Fittings and Fixtures

Mylo_The_Moggy

To be honest, does it really matter? It's actually stressful buying a house as a FTB without having to worry about trivial little things that you don't even want.

Just concentrate on moving things along & being in your nice new home sooner than later. Honestly, it's just not worth worrying over!
If in doubt, just ASK the vendor what she plans on doing.

Edit: When we bought our house, the Sky dish was included in the F&F list, even though vendor was with Virgin. So I think it will still be there when you move in, as usually Sky don't come out to take down & take away.
Also the washer taps were just turned off, not capped or anything, and there was no water dripping or flooding, so don't worry about that either!

Emmajane1987

Thanks Mylo thanks exactly what i wanted to hear about how other have moved their appliances before. Obviously we are FTB, clueless to the process and learning as we go through it. We have not had any major hickups so far (touch wood) so for me confirming whether i am going to have problems with gas and water on my moving day is something that is worrying me. As mentioned i have sent an email to our solicitors to find out how she will be removing the gas oven and washing machine. Maybe i should trust her to do a good job, but at the end of the day i'm spending a lot of money on a London property and i don't know the vendor so why should i trust her.

Sorry if i confused anyone earlier on what i actually wanted it wasn’t that we wanted tokeep the white goods it was more the fact that we had expected them to be thereas they were old and tired and didn’t think she would have a need for them elsewhere.Obviously we do plan to rip the kitchen out, however we have other work to dobefore we do this and it would of been nice to some appliances in the mean time, so if we wanted to use the facilities while decorating or if our circumstances change and we have to move in sooner then we previously planned.

Mylo_The_Moggy

It is scary being a FTB, I've been there myself! Your mind can work overtime wondering & worrying about how things are going to plan out. It does you no favours though as you can drive yourself mad in the process! You are right to worry, but honestly try not to stress yourself out about it. That comes when you are packing up & moving all your wordly belongings to your new house!!!!

I'm sure all will work out for you & you will look back on this & think "Why did I worry?".
Anyone with any common sense will turn the taps off where the washer connects to, and the gas will be fine am sure, if in doubt, as alast resort maybe ask the EA if the mains supply could be turned off when the vendor has moved out?
In fairness, these were the least of my worries when we got our house!

Good luck with everything & becoming a homeowner! :T

00ec25

to disconnect a gas appliannce you twist the hose connector and pull. the bit on the end of the supply pipe is designed to automtacially seal itself - it is no harder than removing bayonet type light bulb

to disconnect a washing machine you turn each tap off and unscrew each hose assuming there is a hot and cold supply , newer ones only need a cold supply . The tap is left behind, if you do not trust the tap then you could put a cap on it, most people wouldn't as its no different to the kitchen sink tap in terms of reliability

neither job needs a "professional" just someone with common sense and it is not illegal to do either job yourself