Vendor wants their stuff back!

suki1001

Seanymph wrote: »

I KNEW it was their jug, it was there when I moved in, so I tucked it into the corner, and left it.

They had a calligraphy copy of the poem 'time' in the same cupboard, and that is about to move with me for the second time. I love the poem, and I love that she had it inside a kitchen cupboard to remind her to take time............ so I adopted the same policy.

Are you for real?

You wouldn't have left the manky stuff that our previous owners left. A health hazzard in my opinion. Having to get the place environmentally cleaned, I don't think I was going to run around seeing if the seller wanted her 1970's hand held food chopper. They should have taken it. She would have left her photo albums given the choice. I had to stand there after completion, telling them to take their stuff. They hadn't even packed all their stuff, and they'd had weeks to pack.

You stole their poem btw?

conradmum

Halitosis wrote: »

Blimey - I'm feeling guilty about the nasty clock and pictures I threw out that the previous owners left... hope they dont ask for them back!:o

You're clearly morally bankrupt. :rotfl:

Mistral001

Moomin21 wrote: »

Hi all,

The estate agent said it was legally ours as we ‘inherited’ it all when we bought the house, so we were looking forward to flogging it all on ebay!

Thanks

Estate agent got it wrong as several people have pointed out. As a result they are creating hassle for you and the vendor.

Report the estate agent to......... oh you can't usually do this as most estate agents are not professionally qualified.

How much did he get paid for this service? The words money and old rope come to mind.

biscit

I personally don't think the OP has established why they would want to keep the stuff, except on a petty point of principle.

I mean if they treated it as rubbish and chucked it out, that would be the vendor's hard luck. If any of it was useful, there may be a case that you thought it was a fixture and fitting. If the OP feels arranging to hand this stuff over is onerous, then I may have a tiny amount of sympathy.

Quite apart from what the law says about possession, what would a reasonable person do?

MrsE_2

poppysarah wrote: »

I am...

But several months after a move into a house the loft would have been emptied (and filled with my own junk) if it were mine.


The op could empty the loft and the person might take it all. I'm just pointing out things don't always go as planned.

I guess if the guy wants to come & get his stuff he should be prepared to empty the loft & take ALL the stuff, not just the good bits & leave the rubbish.

When we moved in here, we had to clear the loft of a load of junk.

Moomin21

bit of an update...contact the vendor a couple of weeks ago, he said he would come round on May bank holiday Monday to pick it up and he didn't turn up...now what?!

maninthestreet

Tell the vendor (in writing, if that is possible), that if they don't collect their items by a specified date, you will assume they no longer want them, and you will dispose of them.

blckbrd

Possibly 'theft by finding' OP. http://www.lawteacher.net/PDF/TA%201968.pdf

Had you sold it before someone asked for it back - albeit you might have demanded he/she prove ownership - you may have had an argument.

Flyboy152

I think the fact that the OP found it in the attic when he moved in, it would be a given it doesn't belong to him.

Scully38

I once left a whole box of family photos at the back of the cupboard, only realised 3 months later after going through them. Luckily we got them back from the new owners or I would have been gutted. So my question is, if it was personal sentimental belongings would you still sell it? If not, then couldn't you apply the same thought and logic to the stuff the previous owners want now?