Can buyer sue me for taking curtain poles/curtains

rtho782

Penitent wrote: »

Is this a generational thing? It would never occur to me to remove the curtain poles when moving. It'd be like taking the light switches or the skirting boards.

Yes, I think older people would be more likely to do this and then get legal about it and younger people would be more likely to not care.

Wait, were you trying to say it was the other way around?

I'm in my 30s, when me and my partner have left rental properties we've left nice blackout curtains etc behind because there were none when we moved in and we don't have a use for them now. I would not even consider taking the curtains or poles from my current house if we sold it. I'd take the lightbulbs, only because they are expensive philips hue ones, but I'd replace them with normal light bulbs.

lincroft1710

People used to take everything, carpets, toilet roll holders, curtain rails, light bulbs, door bells, washing line posts etc

Haylescom

I left all my curtain poles behind as well as the curtains (they wouldn't fit windows in the new house anyway), they were all quite well maintained. I left a floor lamp too as there were no wall or ceiling lights in the front room (this was the case when I moved in too and spent my first night in the living room with a lava lamp).

Winter_Phoenix

When we sold our last-but-one house, the buyers asked, "Are you taking the fireplaces?"

We thought they were complete lunatics, but apparently they'd made an offer on a house, gone round to request a second viewing, and discovered the vendors busily removing the fireplaces...

moneyistooshorttomention

Winter_Phoenix wrote: »

When we sold our last-but-one house, the buyers asked, "Are you taking the fireplaces?"

We thought they were complete lunatics, but apparently they'd made an offer on a house, gone round to request a second viewing, and discovered the vendors busily removing the fireplaces...

Crikey!

Nerve of the devil there!

No wonder they didnt buy the house after that.

emerald21

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Crikey!

Nerve of the devil there!

No wonder they didnt buy the house after that.

Why did you have mouldy curtains up ?

Mojisola

Winter_Phoenix wrote: »

When we sold our last-but-one house, the buyers asked, "Are you taking the fireplaces?"

We thought they were complete lunatics, but apparently they'd made an offer on a house, gone round to request a second viewing, and discovered the vendors busily removing the fireplaces...

Our vendor intended to take one of the fireplaces - a Victorian beauty - and only told us when he measured up and found it wouldn't fit in the new place.

When I sold Dad's place, I set out in detail what I intended to leave and asked the buyers to go through it and cross off anything they didn't want - they knew what they were getting and I didn't get complaints about leaving "rubbish" and claims for the cost of their removal.

parkrunner

Mojisola wrote: »

Our vendor intended to take one of the fireplaces - a Victorian beauty - and only told us when he measured up and found it wouldn't fit in the new place.

When I sold Dad's place, I set out in detail what I intended to leave and asked the buyers to go through it and cross off anything they didn't want - they knew what they were getting and I didn't get complaints about leaving "rubbish" and claims for the cost of their removal.

Please desist from making sensible comments, it's too difficult to argue with sensible people

moneyistooshorttomention

emerald21 wrote: »

Why did you have mouldy curtains up ?

You're confusing me with OP.

sheff6107

This nonsense shouldn't go anywhere near a court room. Just send a cheque for £50 to her, state it's in full and final settlement and head the letter 'without prejudice'.

If she cashes it, end of. If she doesn't tell her you'll see her in court.