Moving in - but I don't want the White Goods

sanyo5000

Hello all,

I am moving house soon, but don't really want to keep the previous owners White Goods.

They're not in very good condition, and we plan on renovating the kitchen entirely - however the seller doesn't want to remove them.

Any suggestions on how to settle this?

Thanks

da_rule

Have you exchanged contracts? If so, was the fixtures and fittings form annexed to the contract?

sanyo5000

Contracts not exchanged yet - they've told us what they're leaving, and we've told them we don't want them :S

da_rule

Then you just need to make sure that your solicitor makes it clear to their solicitor that you won’t consider the property to be vacant if the white goods are left. Ask your solicitor to add a clause to contract.

The seller may then refuse and the sell may fall through.

walwyn1978

In practical terms, unplugging fridges/dishwashers etc, ringing the local scrap collection guy (look online or ask in the local Facebook group or the neighbours) and sticking them on the kerb for collection isn’t a huge job. I can see why you may not want to do it but is it a deal breaker for you?

Or stick the lot on EBay or Facebook Marketplsce, get it flogged and put the money towards the moving costs.

It may be a case of swallowing pride and getting on with it if the other side won’t back down.

saajan_12

Option 1) tell them you based your offer on an empty property, if that is no longer the case then you'd like to reduce your offer by the cost to remove. They can agree to reduce price / remove items / stick to their guns and hope you fold.

Option 2) increase your offer by the cost to remove the items, and have your solicitor write in that the property must be left empty. The vendor can agree / refuse

Option 3) take it with white goods and pay your removals / builders to remove, or list them on freecycle etc so someone else collects for free..

Ultimately is it worth starting again from scratch? That will tell you how hard to push on the negotiation.

trailingspouse

Will you be starting the renovation the day you move in??
If not, then the white goods may come in handy if you can put up with them for a few weeks/months until you start the renovations, to tide you over. A scruffy fridge is better than no fridge.

Red-Squirrel_2

Donate them to the British Heart Foundation when you no longer need/want them. They will collect them for free and they’ll be put to good use.

phoebe1989seb

trailingspouse wrote: »

Will you be starting the renovation the day you move in??
If not, then the white goods may come in handy if you can put up with them for a few weeks/months until you start the renovations, to tide you over. A scruffy fridge is better than no fridge.

Agreed.

We purchased a repossession that required full restoration in February. Having sold our previous home, we put all our worldly goods including brand new bertazzoni range cooker into storage as conditions in the new house weren't great.

The people that were repossessed had left behind a slimline fridge with small freezer compartment, a (non-working) integrated dishwasher and a range cooker with huge crack in the glass hob. Initially we weren't keen to use the appliances which all had the usual 'do not use' labels, but as it would be some months before we were ready to bring our own appliances home, we gave them a jolly good scrub (the POs weren't terribly hygiene conscious) and got on with it.

When finished with, it was no problem getting them taken away for scrap

G_M

saajan_12 wrote: »

Option 1) tell them you based your offer on an empty property, if that is no longer the case then you'd like to reduce your offer by the cost to remove. They can agree to reduce price / remove items / stick to their guns and hope you fold.

Option 2) increase your offer by the cost to remove the items, and have your solicitor write in that the property must be left empty. The vendor can agree / refuse

Option 3) take it with white goods and pay your removals / builders to remove, or list them on freecycle etc so someone else collects for free..

option 4) if the property is in London or another larger conabation, drag them outside on Completion day and leave them on the pavement. By next morning they'll be gone....

5) freecycle

6) ebay)

7) charity shop

8) £10 to the council

Seriously - this is a non-question. In the scale of things it is so unimportant as to not deserve a thread here. Sorry!

[Deleted User]

If they are working, someone on freegle/freecycle is always in need of white goods. Or as already said, just put them in front garden/pavement, will be picked up in no time.

I suppose you could ask the seller to do this also but if you do it, can make sure no water leaks lol.