Vendors taken light fittings agreed included in sale

moneyistooshorttomention

I've been in that position myself - on my first house.

I had summed the vendor up accurately (ie as a bit lacking in integrity shall we say?) and so had it specified in writing that all floor coverings and shelves were to be left.

I moved in to discover the little **** had taken a carpet and a shelf:cool:. In hindsight - I think "Was I supposed to specify this carpet in this room and that carpet in that room, etc, etc in precise detail to make sure he left my possessions there?".

I suspect he would still have stolen something.

I used what leverage I could to tell him that I wasn't going to ask for my possessions back - but I was prepared to sell them to him (ie have compensation for them). I did manage to get a bit (would maybe equate to around £50 in today's money??) and think I could possibly have got more if someone outside the whole equation hadn't caused problems (unknown to them) in my getting a more reasonable amount of compensation.

So - in your position - I would write them a letter (copy kept) requesting your possessions back or compensation for them and that might cause them to budge a bit. I would think the photos you have of your furnishings should hopefully be enough for a small claims court judge to award in your favour - so worth mentioning in your letter that you have those photos as evidence of what you own.

Be prepared to actually take it to a small claims court if need be. Your letter to the vendor requesting return of your possessions will be evidence for the judge that you did make the attempt of yourself to recover your possessions.

Winter_Phoenix

We once managed to do something similar to your vendor's actions, but completely by mistake.

During the packing of boxes, a bedroom carpet got damaged beyond repair. A brand-new carpet was hastily laid to replace it just before we moved out, but it wasn't identical to the old one.

The buyers didn't contact us, so presumably they either didn't notice or didn't mind (or maybe they were very happy to have a nice new carpet).

But I guess that the OP's vendors could claim something similar? "Sorry, we had a major accident with the light fittings and the curtains shortly before completion, we've replaced them as best we could."

savingfortomorrow

It's a pain when they do things like that. Read carefully all the documentation.

On the upside at least you don't have to look at their taste. Curtains and soft furnishings are so personal.

Personally, selling I would leave a pair of curtains so old they were coming back into fashion and remove the Waterford crystal chandlers. Some decent curtains with the nice interlining and fabrics can be very very expensive. Getting them resized could be cheaper to the vender. However, the contract would reflect it.

Cost of solicitor verses dunheim mills to replace. There will not be much in the difference.

wwl

Don;t forget to claim for the cost of fitting them as well

Pete9501

wwl wrote: »

Don;t forget to claim for the cost of fitting them as well

How much does it cost to have a pair of curtains professionally ironed and then hung? we have always done it ourselves.

Pete

robatwork

Get blinds - much nicer than curtains.

Get your own new light fittings and send them a letter stating they agreed to leave THE fittings and THE curtains ie. not generic ones but the specific ones you saw. You will accept £250 (for example) in settlement of this broken contract.