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Expensive washing machine left at previous property legal advice..
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Was there a washing machine there when you moved in?
Jx2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0 -
So you expected them to store it for you for free until you felt it was convenient to collect it? Did they agree to that arrangement?
Wasnt exactly storage, it was in the place where the washing machine goes. It didnt cost them anything to keep it there. Last year, they said that I could just go and ask for money from the new tenants so they could buy it off me or if they dont want to, that I could take it. Now there denying they said that..0 -
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lucasmeister wrote: »I have only just moved back into my uni town the other day. So I couldn't have taken it before as I would have had nowhere to put it.. The uni tenancy scheme should fall under normal tenancy laws as it was a rented house (not halls or anything)
To be fair - there were plenty of places for you to put it - just none that were free and convenient. So I thinks it fair for them to charge a reasonable storage cost, or to assume you abandoned it.
Just because a cupboard is empty, you don't have a free right to use it.
If you sold a house, and moved into a smaller place, you wouldn't assume you can just leave all your stuff there until you can find the time or money to store it!0 -
lucasmeister wrote: »Its a washer/dryer and cost about £400 so cant have gone down in value that much
I wouldn't pay more than £100 for a second-hand washer/dryer, so it may not be worth as much as you think. White goods are a bit like new cars, once someone has used it, even only for a short while the value plummets.lucasmeister wrote: »They have not contacted me at all about it and not told me that I left it there
Did you not realise you left it there?
Also, think about the first years living there now, they probably got shown around the place with the washing machine in place and thought that it part of the F&Fs. I can understand why they are so reluctant to let it go now.
You really should've taken it with you when you left and then you wouldn't have all this hassle now! Did you tell the Uni you were leaving it there? If not you can imagine how they (and the students) think you dumped it for good.0 -
To be fair - there were plenty of places for you to put it - just none that were free and convenient. So I thinks it fair for them to charge a reasonable storage cost, or to assume you abandoned it.
Just because a cupboard is empty, you don't have a free right to use it.
If you sold a house, and moved into a smaller place, you wouldn't assume you can just leave all your stuff there until you can find the time or money to store it!
Ok, so whats a reasonable storage cost? Cant be more than the machine is worth?0 -
I wouldn't pay more than £100 for a second-hand washer/dryer, so it may not be worth as much as you think. White goods are a bit like new cars, once someone has used it, even only for a short while the value plummets.
Did you not realise you left it there? Also, think about the first years living there now, they probably got shown around the place with the washing machine in place and thought that it part of the F&Fs. I can understand why they are so reluctant to let it go now.
You really should've taken it with you when you left and then you wouldn't have all this hassle now! Did you tell the Uni you were leaving it there? If not you can imagine how they (and the students) think you dumped it for good.
Lets say I forgot that I left it there. Arnt they meant to contact me to give reasonable notice that they are keeping it or selling it if I do not collect it?0 -
Most tenency agreements will have a clause along the lines of "when you move out, all personal property must be removed or the property will be disposed of and a charge may be made".
I would ask nicely if you can have it and if they say no, forget it.0 -
lucasmeister wrote: »Ok, so whats a reasonable storage cost? Cant be more than the machine is worth?
One of the storage places would charge around £50.00 per month.0 -
lucasmeister wrote: »Is there anything I can quote in the letter that shows I have any legal rights to take it back?
Send a copy of your purchase receipt proving ownership.
Take a look at these threads here
and here.0
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