Vendor has left a load of stuff in my friend's new house!

AnotherJoe

Can you not drop it off at his house or hers and then they cover it with a sheet of plastic?

Are you going to be faced with a bill at the tip as well?

TheBanker

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Are you going to be faced with a bill at the tip as well?

Good point - you need proof you live in the district which my friend doesn't have as he's just moved in (and I can't use mine as I live in a different council area).

Cheeky_Monkey

I hope your friend's 'bluff' works with the Dad.

It should be a bluff because, although the seller is probably in breach of contract for not giving vacant possession, he could find himself being sued for the value of the items as I'm pretty sure he can't legally just take them to the tip after 2 days!

It's a shame that he didn't phone his solicitor on Wednesday or Thursday to find out exactly where he stands in this situation.

Murphybear

TheBanker wrote: »

Good point - you need proof you live in the district which my friend doesn't have as he's just moved in (and I can't use mine as I live in a different council area).

Not in our part of the world:D

We’ve just downsized and made about 20 trips to the tip. No one asked if we were local, the staff were brilliant and helped us get rid of it all. Loads of people had furniture, we had paint, gas bottles, ton of cardboard, small electrical appliances etc.

Since moving we’ve made loads more trips, different county, same help.

molerat

Murphybear wrote: »

Not in our part of the world:D

We’ve just downsized and made about 20 trips to the tip. No one asked if we were local, the staff were brilliant and helped us get rid of it all. Loads of people had furniture, we had paint, gas bottles, ton of cardboard, small electrical appliances etc.

Since moving we’ve made loads more trips, different county, same help.

In a car or liveried van ?

moneyistooshorttomention

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Can you not drop it off at his house or hers and then they cover it with a sheet of plastic?

But then OP and his friend would be the ones doing the physical shifting of this furniture.

Personally - if I'm going to take the risk of putting my back out for shifting stuff around - then it had better be MY stuff that caused it and not somebody else's fault I've just put my back out (even though they would be the ones paying for the chiropractor visits).

I do hope this woman's father is giving her a*s a good kicking (verbally speaking) for doing this to OP's friend. I know my father would be "having words with me" if I did that to someone else (to the effect of "I brought you up to be more responsible than that!"), followed by my mother having further "words with me" about causing them hassle....

Cakeguts

What I would do with this is dismantle it. You take the cushions off the sofas and you take the doors off the wardrobe and drawers out of the chest of drawers. If any thing else can come to bits without actually breaking it you do that. You may find that you can take the legs off the dining table anything to make it lighter to lift. Then I would stick it all into the back of the van and take it round to the new house and put it in their front garden still dismantled with a big piece of plastic over it and a note that says "I wanted to decorate MY house and you had left a load of furniture in MY house which was in my way so I have returned it to you."

TheBanker

Cheeky_Monkey wrote: »

It should be a bluff because, although the seller is probably in breach of contract for not giving vacant possession, he could find himself being sued for the value of the items as I'm pretty sure he can't legally just take them to the tip after 2 days!

But how long does he have to wait? 3 days? 3 weeks?

Remember he was promised this rubbish would be collected yesterday when it is obvious she had no intention of collecting it, because she has neither transport or a place to take the rubbish to.

Asl77c

glentoran99 wrote: »

Personally (and I did this) but not legally recommended


"What Stuff? nothing here when I moved in"

exactly what i would say and do. Prove it was there. Unfortunately too late for that now due to the back and forth

TheBanker

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I do hope this woman's father is giving her a*s a good kicking (verbally speaking) for doing this to OP's friend. I know my father would be "having words with me" if I did that to someone else (to the effect of "I brought you up to be more responsible than that!"), followed by my mother having further "words with me" about causing them hassle....

I hope that too. Poor dad is currently phoning around friends trying to find someone who can help him out... My friend has suggested to dad that given the stuff doesn't look to be of much value, and given they have nowhere to store it, we would be doing them a favour taking it to the tip.

The lady's new house is a terrace with no front garden (I looked on streetview) so leaving it there isn't an option - we'd have to leave it on the street and might get done for fly tipping.