Need to make good shelf holes on home sale?

exiled_red

I would be careful here, things that are attached to the wall (as well as things like carpets and curtains) are usually considered in fixtures and fittings which are included in the sale unless otherwise negotiated.

googler

AndrewAfresh2 wrote: »

I'm completing on my first home sale soon and told the removal firm rep that I will take my shelves, which are fixed to the walls. She told me I will need to fill & paint the ensuing holes, otherwise I am breaching the sale contract. Is she right? Thank you for any helpful replies

So, what does your sale contract say on the subject?

PasturesNew

My sellers took the shelves, leaving the holes... beyond disappointed .... I've no skills for that, so had to live with gaping holes for over 4 years... hopefully, today, a handyman's going to remove all those fixtures and fill the holes....

Leave the shelves... FGS... they're just shelves. You can't have an emotional attachment to a shelf can you?

Margot123

AndrewAfresh2 wrote: »

I'm completing on my first home sale soon and told the removal firm rep that I will take my shelves, which are fixed to the walls. She told me I will need to fill & paint the ensuing holes, otherwise I am breaching the sale contract. Is she right? Thank you for any helpful replies

Does the removal firm rep have some insight into your contract with the buyer?

I suspect they are saying this to cover their own backs, as they will presumably be handling the shelves once removed. Who is to say their employees didn't damage the walls?

getmore4less

AndrewAfresh2 wrote: »

I'm completing on my first home sale soon and told the removal firm rep that I will take my shelves, which are fixed to the walls. She told me I will need to fill & paint the ensuing holes, otherwise I am breaching the sale contract. Is she right? Thank you for any helpful replies

When did the removal firm rep get sight of your contract?

What did you agree with the buyer about the shelves?

sal_III

These better be some mahogany shelves with silver/gold brackets, otherwise it's just petty.

Regardless of what the contract/law says about it, your buyer will have to be equally petty to pursue this if you leave holes in the wall.

So don't worry too much about the legal side. The moral side is a different story...

Margot123

Perhaps the removal firm rep doubles-up as a legal adviser in their spare time ;-)

martindow

I assumed it was mentioned to the removal company so that they were aware of everything that needs to be transported. Removal companies must see all kinds of disputes and extraordinary things being taken or left. I would see this as the rep trying to be helpful rather than offering legal advice.

maisie_cat

People do odd things when they move house, I would have thought that the time needed to remove the shelves and make good is more than the cost of new shelving. Most people assume that anything fixed is left behind unless agreed otherwise.
I was discussing with hubby the other day whether buyers would be annoyed if we left the wall mounted TV bracket behind, it's a universal bracket & we concluded that we'd leave it.

NaughtiusMaximus

exiled_red wrote: »

I would be careful here, things that are attached to the wall (as well as things like carpets and curtains) are usually considered in fixtures and fittings which are included in the sale unless otherwise negotiated.

As long as the vendor is honest when completing the TA10 there's no problems for a legal point of view with taking the carpets, curtains, shelves etc