What is the form on taking cooker when moving?

thescouselander

We just found out today that our seller intends to take their cooker with them when they go. I was just wondering if this is normal form as whenever I have moved in the past we have left the cooker and a cooker was always in place when we arrived in the new house.

Any suggestions?

Kayalana99

Complety normal. Its their cooker just like the fridge and the freezer.

chunkychocky

Is it a stand-alone cooker or a built-in oven? If a stand-alone it may be more likely that they would take it with them, but I'd be shocked if they took a built-in oven.

Mojisola

If it's built-in, I would expect it to be left. If it's free-standing, either the sellers could take it or you could negotiate a price so that they leave it.

mgarl10024

I agree - it's not like landlording where you need to leave one behind.

If it is a gas cooker, and perhaps an inexpensive one, they'll likely have to pay to disconnect it. This may mean that they are open to an offer - it worked for us.

Failing that, try to note which connections (gas or electric) are available and order one accordingly.

theGrinch

anything written regarding this on the seller forms?

phoebe1989seb

Perfectly normal assuming it's freestanding......although we ended up having to leave a £2000 stand-alone range cooker at our last house after the EA messed up and our buyers believed it was included :mad:

It should be made clear from the outset - either via EA property details/verbally at a viewing or on the property info sheet - whether or not such items form part of the agreed sale. In our case the EA confused a rayburn/aga (also in the kitchen) with the range cooker and our buyers threatened to withdraw at the eleventh hour unless we left it behind......

However, when we sold my parents' house we left all freestanding white goods (oven, washing machine, freezer & fridge - the latter virtually brand spanking) as they were no use to us and the FTBs were happy to have them

lavalamp

If we sold our house now, you can bet I'd be taking our range cooker, but our last house had a built in oven which we left, so I think taking a stand alone is normal.

Malks

Whats on the fixture and fittings list, is it down as being left?
If not, it's perfectly normal to take a free standing one. When I moved, I offered the buyers the chance to buy ours at £25. They refused probably thinking it will just be left. In the end I was grateful I did take it, as the place we moved into, they had taken their cooker and hadn't even offered it to us for sale.

thescouselander

Thanks for the replies. Its a free standing cooker so I guess its normal that they would take it and we have just been lucky in the past. the cooker they have looks inexpensive so we'll probably just buy a new one as we'd probably prefer something a bit better anyway.

gazter

mgarl10024 wrote: »

I agree - it's not like landlording where you need to leave one behind.

If it is a gas cooker, and perhaps an inexpensive one, they'll likely have to pay to disconnect it. This may mean that they are open to an offer - it worked for us.

Failing that, try to note which connections (gas or electric) are available and order one accordingly.

why would you need to pay to disconnect a gas cooker? The bayonet fitting is the equivalent of changing a light bulb.

The only risk is at the other end, which doesnt apply, and thats the connection of the cable to the cooker itself which you need to ensure a seal, not the connection of the cable to the gas outlet.