So i just opened the door to my new house.

Cakeguts

missprice wrote: »

Possibly there could be made a standard how to pack list. With as much detail as possible without actually boring anyone to death reading it.

I have an asd (adult) child and it's more than just a list, i have to repeatedly tell child that x will happen on y day. I currently have to say it one month before (assuming i have that long) three weeks before, two weeks before and twice in the final week. And yet still sometimes it comes as a shock to child. And that's just a change that i make, like moving furniture. I know!

I think the how to pack list might be a very good idea. Some people might find it really useful. The ones who just leave it too late then also wouldn't have any excuses either.

PasturesNew

A packing service is what people need .... I've seen entire 3 bed houses full of ornaments, glassware, paintings and general "belongings" wrapped at warp speed ... and I think it only cost about an extra £300 or so.... certainly better for those in a position to afford it to just accept the cost and have it done before their very eyes.

SnooksNJ

Harryp_24 wrote: »

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[A] one of my friends who is mental health carer used to care for her (he asked about my house and i said it has the horrendous bright red walls, He knew straight away), also i was told by the estate agent,not to mention you can tell usually. From speaking to her before she told e that a major problem she has is things not in order, funny isnt it, but when things started falling apart (thinking she had til friday, moving men not turning up, rather then thinking about how to go about it, she she went into a downward spiral. I also agree, if it was a family moving from a long distance or in a chain they would have no option to say get out.

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[A] You're in this thread more then me! but no, i am here, not really mugged off, just unfortunate, on both sides id like to add.

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[A] as previously mentioned i found out about the autism before from a friend and then was also told by the estate agent. Also Autism is not a set thing, people have it in different severities. I grasp that you dont understand how bad some mental illnesses can be, but it wasn't an excuse in any case. .

In the States a mental health worker would get in big trouble for revealing that information. Also being from the States I would have been terrified of the seller getting hurt or her Picasso painting went missing from one of her boxes she left. I'm glad everything did work out in the end.

kingfisherblue

SnooksNJ wrote: »

In the States a mental health worker would get in big trouble for revealing that information. Also being from the States I would have been terrified of the seller getting hurt or her Picasso painting went missing from one of her boxes she left. I'm glad everything did work out in the end.

The mental health worker could get into trouble in the UK too - they have broken the Data Protection Act. They should not have revealed that the lady was a client, much less discussed the diagnosis (even in passing).

moneyistooshorttomention

Cakeguts wrote: »

It is a couple of years since I bought a house and I can't remember if there is anything in the legal documents that tells the seller exactly what they must do on the day of completion to avoid legal complications or even the risk of being sued. I am just wondering if this information should be included along with the fixtures and fittings list.

It's been a couple of years since I bought a house either now.

So I can't recall - but I don't think there was any such comment anywhere.

The appropriate place to have it, I feel, would be on that legal questionnaire vendors fill in. Say a paragraph in bold at the end of the questions vendors have to fill in.

That's probably the only legal document a vendor reads thoroughly (usually....) - as most of us trust solicitors/legal executives/conveyancing firms to tell us anything we need to know in a specific letter about "awkward points". Whether they do tell us or no is a moot point:cool: - but they are supposed to...

But most of us do read that form carefully - as we soon pick up the idea we could be done for misrepresentation if we don't answer the questions on it carefully.

moneyistooshorttomention

PasturesNew wrote: »

A packing service is what people need .... I've seen entire 3 bed houses full of ornaments, glassware, paintings and general "belongings" wrapped at warp speed ... and I think it only cost about an extra £300 or so.... certainly better for those in a position to afford it to just accept the cost and have it done before their very eyes.

Having paid for that on my last house I can confirm that it is done at warp speed and costs about £300.

However, there is the thing one needs to safeguard against having a pair of packers that have got an arrangement worked out whilst packing - that one of them will distract the vendor by chatting about anything & everything in one room whilst the other one steals anything that takes their fancy. Voice of experience - as that is exactly what happened to me with my last house. One of them kept me chatting upstairs - whilst the other one stole some stuff I had downstairs that they fancied.

So - one does need another person with you if having packers doing it - so that one can keep an eye on the first packer, whilst the other keeps an eye on the second packer. With both "watchers" being prepared to pretty much race around the house after them - as the packers move round the house so fast.

Cakeguts

SnooksNJ wrote: »

In the States a mental health worker would get in big trouble for revealing that information. Also being from the States I would have been terrified of the seller getting hurt or her Picasso painting went missing from one of her boxes she left. I'm glad everything did work out in the end.

Autism isn't a mental health condition so the mental health worker didn't reveal a mental health issue they just said that they knew the house.

moneyistooshorttomention

Quick google later - and the magazine "Psychology today" came up with an article stating that there is a debate going on as to whether autism is or isn't a mental health issue. Quick impression - it seems to be a matter of personal opinion whether it is.

Whatever the case - the caseworker assigned to the vendor shouldnt have told OP about it, as these things are confidential.

rosyw

PasturesNew wrote: »

A packing service is what people need .... I've seen entire 3 bed houses full of ornaments, glassware, paintings and general "belongings" wrapped at warp speed ... and I think it only cost about an extra £300 or so.... certainly better for those in a position to afford it to just accept the cost and have it done before their very eyes.

Warp speed is right! In my case it was the contents of a large farmhouse, including a large and valuable collection of art deco ceramics & glassware and 8000+ vinyl records, packed, loaded and unloaded into my new home in under 36 hrs! I couldn't possibly have kept any eye on all 4 of them,luckily nothing went missing & nothing was damaged or broken If I ever move again,which is doubtful,I'd definitely do the same again.