Things that previous owners took away when moving

fionajbanana

My parents moved into a property in July and the previous owner removed the water butt and fittings! Dad says that is a messy job and took them a good 1.5 hours. For what they cost - £30 in Aldi from Thursday and more importantly, taking up precious space in the moving lorry is it worth it?

Also light bulbs. As I live 5 min drive away, it was easier for my parents to get my box of spare bulbs than opening up dozen of boxes to find their spare bulbs. Since then, they have given back their spares or bought new ones for me.

tim123456789

Taking light bulbs!

Do people really still do that?

tim

Dippypud

but they did leave the fittings -

when husband and my and I moved into our second home the kitchen light fitting was removed and bare wires dangled - :eek:

luckily, we were OK with refitting a new fitting

Dippypud

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4438983

chrisico

We had the door bell taken and the cable between the ariel and the connection in the front room also stripped.

We were speechless.

Old_Git

first house
living room lights and wall lights
toilet roll holder
Bathroom cabinet (bathroom was fully tiles so just the holes left )
Door bell
TV ariel

Second house
Toilet seat

Third house
Wheelie bins

Excited13

Old_Git wrote: »

Third house
Wheelie bins

:rotfl:Why?! The council would surely provide them at the new property.

ognum

The house I just bought had no light bulbs but I then remembered the had expensive coiled light saver bulbs and they cost about a fiver each so 7 light bulbs that's £35!

Old_Git

Excited13 wrote: »

:rotfl:Why?! The council would surely provide them at the new property.

3 bins £40 each .council only provide once after that you pay

moneyistooshorttomention

Taken from current house:

- freestanding kitchen cabinet they had agreed they would leave

- one carpet

- one shelf

- bathroom door bolt

Place left filthy.

Price I paid for it was a "lay on the goodwill to me" price, as it was the full asking price minus the estate agent fees (as no estate agent was involved).

Really annoyed about not having had my "goodwill" and "bits and bobs" - as I had paid enough for it. But the lies about the condition of the place were the worst feature and I had to lay out hundreds of £s urgently that I hadnt expected to:mad:

Hermia

Old_Git wrote: »

3 bins £40 each .council only provide once after that you pay

The previous people who lived in my flat took all the recycling/food/garden waste bins with them. The council won't supply me any for free as they say the flat has already had their allocation of free bins. Grrrrr.