vendor left rubbish

Ianne

I've been in contact with my conveyancer and they said the vendor have refused to remove the rubbish or pay for it to be removed. I was then advised remove the rubbish myself and go to small claims court.

Are there any other options to make them remove the rubbish? as I am very tight with my budget at the moment. Any advise will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

The vendor have left some rubbish in the property. (rubbles in the back garden, 2x old furnitures, a small water tank, and dirty old rugs and blankets in the attic, etc...

I've had a quote from a rubbish removal company(cheaper than hiring skips) and it'll cost me about £120 just for the rubbles in the back garden, +£20 for the furnitures not sure if each or for both, and said for anything else just bring it out and they'll price it when they come to remove it. Also there are 3 or 4 roof sheets in the rear garden and the removal company said they are made of asbestos and they don't remove those. I've spoken to the council and they wont be able to collect it as it is too big for the bag they were going to provide. They gave me numbers who to phone though and I have not contacted them yet, but the rubbish removal company told me they cost a lot to remove them.

G_M

* persuade them to pay
* persuade them to move it
* pay yourself, forget it and move on
* pay yourself, then sue them
* move it yourself

What other options do you extpect to find?

phoenix_w

Did the vendor indicate on the seller information pack that they'd remove all rubbish and furnishings? If so that's what you're entitled to. I would convey to them that they agreed to remove all clutter on that document and give them 7 days to rectify the situation before you take legal action.

AdrianC

There's "entitled to" and there's "reality". The reality is that you're going to have to go legal, with the hassle and risk that implies, if you're going to get anywhere. After all, if they had the slightest intent of doing anything about it, they'd have done it already...

Asbestos cement sheeting (the corrugated roofing) isn't anywhere near as scary as having the big A word in the name suggests. If you can physically get it to your local tip, they'll almost certainly take it - but, obviously, check first.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/a14.pdf

cloo

Unfortunately you'll probably just have to remove it, it wouldn't be worth the legal expense and faff of trying to claim anything back about it.

Mercurial

Similar thing happened when I bought my house last year. Informed solicitor he needed to get rid of the oil drums in the garden he was growing stuff in and a load of other stuff. Of course he didn't and just left a note saying how "sorry" he wasn't able to do it. I had to pay to remove everything before tenants moved in. It wasn't cheap.

ACG

Go and weigh in the water tank - you might get a few quid for it.

I use mine to burn stuff but I have had a few scrap metal people round collecting things and they always want that, so I can only assume its probably £10-20 maybe? That will contribute towards moving some of it.

Halle71

We've just been in the same situation and our solicitor confirmed that the vendor is in breach of contract but that, bearing in mind how difficult they made the actual purchase, we are unlikely to be successful in claiming anything from them.

We managed to get one council pick up (we are allowed one every three months), scrap metal guys who roam the streets took the old washing machine and metal bed, we managed to recycle quite a bit and are left with a few odds and ends. It cost £300 to get the house clean and we are putting it all down to experience.....

pinkteapot

cloo wrote: »

Unfortunately you'll probably just have to remove it, it wouldn't be worth the legal expense and faff of trying to claim anything back about it.

Take them on Judge Rinder. You'll get an all expenses paid night in Manchester and ITV will pay out on behalf of the idiot vendor when it goes in your favour.

TBagpuss

They are in breach of contract but if they are not cooperative then your options are to do it and chalk it up to experience, or to do it and claim back from them via small claims. If you want to go down that route, make sure you have evidence - copy of the PIf confirming the property will be left clean/empty, copy letter from your solicitor giving them the opportunity to remove it, possibly separate letter from you giving them a deadline and warning it will be cleared at their expense after that, and copies of the invoices for the removal.

I had something similar when I bought my previous house - stuff left included a fridge full of rotting food dumped in the garden, and two rooms where they had let half-finished work on the floor.

They admitted liability in a letter to my solicitor, offered to pay £5 week and never paid anything.

I decided not to pursue it further, but I was *very* helpful to the various bailiffs and debt collectors who came looking for them during the first few months I lived there, and all their mail (they didn't bother to redirect) went straight in the recycling...

silvercar

Fairly standard to leave old water tanks in the loft, as they won't fit through the hatch.