't want my new house looking a bit like the old house...someone will be getting a few bargains. (free) and as for carpets i will be ripping them out if they are left..we are planning on buying then staying in this house for a few months until we have got the new place ready...

poppysarah

roses wrote: »

She needs to find a new plumber! My house had lead piping up until January when I had a new boiler fitted and all my pipework upgraded. I never had an issue in getting someone in to repair a leak when the lead had problems last year.

She's tried three or four now. The thing is I think she needs a stoptap fitting first and none of them want to do it without taking all the lead pipe out. I'll tell her to keep trying but I think she just got depressed by it all

Davesnave

poppysarah wrote: »

She's tried three or four now. The thing is I think she needs a stoptap fitting first and none of them want to do it without taking all the lead pipe out. I'll tell her to keep trying but I think she just got depressed by it all

Off topic, but the question is not whether you can find a plumber to repair a lead feed pipe, but whether you should use lead at all now. However, the answer to that is also related to the type of water you have. Soft water + lead isn't a great idea:

http://www.dwi.gov.uk/consumer/faq/lead.htm

poppysarah

Davesnave wrote: »

Off topic, but the question is not whether you can find a plumber to repair a lead feed pipe, but whether you should use lead at all now. However, the answer to that is also related to the type of water you have. Soft water + lead isn't a great idea:

http://www.dwi.gov.uk/consumer/faq/lead.htm

That's useful - it says: Grants are available for renovation and minor works for households with low income. Information about this may be obtained from your local authority.
Cheers

Dumbledore55

Managed to to a deal last night on all the curtains and curtain poles (all lovely and lots of rooms!) for £200. My partner went round and spoke to them directly while they were up emptying the house.

Then mobile goes at 10am today to say they've changed their mind and they're taking them all - because 'they really did want some money for the carpets'!

I can't be bothered negotiating any more so we've left it at thet but told them we will be going round to inspect the house again before any exchange of contract (they go back to Southampton today and aren't coming up again before the sale -they say). I just hope they haven't changed their mind about the carpets too and taken them up. If they have, I'm definitely dropping the price.

Going to e-mail my solicitor now to say they've agreed that the carpets are included in the price.

Been on E-Bay - there are some lovely curtains at great prices, just need to measure up when we view this week.

poppysarah

Charity shops are always good for curtains. V cheap!

Kavanne

lana22 wrote: »

The people we bought from took all the light fittings with them. I was glad because they were all horrible and gold, so it saved me a job!

Our vendors took all light fittings except a very fetching football lampshade from her son's room lol.