Appliances included in Rightmove description but vendor wants money for it

Rambosmum

Our sellers tried to do this. We opted not to pay (mainly as if I got a new one I'd have warranty etc - with second hand there was no guarantee it would even work once). When we moved in we expected the cooker not to be there, but it was as they couldn't fit it in the new house and moving it out was too much hassle for them. 

How much would a new range cooker be for you? Is the one they are leaving worth  £1000?

youth_leader

Sorry this has happened to you, good luck to them taking it out! 

My seller wanted to charge me £175 for her washing machine.  I asked my solicitor to find out the make/model/age - turns out it had been left from the previous sellers when she bought the bungalow in 2012.  It's a really old Beko, and the rubber is going - I got it for free in the end. 

Rankin21

As above I think 1k is an absolute joker price for a second hand unit. 

I’d tell them you don’t want it and let them have the hassle of moving it to their next house ( which I doubt they want to do considering they are offering to sell it) 

Marvel1

If I wasn't desperate, I'd be dropping my price, saying my offer included the appliances as per advert.

Serious note:

£1000 for second hand cooker lol
No thanks, and buy your own second hand or new (with guarantee) - probably still cheaper.
Let them sort it removing it.

gingercordial

Even new Smeg ranges can be had from less than £1,000 on ao.com.  You'd probably find a discount code somewhere too.

NameUnavailable

I paid a vendor for a washer/dryer they said they'd sell me (separately to the sale). It broke down the first time I tried to use it and had to go to the dump! 

I'd rather buy myself a new (guaranteed) cooker. 

Peter999_2

I remember when I bought my first flat when I was 21 in the 90s.   The same sort of thing happened to me then, I put in an offer which was rejected as it was less than their mortgage.  Fair enough, I just told them I'd find somewhere else (I genuinely though it meant I couldn't have it).

30 minutes later the EA phoned back to say they'd accept my offer, but they'd have to take the carpets, the cooker - the list was endless.  I just waited until the EA stopped talking and I said fair enough, I'll find somewhere else - I really wasn't that bothered.

30 minutes later they'd phoned again - they would leave everything and keep the same price.   I was gobsmacked as I honestly thought that once they'd rejected that was it (I was very young, haha).

They turned out to be a lovely couple, they even left me a nice bottle of wine for me (and asked me to forward the mail which I didn't mind).
I guess the thing is you either pay it, or tell them to forget it and tell them you'll pull out.   You have to be prepared to lose it but if it was me I wouldn't pay them a penny for it.

TBagpuss

moneysavinghero said:

As you have not exchanged there is nothing binding either of you to anything.

The seller is trying their luck. You have two options:

1). Reduce your offer by £1,000 and hope the seller does not decide to go with another buyer (which as you offered 15k over im guessing there were other interested parties)
2). Suck it up and accept that £1k on top of the £15k is not that much more.

Bear in mind that if you go with 2 the vendor might feel they can take their chances and play a few more games a bit further down the line.

3) say no thanks, you are not interested in paying for it especially as you were ld to believe it was left.
They may end up leaving it anyway, and if not, you can either spend your money on a new one which will come with a longer life and a guarantee, or look for a second hand one. 

In your place, I'd check listing fo the same make and model and see what they cost second hand (and you could at that point go back and say you won't pay £1,000 but will pay [amount you've researched as being a realistic value]

bigkenny1975

I'd say you don't want it, then if they leave it anyway I would get your solicitors to send them a bill for disposal. 😂

Newnoel

Are the Estate Agents members of RICS or the NAEA, or the Property Ombudsman scheme? If so the threat of a complaint to their regulatory body might focus minds

This behavior is likely to put them in breach of the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 (BPRs), which covers misleading adverts from Estate Agents and could lead to a prosecution:
Consumer and business protection regulations (rics.org)  

It is worth pointing this out to them. If they still don't budge, you can always let your local Trading Standards office know, and they may be interested in a prosecution.