Storing belongings

jungle_jane

Surely your stuff would be more secure in a proper storage facility? i would find it incredibly weird to have the previous owner's stuff in my garage for months after the sale. I wonder if she agreed in the heat of the moment however the reality is now quite uncomfortable to her in her new home. I'd hate to have that responsibility and with no no formal agreement is in place!

Davesnave

mstevo wrote: »

Looks like people have differnet morals to me....

Your morals appear to include blaming the agent for not supporting you. That is muddle-headed.

The agent has no influence in this matter at all, now your partner's contract with them to sell the property has been discharged.

You made a verbal agreement with the purchaser, which they have reneged upon, That may be upsetting to you, but you just need to deal with it,

For all we know, your partner may have upset or let the purchaser down in some way, and this is retaliation.

The agents are right to stay out of it.

Annisele

In future, don't do anything like this through the estate agent - do it through your solicitors instead. (Though in this case, the solicitors on both sides would have advised you not to touch the agreement with a bargepole, so you'd have ended up with your stuff in storage anyway).

j_yorks

I don't think you have a leg to stand on, legally. I would get all of the stuff out before they remove it. £300 for storage for 2 weeks is a bargain.

frugalsmurf

Did you directly speak to the person who agreed to storing the stuff...or was it the EA?
I ask, as maybe the EA worded it in a way that made them think it was a couple of weeks and they think they've helped you. I'd guess they didn't fully understand.

I honestly think that they're good doing this as you could go in and say half your stuff is missing or damaged. It's a big risk leaving it there anyway.

You expected something which is obscure ( no offence meant, but they bought your house as a financial transaction not a favour or a privilege) and now you have to do what many people do every day and pay for storage.

AnotherJoe

mstevo wrote: »

Looks like people have differnet morals to me, If I make a verbal agreement I would try my hardest to abide by it. Guess we shoudln't have assumed this would be the case.

More to the point you certainly shouldn't have assumed the lodgers would be gone by May. The stuff in the garage is an irrelevance compared to that. Have they left yet?

davidmcn

AnotherJoe wrote: »

More to the point you certainly shouldn't have assumed the lodgers would be gone by May. The stuff in the garage is an irrelevance compared to that. Have they left yet?

Indeed - and what did this verbal agreement say would happen to the belongings if completion didn't happen in May? Or didn't happen at all?

DaftyDuck

AnotherJoe wrote: »

More to the point you certainly shouldn't have assumed the lodgers would be gone by May. The stuff in the garage is an irrelevance compared to that. Have they left yet?

There'll be a verbal agreement they'll leave on completion day. It will all be fine.

Nobbie1967

I think the buyer should stick to the agreement they made. Sounds like the OP agreed to a completion date based on this. On the legal side, the buyer can't just turf out the stuff on a whim as they have a duty of care to look after it. I believe the legal term is bailment, but I could be mistaken.

Maybe remind the seller of the agreement they made and point out their responsibility to look after it until the agreed date.

j_yorks

They should do, morally speaking, perhaps, but you can't make people do the right thing, unfortunately!