How mean are some people??

note_2

oh thats nothing,

our house the seller left tonnes of junk in the garage and loft. the cheek to do that is unbelievable as he only moved down the road from us.

and in my relatives recently bought flat, the place was left in a filthy condition. it literally stank to the high heavens with rubbish, etc.

no way would i pay for carpets as it would actually save me the time ripping it up and replacing them anyway...

phoebe1989seb

Our last-but-one house had been divided into four tenanted flats during the previous owner's time. Two of those tenants proved awfully reluctant to leave and had to be evicted/paid off.

When we completed and collected the keys (we weren't moving in straightaway as our furniture was in storage and we needed to clean the place up before it was even vaguely habitable for us and our young son ) we found well over 50 items of furniture plus other odd remnants of the tenants time there left dotted about the house and the garden was so overgrown we found a huge table and chair set hidden amongst the eight foot brambles :eek:

penguingirl

Our vendor tried to ask for £150 for the shed and £20 for each of the downstairs lightfittings, plus extra for curtains, poles etc - we didn't pay for any extra and found that most of it had been left (as we expected as we knew they were moving into rented).

Our vendor replaced our lounge carpet before selling, but we replaced it very quickly as it was too dark and very cheap feeling. I think it depends on how well decorated your house is- our house was in need of a a good clean and paint so it was obvious any new owner would replace almost everything.

Ames

I was telling my dad about this thread and he said a friend of his once took the heating with him. Well, the radiators and boiler. He left the coppor pipes.

The buyers weren't too happy....

mikey_bach

our buyer to rent landlord, asked whether we leaving the hob and oven or not?, they are fitted, so why wouldnt we, she said last rental they bought had removed them and left two holes.
Thought this was covered by the fixtures and fittings list.

One house I bought had a beautiful garden full of trees and shrubs, seller said he was taking some but when we arrived at the house, garden was just full of holes, he had taken everything but the lawn.
Also light bulbs, bathroom fitments, stuck on stenciling around a cove in the living room and fake leading off the windows, this was in the ninetees and it was common, but we were glad as we hated it

sarahg1969

When we sold our first house, it was in the days when you took your carpets, and ours were very expensive ones (my mum worked for a carpet manufacturer, so we got a massive discount). As we were leaving, the new owners were having their new carpets fitted, as they'd let us stay for an extra couple of nights. I was horrified by their choice of loud, patterned carpet in our lovely house!

Leew1231

I took my TV aerial when I moved! We had Sky which we left, our new house didn't. So I took the aerial from the loft, and put it in the new loft....Is that so bad?!

Also, I thought the seller are supposed to take everything away unless pre-agreed, otherwise they can be charged for it. Same with filling in picture hook holes etc?

sunflower_2

sarahg1969 wrote: »

I was horrified by their choice of loud, patterned carpet in our lovely house!

i am sure you meant to say "their lovely house!"

am pretty sure they paid a lot of money for their new home

xxx

Ulfar

Lower your offer to account for the changes.

Light fittings and tv aerial are fittings and fixtures which shouldn't be removed.

Blinds and carpets ok, but then they usually don't fit the new house.