Vender left rubbish in our house?

Aranyani

Its really common, my house had old wardrobes, broken hoover, bags of gravel in the garden etc.  

Just get rid next time you have a skip for your renovations.

sammyjammy

When I purchased my current house they had left wardrobe, chest of drawers and a sofa, all of them came in handy, the sofa is long gone, the chest of drawers is now in the shed and the wardrobe is still in my bedroom!  I'd have managed without them but given I was in a make do and mend situation really came in handy but there was no agreement for any of these things to be left and I would have been really annoyed if I had already had a houseful of my own lovely furniture.

A_Lert

In most circumstances you do have responsibilities regarding other people's stuff on your property. The process to follow is called "involuntary bailment". If you bin it without following the correct process you could be sued for the value.

https://www.stephens-scown.co.uk/commercial-property/whose-belongings-are-they-anyway-dealing-with-involuntary-bailment/

Bad_Accountant

A_Lert said:

In most circumstances you do have responsibilities regarding other people's stuff on your property. The process to follow is called "involuntary bailment". If you bin it without following the correct process you could be sued for the value.

https://www.stephens-scown.co.uk/commercial-property/whose-belongings-are-they-anyway-dealing-with-involuntary-bailment/

However the value of the stuff mentioned in this thread - a rusty trampoline, old bags of gravel, a second hand mirror - is so negligible as to be barely worth suing for.

A_Lert

The mirrors come to mind as something that could be worth a bit. And something the seller could claim were antiques worth hundreds of pounds and if the mirror's in the bottom of a landfill you can't prove them wrong.

Splatfoot

I moved on Tuesday, and I did leave pots and stuff in the greenhouse. I thought they might be handy. About an hour before we moved out, I noticed a mirror on the wall. It was a fixed mirror, screwdriver nowhere to be found. So we left it. It had also been a very stressful week as we moved most of our stuff into storage over the course of a few days.never realised we had so many things.😣 

NameUnavailable

A_Lert said:

The mirrors come to mind as something that could be worth a bit. And something the seller could claim were antiques worth hundreds of pounds and if the mirror's in the bottom of a landfill you can't prove them wrong.

So you write to their solicitor, stating the items that have been left and asking them to collect within 7 days or you will arrange for them to be disposed of, and will forward them an invoice for the costs of doing so.

NameUnavailable

In reality it's crap they couldn't be bothererd to take with them.

Snuggles

I would count yourself lucky if that's all that's been left! When my dad moved in to his last house he found the vendors had left the huge double garage packed to the rafters with stuff. He never got round to doing anything about it, and we had to dispose of it all after he died.

atrixa

I had quite a lot left in when I bought my place. I just ordered a bulky waste collection from the council and put some of the abandoned furniture to good use (after a good clean).