Things left in loft after completion

saajan_12

Nik85 said:

Just spoken to a solicitor who says not to send any money to the buyer but instead to pay the company I have received a quote from directly. Told him that I doubt very much that she will agree to me instructing someone to clear her loft but he assures me that I am not the one acting unreasonably and the court would see that.
Note to others: always clear your loft!! 

Definitely don't do that! Just as the buyer is allowed deny allowing the OP to clear, they can also refuse the OP's choice of tradesperson and choose their own. Then you'll just have wasted the £75. Keep it to correspondence with the buyer or send the buyer a cheque, so at least it can go towards any potential judgement in the buyer's favour. 

teachfast

I would ignore everything from them after offering to remove it (in writing), personally. And I would go to court over it. 

Skiddaw1

Tell you what, OP, I don't envy your previous neighbours. Don't you just know she's going to be the Neighbour From Hell?

Nik85

Yep! My old neighbours were lovely too.
I've emailed the solicitor asking for confirmation that if I instruct and pay the tradesperson (in the highly unlikely event that she agrees to it) that if any problems arise she can't come back at me. Worried sick now that she'll say they damaged her walls or ceiling! How i wish she had never viewed my house......

Skiddaw1

@Nik85 I really feel for you. She's a complete cow of the first order isn't she? Will keep all crossed that she soon loses interest (it only needs a local child to accidentally kick a football over her wall or someone parking outside her house and she'll be off on a new target is my guess...)

Barny1979

@Nik85 were there any issues with the sale, pickiness etc from the buyer?

Nik85

So many issues with the sale. I nearly put my house back on the market as I worried I was about to lose my new house as was getting nowhere fast but she convinced me otherwise. The whole conveyancing process was a nightmare. I should have gone with my gut, pulled the sale and approached the other couple who also offered full asking price. Hindsight, hey? 
Emailed the solicitor re concerns she will continue to rebuke my offer or accept it and blame me for damage caused by tradesperson removing items from the loft. He said if that's a concern to then send a cheque (rather than pay directly) along with my quote which justifys the amount. If she still wants to take me to court there's little I can now do. I swear I'm never moving house again after this experience!

Ditzy_Mitzy

Nik85 said:

So many issues with the sale. I nearly put my house back on the market as I worried I was about to lose my new house as was getting nowhere fast but she convinced me otherwise. The whole conveyancing process was a nightmare. I should have gone with my gut, pulled the sale and approached the other couple who also offered full asking price. Hindsight, hey? 
Emailed the solicitor re concerns she will continue to rebuke my offer or accept it and blame me for damage caused by tradesperson removing items from the loft. He said if that's a concern to then send a cheque (rather than pay directly) along with my quote which justifys the amount. If she still wants to take me to court there's little I can now do. I swear I'm never moving house again after this experience!

If you are going to take the advice, then I'd do the latter, as in pay the buyer directly for works carried out.  Make the buyer enter into the contract with the handyman herself.  This woman sounds like bad news.  Stay tough.  

SootySweep1

Hi
Tell her to leave them outside the house and you'll collect or let you in & you'll get them out of the loft & remove.
Otherwise you'll see her in court !
I'm no solicitor but you've been more than reasonable and so personally I don't think she'll get any sympathy from a judge.
She's a bully.
Jen

Seashell517

Nik85 said:

Yep! My old neighbours were lovely too.
I've emailed the solicitor asking for confirmation that if I instruct and pay the tradesperson (in the highly unlikely event that she agrees to it) that if any problems arise she can't come back at me. Worried sick now that she'll say they damaged her walls or ceiling! How i wish she had never viewed my house......

If you've sourced a company that does this as their primary function, would they not have insurance against such claims?