Moving out - holes in garage walls

geordie83

Hi all,

So we sold our house, and are moving next week. So my Saturday night is being spent packing up the garage. :j

I’ve taken down some shelving I had up, and obviously this has left holes in the brick work where the screw holes were. I’m just wondering whether this is acceptable to leave it like this, or whether they should be filled with something? If so, what?

This is on the interior of a detached garage.



Thanks

davidmcn

It's fine (assuming the shelves weren't meant to be included!).

Carrot007

Probably you should fill.


However it all comes down to price and who you are selling to.


Current house made no atteempt to fill things and given their "skill" I was happy they did not. It's cheap and easy to do competatly myself.


Should you have removed the shelving though. Unless you said so it should not have been. Though again on my purchase that was a plus as I would have removed anyway.

AnotherJoe

I would leave it its not like filling plaster where it makes an aesthetic difference

geordie83

Shelving was never mentioned, either at viewings or on the fixtures and fittings questionnaire. I am leaving the cupboards etc that are fitted in the garage.

I was tempted to fill with clear silicon, but maybe that’s silly.

warehouse

Leave it, it looks fine.

G_M

The shelves were clearly screwed to the wall. Unless something was specifically agreed they should be left. The new owners would quite rightly be expecting 'fitments' to be included.


As a rough guide, if you imagine turning the house upside down, anything that stays in place (fitted carpets, screwed on shelves etc) is incuded. Anything that would fall down (rugs, free-standing shelves) you take with you.

pinkshoes

We left shelves up in our garage as they were fixed to the wall. We only took the free standing ones with us.

The house we bought also had the shelves left up. I would have been rather annoyed if they were taken down. That would be a bit like taking kitchen wall cupboards down surely??

geordie83

Hmmm, not sure. By that reckoning then all my mirrors etc need to be left? And wall mounted televisions?

Light fittings are also screwed to the ceiling, but it’s ok to take them and replace with ordinary pendant & bulb?

G_M

geordie83 wrote: »

Hmmm, not sure. By that reckoning then all my mirrors etc need to be left? And wall mounted televisions?

Light fittings are also screwed to the ceiling, but it’s ok to take them and replace with ordinary pendant & bulb?

I did say 'as a rough guide'! There is no strict legal definition. Try google eg


https://www.ourproperty.co.uk/guides/fixtures_and_fittings__what_to_leave_and_what_to_expect/


(and no, I don't think a vendor should take light fittings unless it's been agreed!)

AnotherJoe

geordie83 wrote: »

Shelving was never mentioned, either at viewings or on the fixtures and fittings questionnaire. I am leaving the cupboards etc that are fitted in the garage.

I was tempted to fill with clear silicon, but maybe that’s silly.

Yes, it is.