Seller wants to take light fittings and curtain rails?

KatrinaWaves

My grandma left me a bunch of vintage glass church fittings. I'm not leaving them behind.

Curtain poles I probably would purely because theyre custom fit to my windows so probably useless unless I bought a house with identical windows.

babyblade41

Certain light fittings I would take...precisely what the F & F's form is for so no nasty surprises. unless you have vendors like mine who said they'd leave things and stripped the blooming lot

need_an_answer

My argument as a purchaser when I was in this situation last year was that I viewed the property with the fittings in place and the property was offered on given those fittings in place....The agent also valued the property with those fittings in place and gave me no indication when viewing that they were likely to be removed.

Fixtures and fittings form came in with nothing listed and we politely said that either the lights and poles remained or we would need to reconsider.
Seller came back that they had sold them so we dropped our offer by £500 to compensate needing to buy similar fittings and hey ho they magically found the light fittings so we proceeded with original offer.

If a purchaser wishes to take their expensive lighting with them then really they should market their property with that in mind...

maisie_cat

I actually think it's a bit mean, if I had something I wanted to keep I'd replace before marketing. That way your buyer doesn't feel like they've been shortchanged.
You could go back and say that you assumed that they were staying, are they likely to let a sale fall through over £100, or are you?
Our buyer actually asked before making an offer so there are no surprises.
I've had experience the past of agreed items not being left, bare wires where fittings have been taken and items left behind because the faff of removing them was too much in the end. House buying is such a joy!

EmmyLou30

need_an_answer wrote: »

If a purchaser wishes to take their expensive lighting with them then really they should market their property with that in mind...

Exactly my thinking. Swap anything like that for what you plan to leave in it's place and then no-one is misled. Let's be honest you may find they wired up a basic pendant in its place but there's zero chance they'll bother to fill all the holes and even less chance they'll fill the holes from the curtain pole any more than anyone ever bothers to deep clean the place as someone else said. That's the reality of house buying unfortunately.

coffeehound

comedyseeker123 wrote: »

For refernce its this type https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB10xhkJFXXXXXUXXXXq6xXFXXXH/Novelty-Spider-10-Arm-Edison-Bulb-Pendant-Light-Industrial-Vintage-Loft-Hanging-Lamp-Bedrooms-E27-Art.jpg
s like it would need an electrician to replace?

Hmm, the worry there is that you will be left with multiple annoying marks on the ceiling. If you were going to keep the fitting anyway, it might be worth paying the extra to keep it, as suggested.

Satansallsmiles

I moved 3 months ago, had a very similar light fitting, and took it with me and replaced it with a basic ceiling rose - Didn't mention it on the fixtures form as I was leaving a light fitting, just not that one.


The buyer didn't mention it at all - my view is that if they wanted to keep the fitting they would have specifically mentioned it, and if they like it, they know what it looks like and can buy one themselves.


Seems a weird expectation that marketing the house should be done on a bare bones basis - Until I sell it, its still my house with my contents!

comedyseeker123

Ive just re-read the form and shes leaving the fabric curtains but no pole... ?

comedyseeker123

Satansallsmiles wrote: »

I moved 3 months ago, had a very similar light fitting, and took it with me and replaced it with a basic ceiling rose - Didn't mention it on the fixtures form as I was leaving a light fitting, just not that one.


The buyer didn't mention it at all - my view is that if they wanted to keep the fitting they would have specifically mentioned it, and if they like it, they know what it looks like and can buy one themselves.


Seems a weird expectation that marketing the house should be done on a bare bones basis - Until I sell it, its still my house with my contents!

My issue is the ceiling is a textured ceiling so removing the fittings will mean the ceiling won't be repaired to the standard as before.
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comedyseeker123

babyblade41 wrote: »

Certain light fittings I would take...precisely what the F & F's form is for so no nasty surprises. unless you have vendors like mine who said they'd leave things and stripped the blooming lot

Did you sue for breach of contract