Sellers say they are taking the fireplace with them?

loskie

When I bought my house (also in Scotland) there was a tiny strip of land at the front which wasnt clear on the deeds if it belonged to the house. We agreed to purchase but wrote into the agreement that the solicitor would withold £1500 pending confirmation or not with the land registry. This was agreed with the vendor and a few weeks after we moved in it was confirmed that the ground belonged to the house so we transferred the £1500 if not we would have recouped it. You could build an agreement like this into your deal.

jbainbridge

DTDfanBoy wrote: »

Just make damn sure that removal of those couches is written into your contract

I wish I could give you 2x thanks for that comment - thanks again!

totallybored

AdrianC wrote: »

That's a tiny picture! But doing a google image search for it comes back with a bungalow in G66 - is it that one? If so, then I have to admit that I wouldn't regard that fireplace as a great loss, and I'd definitely be happy to negotiate around it. But that's personal taste.

How on earth could you be sentimental over that monstrosity??

Jon_B_2

That fireplace is a feng shui nightmare. It makes the OCD inside me cringe.

katejo

I agree that it is nothing spectacular at all. If I were buying the house, I would probably want to remove it at a later date anyway. That said, I do think that removing a fireplace is petty. It should count as a fixture. It is similar to removing attractive light fittings and replacing them with bog standard pendant fittings. It would cost me more than their value to pay an electrician to safely change them.

ellie27

After all that its just the electric fire they are taking! (unfortunately not the fireplace and fingers crossed they take the sofas!)

Thanks for all the advice!

pinkteapot

That's actually a good thing. Not only would removing the fireplace have meant repairs to the wall, but if they'd taken the hearth too you'd have had a gap in the flooring, as it would have been laid up to the hearth.

You might want to go round again and look at what's behind the fire and how it'll look once it's gone. If it doesn't leave damage, you could just put some nice vases and/or candles on the hearth and not bother getting a new fire, then rip out the fireplace and hearth when you next redecorate the lounge?

Loved the suggestion of having the TV against that wall and then a small table and chairs in the turret-style window. It would be lovely light for sitting and reading/working etc.

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This reminds me of when a relative bought their house, it was a 2 year old new build and the sellers had built on a sun lounge within that time. After the offer had been made and accepted they tried to ask for more money on top by saying the sun lounge was separate. Didn't go down well. Needless to say they didn't get an extra penny.

onlyroz

We removed our fireplace, plasterboarded up the hole and raised the floor of the recessed hearth - makes the living room a lot bigger and gives us more space for shelves etc. I'd suggest that you either insist on them replacing it or removing it and boarding it up before you exchange contracts. And don't spend any money on surveys etc until you're sure the work has started.

Errata

ellie27 wrote: »

After all that its just the electric fire they are taking! (unfortunately not the fireplace and fingers crossed they take the sofas!)

Thanks for all the advice!

Looks like you're stuck with the monstrosity then. My deepest sympathy to you.;)