Carpets in a house sale

1Camara1

I have bought a house is it acceptable to ask the seller to take their carpets with them when they move out 

McKneff

Of course. 
Just tell them you are replacing all carpets before moving in. 

AdrianC

You have bought, or you are buying?

Lifting old carpet is trivially easy, if the old is so bad as to be actively offensive.
They can be taken to any tip or, if you're having new carpet, then the fitters will remove it for very little money.

Scotbot

You can ask and they can say no. I doubt they want them. If you don't why should they clear them for you?

Splatfoot

1Camara1 said:

I have bought a house is it acceptable to ask the seller to take their carpets with them when they move out 

Not really. There's enough to do without having to rip up the carpets too. That's usually a fixture/fitting so it stays. You'll need to rip them out.

NQManchester

I’d say that’s a fairly unusual request and it depends on the circumstances of the sellers but it’s quite an ask if they’re also trying to pack and clean. 

I’d not personally be offended if asked (assuming they are old carpets) but would also say no as I’d assume you’re not going to pull out based on my answer and it would be a lot of work for no personal gain.

74jax

1Camara1 said:

I have bought a house is it acceptable to ask the seller to take their carpets with them when they move out 

If it is already yours, then no you can't ask Joe blogs to come in and remove.  We'll you could ask but I know the answer...

If you have had an offer accepted, then just ask. I wouldn't as a seller, but some people might. 

user1977

You can ask, but I think it would be considered a rather odd request. Replacing the floorcoverings is normally something for you to sort out after you move in.

Keswick1uk

Also it's a big ask if you end up exchanging and completing the same day as they won't want to start this destruction until they know its sold. Which is the very same time as you'll be wanting the keys!

comeandgo

I’m another one who would say no.  You buy the house along with certain things, flooring being one of it.

Redwino222

I assume you haven’t bought yet, but are sale agreed.

I would have been really irritated if my buyer had asked me to remove the carpets for them, and to be honest I would have said no.  Ripping up and disposing of carpets while packing up a house would be really annoying.  I would expect the new owners to do this if they want new carpets.