need help, vendor wants to take wood stove

pinkteapot

cypher007 wrote: »

re the agent. the agent is making me feel uncomfortable over this issue, saying maybe I need to have a meeting with the vendor to discuss the matter, maybe I would pay to have the stove left, and is it worth an £1100 stove to cause problem on the deal etc.

EA's job is to get as much money for the house as possible for his client.

You could either:

1. Reduce your offer by £1,100 and see what vendor says, or
2. Accept it and move on.

Reducing your offer is probably worth a try. Worst that happens is they say no, and then you can decide whether you want to proceed with the purchase or not.

Our F&F form revealed that all the curtains are being taken (it's a big house - lots of high quality curtains). Left a bitter taste but we just accepted it, but the house we're buying is in a hugely popular area and we had lots of competition to get it.

nidO

cypher007 wrote: »

re the agent. the agent is making me feel uncomfortable over this issue, saying maybe I need to have a meeting with the vendor to discuss the matter, maybe I would pay to have the stove left, and is it worth an £1100 stove to cause problem on the deal etc.

I would take a firm approach with this and let both them and the vendor know that you won't take any messing around, tell them that your offer was made on the basis of it being there and that they can consider your offer price reduced by £2500 if the stove isn't going to be included.

Don't take any crap from the agent over it. They ask you if its worth causing problems for the deal over a £1100 stove, the same also applies to the vendor. If you had every reason to believe the stove would be there and your offer was based on that, you can ask them why they seriously imagine you'd be prepared to pay for the stove twice.

The stove might be worth £1,100 but it's going to cost you plenty more than that to get a replacement fitted when the guy just rips his out on moving day and you're left with a mess of a hole.

Davesnave

I would want a new one anyway, so I'd regard the chance to negotiate as fortuitous.

Wood stoves certainly aren't created equal.

verulamium

When we were buying we focused on the actual house rather than any removable fixtures and furniture that may or may not be included in the purchase. Anything that isn't part of the building, we assumed may go - even the plants in the garden!

If we saw something we liked, we would ask the vendor (via the EA) if they would consider selling it to us. There were not hard feelings whenever they said no. To us it wasn't worth squabbling over something that cost 0.2% of the house purchase.

In any case, I would rather have a new stove installed.

seven-day-weekend

We have a woodburning stove. If we ever moved we would want to take it with us if the place we were moving to was suitable. The house has GCH as well, so it's not as though you are leaving them with nothing. I can't actually see why the OP is so annoyed. If they offered a price on the basis of the stove being installed then they can knock a grand off.

somethingcorporate

Whilst the stove may only be worth a grand the fitting certainly isn't free!

If they take or damage the liner you could be easily talking £2-3k in total so it's something worth bringing up.

I'd tell the agent your offer was predicated on it being included and as they are taking it your offer is now less the cost of finding and fitting a replacement.

DRP

It's obviously a major issue if replacing it will cost 2 grand or so (plus the time and effort to get it organised). It may well be only a small% of the outlay, but not really comparable to the house as it is a considerable cash sum, not mortgaged over 25 years...

I'd be following nidO's approach I think

seven-day-weekend

If it is removed correctly and there is an alternative source of heating, you don't need to replace it unless you wish.

hazyjo

What did the original EA's particulars say?

Jx

jonewer

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

If it is removed correctly and there is an alternative source of heating, you don't need to replace it unless you wish.

If by "removed correctly" you mean that the register plate and liner are also removed, leaving a servicable chimney then maybe....