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vendors leaving rubbish in the garage

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  • justcat
    justcat Posts: 271 Forumite
    It really annoys me now but as first time buyers 8 years ago, we turned up to our new house with loads of stuff left in it. A wardrobe, chest of drawers and bedside table in bedroom 2 (which we eventually freecycled)
    We also had a shed FULL OF STUFF! We could literally only get our small barbeque in it. We didn't end up clearing that out until we were moving out this year!

    If I knew anywhere near as much as I do now about this sort of stuff, I would have told them straight as soon as we got the keys!
  • JP08
    JP08 Posts: 851 Forumite
    Got a lovely old mangle in the garden that the vendor of the last house just abandoned. Painted up it looks really good ...
  • Dan-Dan
    Dan-Dan Posts: 5,279 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    reehsetin wrote: »

    If they ignore you then a quick claim through small claims

    Not always

    I have a simple claim for a carpet (£300) which has sat on the books since last October

    Hardly `quick`
    Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,508 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Before I moved in mine, I was offered the cooker, I said yes as didn't have one. Also offered me the wardrobe but declined as I had one already. Upon moving in the wardrobe was left, better than mine so kept it.
  • tea-bag
    tea-bag Posts: 548 Forumite
    500 Posts
    I have this very situation looming in my new house. Probate property, House in a 50's time warp, family have taken anything of value and live 200 miles away.

    I got a feeling I will be stuck with the lot!
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    tea-bag wrote: »
    I have this very situation looming in my new house. Probate property, House in a 50's time warp, family have taken anything of value and live 200 miles away.

    I got a feeling I will be stuck with the lot!
    So get a house clearance firm in.

    Or, if it really is all '50s, make a load of money flogging it at vintage fairs.
  • tea-bag
    tea-bag Posts: 548 Forumite
    500 Posts
    AdrianC wrote: »
    So get a house clearance firm in.

    Or, if it really is all '50s, make a load of money flogging it at vintage fairs.

    Most stuff of value has gone so it is the junk of the big furniture.
  • skintpaul
    skintpaul Posts: 1,510 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Has money been releesed yet? See if your solicitor can hold back cost of clearing it out.
    breathe in, breathe out- You're alive! Everything else is a bonus, right? RIGHT??
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    skintpaul wrote: »
    Has money been releesed yet?
    He's completed and moved in...
  • bylromarha
    bylromarha Posts: 10,085 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Another one here who moved into a house with so much rubbish in which we are slowly clearing.

    2 huge MFI wardrobes, loft of "stuff", 3 sheds of tools, wood, old paint and workshop items and the best bit...bags and bags and bags and bags of hardcore all through the garden and across the drive to the extent of clearing the bags made space for 2 more cars to park.

    We decided to just get on with moving it all and accept that we didn't want to invest a pile of time into chasing them for payment to move it all.
    Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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