Tv bracket a fixture?

Taggo

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, I've used the search function and not found an answer and Google is all American results.

I'm about to put my house on the market. After buying it in mounted the TV on a bracket and hid all the cables. So when i leave and take the TV there will be a small square cut out the plaster where I ran the cables.

Is this something I need to repair or am I required to leave the bracket as a fixture?

Thanks in advance

MyOnlyPost

I would hazard either or. I imagine the cost of buying a replacement bracket for yourself (unless something specialised) would be cheaper than making good the hole.

Usually F&F are disclosed after a sale commences so you don't have to decide right away

G_M

The generally accepted definition of 'F & Fs' is those things which would fall off if the house was turned upside down.

However I think you'd be OKto remove the bracket. If you have an EA, why not ask him to ask the buyers if they want you to fill the holes or leave them? Or offer to seel the bracket - maybe they plan to put up a TV themselves?

You can't beat communication....

Taggo

It was a fairly pricey bracket and I'd rather take with so yeah I'd probably just replace it with a cheap one.

I'm just wondering should the buyer decide they don't like mounting tvs and therefore they would have the hole in the wall would that come back to me at all.

I guess il just make it clear il leave a bracket but won't be patching any hole.

Thanks

System

On a similar note, I left the microwave stand. As the buyer was buying my flat as a BTL. As prospective tenants can see where to put the microwave.

davidmcn

In theory it's all up for negotiation. All you need to do is agree with your buyer what you're planning to leave/remove/fix, and then do what you said you'd do. But if your buyer doesn't want your bracket (or to put a tv where yours was), I expect they'll want a nice wall without a hole in it.

Owain_Moneysaver

How big a hole? Could you just put an electrical blanking plate over it, so the next owner can run their own cables if they wish? If it's bigger (and in plasterboard) you can also fit an access cover eg
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/d20/Pipe+Clips/sd2706/Access+Panel/p49803

stator

As long as you declare on the F&F form that you are leaving it or taking it with you then everything is ok.
Personally I would leave it. Who wants the hassle of making it good?
If they don't like it it's fairly easy to remove the bracket from the wall and hang a picture over the marks.

AnotherJoe

Taggo wrote: »

It was a fairly pricey bracket and I'd rather take with so yeah I'd probably just replace it with a cheap one.

I'm just wondering should the buyer decide they don't like mounting tvs and therefore they would have the hole in the wall would that come back to me at all.

I guess il just make it clear il leave a bracket but won't be patching any hole.

Thanks

Its probably best to sell this bracket at the price it cost you, assuming its universal, and they want it. Less work for both. Otherwise you should warn any serious buyers that there will be a small hole but on the upside, cables are already in place.

GoldenShadow

Seller of my house ripped his TV off the wall by the look so of it. Was a giant hole literally 6 x 10 inches wide. Solicitor said not worth the hassle to complain about it so just got FIL to fix it. I was mighty !!!!ed off, but seemingly we had no comeback even for that.

Miss_Samantha

If you keep in mind that people and petty and cheap then you are never surprised or disappointed.

I've known people taking towel rails with them...