Can You Claim To Put Thing Right Following House Move?

somethingcorporate

Not much you can do really, the time to challenge this was prior to exchange.

They said they were going to take the wardrobe and that is what they have done.

chlozzi

What a pain. If they said it wasn't included there probably isn't much you can do. Might be worth a call to the solicitor just to see what they would advise.

You could just buy a new wardrobe exactly the same size or bigger. Then you could keep the carpet and hopefully the damage to the walls would be hidden?

cjohnson355

Thanks everyone for your advice. I should have got my facts right first. I will email our solicitor tomorrow and I'll post back here to let you know how it goes. Thanks again x.

robatwork

Please do post back to let us know but it sounds like you should have read it a bit more thoroughly and brought this up before - I know it's all exciting and it's just paperwork... but now your paperwork has turned into a big hole in the carpet and walls!

ash28

We moved 18 months ago and in the main bedroom of our house it had what looked like fitted wardrobes - virtually wall to wall - they weren't fitted they were free standing. However, we didn't want them in the new house and as they were so big they had old carpet underneath them and new carpet up to them, we had also decorated around them.

We asked the buyers if they wanted them leaving as the room would be a bit of mess if they were taken down. It seemed unfair to leave them with a room that would need re-carpeting and decorating when they thought they were getting somewhere they could just move into.

They wanted them leaving....

sirmosh

If they were fitted then it doesn't really matter what they put on the form, they were part of the house and as such you paid for them as part of the house price. I would call my solicitor.

DominicJ_2

And if they have damaged the room removing the free standing wardrobes, they should cough up

StuC75

If they could remove the wardrobes then they were not fitted wardrobes, but were free standing so seem to match what was on the F&F report.

Do agree with the comment regarding and damage they inflicted in removing - but was is it likely to cost you to pursue that? is it just a bit of filler needed?

JencParker

a fitted wardrobe that should have been left has been ripped out. This
has caused extensive damage to the coving and plaster on three walls. The
wardrobes were obviously built before they carpeted so there's just floorboards
in that part of the room now and it's quite a large area

If they could remove the wardrobes then they were not fitted wardrobes, but
were free standing so seem to match what was on the F&F report.

Extensive damage to coving and three walls doesn't sound like they were free standing. Perhaps the OP can clarify.

StuC75

depends if they were a little rough when removing from an alcove - tipping about could have scuffed - so without knowing full extent of the damage..

JencParker wrote: »

Extensive damage to coving and three walls doesn't sound like they were free standing. Perhaps the OP can clarify.