what is the weirdest thing sellers have taken?

DKLS

When I bought a repo, the previous owner had taken the boiler, all rads, the kitchen and bathroom, every plug socket and light switch and had pulled the wires through and snipped every one of them and he smashed up two marble fireplaces, and punched holes in walls and doors.

He did leave me random messages all over the house in excrement. Mainly slightly disturbing comments warning the next owners about his wife who had left him for another woman.

TBH he did me a favour, when I discovered what state the house was in, I decided not to move in, and just flip it, It took 4 weeks to tart up and another 4 to sell, and I made a handsome profit.

pimento

We decided not to take up our vendor's kind offer to buy his dog stained fitted carpets and found them outside in a pile on moving day.

ed123_2

.......top soil from the back garden.........

Chinkle

Fixtures and fittings lists do seem to bring out the worst in people and get precious about there stuff. However, I've always found that come moving in day the previous owner has obviously already stuffed their removal van full and decides to leave a lot of their old tat.

Birdy12

Can I chip in with the strangest thing left behind? I'm guessing I'm in the top ten for what we found the day after moving in.

I noticed that the previous occupant had left some of her towels behind in the airing cupboard. On reaching up to grab them, I pulled out...a used, very crusty, sanitary towel. As luck would have it I had the Marigolds on...

property.advert

I moved into a rented flat in central London and the owners had pained around the bed ! Even around the headboard, and it was not secured to the floor !

Milliewilly

Chinkle wrote: »

Fixtures and fittings lists do seem to bring out the worst in people and get precious about there stuff. However, I've always found that come moving in day the previous owner has obviously already stuffed their removal van full and decides to leave a lot of their old tat.

Yes unfortunately people see it fit to leave their 'rubbish' behind. I was left an assortment of broken garden tat - concrete bunnies / owls / birds with the nose / tails smashed off etc. I am waiting till my house is sold then I am going to walk round the corner to where the original owners moved to and re-unite their ornaments in their front garden

kitkat5566

Hehe I have had a right giggle reading through all these! The things people do when selling a house! I am looking into buying a house (think its a long way off with no deposit!) but the last house me and the OH viewed was bought as seen; a shell with no plaster boarding/ plastered walls, no light fittings, no loo, nothing basically! Ahh but I think the price did include windows! :rotfl:

TBeckett100

A friend of mine bought a mobile home in ireland and on moving in day discovered the vendors had taken it with them.

Radish72

When I moved into my house the seller had taken both toilet roll holders and left me a pile of stinking rubbish in the garden

I made friends with the neighbours by asking where the local tip was to get rid of the rubbish