Remove the shed

Ashworks

When we sold our first house, the buyer asked us to knock £300 off for some unnecessary minor works, then came back because he had forgotten the VAT! We did it because he was threatening to pull out, but we found him so annoying that when we went we took absolutely everything with us (unless included in writing). We were going to offer to leave him the dishwasher but changed our minds!

These days with more experience we would just say no. Leaving a shed is normal and has others have said, it's not a hard job to remove one.

Sunsaru

In respect to the boiler, you can get it replaced for around £3k. Thats is how much it cost me with a local heating specialist. You can also get quotes from the following.

https://iheat.co.uk/

https://www.boxt.co.uk/

Irishpearce26

Its always a pain when something like this happens but as others say list on a freecycle website stating that whoever wants it has to take it apart. You would be surprised how quickly it will go.

We have just moved house and have an old gravity fed system (tank in loft and airing cupboard) which we want to change to a new combi system. We have been quoted £3350 which includes the top end Worcester bosch boiler and installation plus the removal of old tanks and pipes. The system will also require new larger diameter pipes so depending on where your meter is can affect the price. Get an engineer out to give you a free quote.

2bFrank

The lady we bought our house off left the shed, it was literally falling down and that damaged due to rotting, im surprised the roof was still intact. We wouldn't have dreamt of asking her to remove the shed, mainly because she was very elderly and would have been a big job to her.

These things are part of buying a property, if you and you mother are elderly or disabled, or both then I understand the issue here, but it is really your issue and not the vendors, if you are not disabled or elderly, then get it pulled down and have a nice bonfire (or take it to the tip its literally a couple of hours work).

macman

I suppose it could be argued that a shed is not a fixture, because it's not fixed down (just resting on it's base), and so it comes under 'goods and chattels', but good luck with trying to insist on that one to your vendor...
First time buyers, doncha just love 'em?

GaleSF63

If you are not able to demolish it yourselves, then presumably you can't put up the new one you are planning to get. Can the same person who puts up the new one, take the old one apart?

Definite

Some sheds are bigger than others. I helped a mate take a shed down year before last and it was a full day job for three of us. Massive thing with a concrete base, internal walls etc. We had a number of trips to the dump with a double axle trailer. 

sheramber

I have just had an old shed dismantled ( needed a chain saw to cut  the roof in two) and disposed off as well as some other items I had to go the tip.

£120.

Windofchange

Had this when we moved in last year. Other half wanted the two sheds that were in the back garden removed, vendor wanted to leave them. Estate agent sort of sat on the fence and we turned up on exchange day and they were still there. Not really the end of the world - I will get around to knocking the one of them down this summer when the weather gets better, and the other is actually quite useful for storing all my tools. Days work at most with a sledge hammer and power saw to take down the wooden shed and take it to the tip in my car. Certainly wasn't worth trashing our property sale for. 

Nikkilou86

We inherited two falling down sheds when we bought our current house. One we paid the guy who replaced our garden fences to take it down and remove it - he was happy to do this as made the fence job easier without it. The other is still standing for now but hopefully be coming down either after our new shed is up and ready or next summer in favour of a summer house. I can’t say at any point it occurred to me to ask the vendors to remove them, equally if they’d said they were taking them I wouldn’t have queried that either.