Holes from mounted TV's, will vendor fix?

kinger101

Well, you can ask anything, but whether it's reasonable is a different matter. There are often things we don't like when we buy houses. If you want everything as you like it, in reality, you need a new build on which you're able to specify things like this. Houses that aren't new will always have things you don't like due to the way the previous owner lived in the house. TBH, if all you need to do is patch a few holes, you're not doing too bad.

EDIT - they shouldn't take sockets away. These are part of fixtures and fittings, and cost trivial amounts anyway.

looknohands

Thanks, the finish was actually very nice when we viewed it, however was just a bit daunted by the prospect of the big holes and the ceiling rose removal, but guess i'll just leave it and cross my fingers.

Sounds as if they could leave the walls / ceilings in any state they like so might be worth getting a plasterer to go over it all before we move in anyway.

alchemist.1

Buy yourself a new build. If these issues are daunting, you will find a lot worse once you move in.

looknohands

Yes, I've heard new builds around here can be worse in terms of quality of build and lose value so you need a big deposit, none of them seem to be in good areas either, more estates. Daunting is the wrong word. It's more a case of I don't have time, so it's just me trying to minimise things I need to get someone into work on,

kaya

It is the sellers responsibility to make good any holes or damage caused by removing fixtures and fitting after the sale has been agreed, any light fittings must be replaced with a simple pendant fitting and any holes must be filled in, the house must be left in similar decorative order. We moved last year and were told of a case where the vendor did not make good on the damage they caused when removing fixtures and ended up paying for the majority of the house to be redecorated when taken to court. Those holes need to be filled or at least covered with the correct size blanking plates before you take the property over. If they leave holes that weren't visible when you made the offer and your decorated who fills them in can not match the paint colour or paper correctly they could be liable for paying to redecorate the entire room. This was information given to us by our solicitor so we removed the tv's but left the brackets on the wall for the new owners so there were no holes when we moved and filled in any other holes from shelves etc. We also had a nice ceiling light we removed and brought a large plaster ceiling rose to cover the hole/damage left when we removed it. You don't buy a house that is nice and expect to have to redecorate it and get tradesmen in to get it back to the standard you brought it in

martindow

Are you planning to have a TV in the same position? If so your TV will cover it up and you will need the fittings that they are using.

libf

My new house has the TV on wall with a cupboard behind. This looks like a very good idea... Thanks!

looknohands

Solicitor has got back to me and says they are required to repair any holes where a fixture was removed and re-paint the same colour. The problem if they don't is I may not be able to match the paint colour and then would have to pay for rooms with minor repair work to be completely re-painted.

I wouldn't put a TV in same position, they are in both the bedrooms.