Leaving my furniture behind in rented flat

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We are in a similar situation in that we furnished our rental ourselves but don’t want most of the furniture when we leave, I was going to offer it to the landlord for free because it’d be far easier to leave it behind than dispose of it, but I wouldn’t expect them to pay me as they’d essentially be doing me a favour! Good luck.

bouicca21

If you end up giving it away for free then you might as well give it to a charity. British Heart Foundation will collect. Freecyclers often don't bother to turn up.

Nike79

Furniture is cheap nowadays the disposal costs are great.

I had a similiar siutation in one of my rented flats and the landlord asked me to take everything with me. He didnt want the stuff even for free. I tried to sell off gumtree some of the stuff and the rest went to the disposal as none wanted stuff even for free..

of course its worth speaking to the landlord but don't expect much

nkkingston

When we moved in to our new place the previous tenant had left a load of old furniture behind, clearly stuff they'd cobbled together and got out of skips (a kitchen table top nailed to a bedside table, for example, and a chest of drawers with no handles). We were fuming that the landlords hadn't removed them, and we had to take it all to the tip ourselves because we only had one day to move our furniture over, which wasn't going to physically fit in the flat as long as the previous tenants' stuff was there. I'd give good odds they took the cost of disposal out of the previous tenants' deposit, as well, and just kept the money.

Guest101

nkkingston wrote: »

When we moved in to our new place the previous tenant had left a load of old furniture behind, clearly stuff they'd cobbled together and got out of skips (a kitchen table top nailed to a bedside table, for example, and a chest of drawers with no handles). We were fuming that the landlords hadn't removed them, and we had to take it all to the tip ourselves because we only had one day to move our furniture over, which wasn't going to physically fit in the flat as long as the previous tenants' stuff was there. I'd give good odds they took the cost of disposal out of the previous tenants' deposit, as well, and just kept the money.

Which they're perfectly entitled to do.


If you were promised via contract an empty flat, you can of course take the LL to court for the cost of disposal.


However if the LL took ownership of the property and you disposed of it without express permission, the LL can take you to court.