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Abandoned mattress after completion

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  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 30,113 Forumite
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    warby68 wrote: »
    Just how expensive is the disposal fee to be worth all this fuss ?

    You can’t just chuck away other people’s stuff without being liable.
    Perhaps it’s a new £2000 mattress they forgot?
    The least fuss thing is to get in touch which is what the OP has done.
  • davidmcn
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    lisyloo wrote: »
    The least fuss thing is to get in touch which is what the OP has done.
    I'm not sure that they have, given that she also said she doesn't have a forwarding address for the seller other than "somewhere abroad". Their solicitor might pass the message on if she's lucky.
  • lisyloo
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    It would be very odd if the solicitor did not have an address, I mean that potentially leaves the solicitor exposed.
    I guess yes it might fail but the OP has to make reasonable attempts.
    If the solicitor claims not to know where they are then I think the OP has covered their liability, but that seems sensible to me.

    We just moved a mattress and it was a £2000 one and you couldn’t get a belt round it either !
  • davidmcn
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    lisyloo wrote: »
    It would be very odd if the solicitor did not have an address, I mean that potentially leaves the solicitor exposed.
    Not sure why they'd be "exposed", the solicitor doesn't pick up any liability just because they've lost contact with their client. They'll have made sure to get their costs before completion.

    Quite normal anyway for clients who have sold just to leave a temporary forwarding address as they might not know where they're going to be settling down.
  • jimbog
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    jimbog wrote: »
    The OP, I presume, has secured the services of her own solicitor to chase them for the removal cost

    lisyloo wrote: »
    Totally presumptious on your part.

    Hence the reason for the word 'presume'
    Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
  • parkrunner
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    All this for £25 ish or a trip to the dump, just not worth the bother.
    It's nothing , not nothink.
  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 30,113 Forumite
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    parkrunner wrote: »
    All this for £25 ish or a trip to the dump, just not worth the bother.


    Not sure if you've been paying attention, but in theory the OP could be sued if they dump someone else's property and it's wanted.


    Best to make "reasonable" efforts in this scenario even if there is an expectation that's it's not wanted.
    make contact, give them a chance to pick it up.
    That's not being a diva as some seem to be suggesting, that's just covering your back.
  • LawAbiding
    LawAbiding Posts: 295 Forumite
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    Honestly, put it up for FREE on a number of local Facebook buy and sell pages, it'll be gone within hours.
  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    lisyloo wrote: »
    You can’t just chuck away other people’s stuff without being liable.
    Perhaps it’s a new £2000 mattress they forgot?
    The least fuss thing is to get in touch which is what the OP has done.


    Right, people are always leaving their brand new mega expensive mattresses lying around willy nilly! :rotfl:
  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    margaret.balin wrote: »
    Well, I'm in touch with the solicitors to get this charged back to the seller so let's hope for the best.

    Your money grabbing really knows no bounds does it?
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