What's left behind...

ChilliBob

Hey everyone, 
When thinking of what we need to do moving wise I'm trying to understand what we *should*, *should not* and what falls in the middle with regards to what we leave behind...
There's two main areas I'm thinking about:
Garden
* We have a small play house our son uses, which we didn't intend to take with us - it'll probably break, and he's outgrowing it. They people coming have a young baby... Are we supposed to try and move it, leave it or what? 
* Shed - we'll empty it, however, there's some freestanding shelving at the back - should we get rid of this too or is it okay to keep it? (If we move it then it'll probably break, and we don't intend to take it)

Loft
* When we arrived ~6yrs ago there was some stuff across the rafters, I think like plinths for kitchen units or something. We had a bit of a stressful and nasty moving process last time so this was the least of our worries. I assume we're supposed to try and get rid of this for the new occupants? (Despite the fact they said they're having a loft conversion).


Just curious how far people go and what's expected really... Oh and any tips to deal with stuff like this when you hate spiders is most appreciated! lol

moneysavinghero

Leave the stuff in the garden.
Remove the stuff in the loft.

youth_leader

I agree, a person posted on here fairly recently about her buyer wanting a lot of money to have items removed from the loft.  I was always too scared to go to the very top of my ladder to look in my loft, I have no idea what was in there when my seller moved in.  I was annoyed when I moved in to find both bins were full of mixed rubbish, I had to go to the dump.

RAS

Ask the buyer?

user1977

You might need to find out what the "stuff across the rafters, I think like plinths for kitchen units or something" actually is!

Nebulous2

If people are going to be using the loft then something to fill in gaps is useful. I'm used to floored lofts and that is better, but boarding across the gaps is preferable to nothing at all. My loft had some old kitchen cabinets used as boarding when we moved in. 

badger09

Another vote for 'ask the buyers' - assuming you're talking about useful stuff in decent condition.

We inherited piles of spare roof tiles, hanging tiles, bricks, paving slabs etc neatly stacked at the side of the garage when we moved to our previous house in 2000. Over the years, we'd used some of them, but there were lots left. We asked our buyers if they wanted us to remove them.  Fortunately they said to leave them  - which saved us the cost of a very large skip.

We also had a shed with a leaking roof, which we told them about & offered to remove. They were happy for us to leave it - so another skip avoided. We also did offer to leave them some good quality bedroom & study furniture which we didn't need. Saved another collection by BHF, but we wouldn't dream of asking for money for it.

Our buyers were lovely and I really hope they love the house as much as we did for 20 years.

FreeBear

Nebulous2 said: My loft had some old kitchen cabinets used as boarding when we moved in. 

My loft also has an assortment of reused MFC boards laid on top of the ceiling joists. Then when extra insulation was added, the installers just laid it over the top of the boards. Now a bit of a crap shoot as to whether your feet are on something solid or likely to go through the ceiling... In the process of lifting the insulation, getting rid of the old board, and putting loft stilts & proper boards down.

ChilliBob

The loft is fully boarded, so no concerns there. Yeah when I get out holiday bags from it in a week or two I'll check what the stuff is. Just a right pain to get rid of something that 100% will no way fit in our car!

Ill see if the solicitor can ask them about the play house, we're not in direct contact (I assume that's normal?) 

ChilliBob

decided to have a quick look now, not sure what it is really, but yeah guess I'll have to get it down and saw it up or something then

Justonemorecupoftea

With the garden stuff just pop it on the fixtures and fittings form, chances are they won't object. Leaving a shed would be fairly normal and the play structure sounds like a nice freebie for them as long as it isn't dangerous!!