Things that previous owners took away when moving

mysk_girl

Our vendors not only took up the carpets we were expecting to stay, but they didn't take them with them. They burnt them in the middle of the garden.

amibovvered

mysk_girl wrote: »

Our vendors not only took up the carpets we were expecting to stay, but they didn't take them with them. They burnt them in the middle of the garden.

Friends of mine moved into a house years ago and only realised when they came to put up bedroom curtains that every curtain rail had been removed. Some time later when putting boxes in the attic they found the curtain rails - all buckled and twisted and totally unusable. You can just about understand sellers taking items with them even if they are not expensive, especially if they have not been specifically mentioned when saying what goes and what stays, but why destroy items? :mad:

Penny1108

What they did not take: Large flower pot in garden with very clear dog pee stains all over it.

Penny1108

Actually to add to that, they also left half a glass of olive oil in one of the kitchen cupboards. At least we hope it was olive oil.

lady1964

Years & years ago, me & my parents moved into a house and the previous owners had left what we think was cooking oil, it was nasty black tar looking stuff in a large jar by the cooker. The tops of the kitchen cupboards were absolutely filthy, the whole house was dirty, really minging.

They also wrote to my parents a few weeks later saying they had left some semen (& that was how it was written too) and they wanted to collect it!! That turned out to be a bag of cement :rotfl:

They also took the light bulbs and the toilet roll which was on the holder in the bathroom - we knew this because when we arrived after the clearance from the solicitor, they were still there cooking their dinner with barely a thing ready for moving.....

atarisrocks

i think the previous tenant had taken the working light bulbs and replaced them with blown ones as 13 out of 17 lights were blown

though what have people had left by previous occupants

i had lots of stuff like hoovers, chairs, iron as well as rubbish like food and toiletries though i sold what i could and that covered my van rental costs

moneyistooshorttomention

amibovvered wrote: »

Friends of mine moved into a house years ago and only realised when they came to put up bedroom curtains that every curtain rail had been removed. Some time later when putting boxes in the attic they found the curtain rails - all buckled and twisted and totally unusable. You can just about understand sellers taking items with them even if they are not expensive, especially if they have not been specifically mentioned when saying what goes and what stays, but why destroy items? :mad:

Because the buyer had upset them maybe? Perhaps they had paid too low a price for the house and upset the vendor that way? Perhaps they had paid a reasonable price - but dallied around taking their time about doing the necessary work involved in buying the place and the vendors had been left hanging on having to live in their "old" house for longer than they should have (or maybe even lost the house they were buying in turn - because their vendor wouldnt wait for Mr/Miss Inefficient that bought the trashed house)?

I've been watching that series of "house chain" programmes on 4oD (after a previous poster mentioned them) and realised that in every single programme I have watched to date there has been an inefficient household involved in the chain holding everyone else up (eg by not having all necessary paperwork to hand at the outset). So perhaps the reason for the "trashing" was because it was the buyer of their house that had been that inefficient person driving everyone else mad with them...and the "trashing" was the comeback for that.

Lolzicles

Ours took the fitted wardrobe in the bedroom, leaving a bare wall with no paint or skirting board, and a patch with no carpet. It was an unusual shaped wall so the chances of their new house having a wall that would match must have been low. I understand people taking a warbrobe... but dismantling a fitted one??????? bit tight!

AlexMac

Not always bad news- Last month, our kids' vendors took the garden pond; but they did this, unasked, and as a favour, as it would have been a hazard to the 2-year old! It was a scruffy little old wildlife pond, hidden in jungle, and we didn't even know it was there, til we visited a week prior to the move and found 'em making good and clearing the old lumber! really grateful!

fionajbanana

atarisrocks wrote: »

i think the previous tenant had taken the working light bulbs and replaced them with blown ones as 13 out of 17 lights were blown

though what have people had left by previous occupants

i had lots of stuff like hoovers, chairs, iron as well as rubbish like food and toiletries though i sold what i could and that covered my van rental costs

Must have taken an age collecting 13 blown lightbulbs! If you are talking about pre-energy lightbulbs era - about 2 years. Why would you keep blown bulbs?