Offer accepted but we don’t want the hot tub

lookstraightahead

I doubt they can be bothered to take it with them so you can tell them they can take it or as a last resort they can leave it.

my old neighbour had a really snazzy hot tub. I used to think they were a bit naff but they're actually quite nice. 

Thrugelmir

How much does it cost to run a hot tub? Is the increase in energy costs a consideration in their thinking. 

JGB1955

I wouldn't tell them that they can leave it - they need to remove it!

I'm looking forward to a Forest Holiday when the hot tub is included - but NO way do I want one in my back garden.

googler

I'm tempted to suggest this should have been negotiated before making the offer and accepting it. 

i.e. put the offer in writing and specify that it excludes the hot tub, which is to be removed at current owner's expense to give you vacant possession. 

 

eddddy

theartfullodger said:

eddddy said:

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It's part of an Estate Agent's job to deal with problems like this, ....

'sfunny, an awful lot I've dealt with were unaware of this.  Seemed only interested in their fees...

They are 100% interested in their fees!  That's why estate agents are keen to step in and get these kinds of problems sorted out - assuming they're paid on completion.

They don't want an argument between buyer and seller over a hot-tub to develop into a confrontation that contributes to a sale falling through - because then they'd lose their bonus, which might put this year's skiing in Zermatt and partying in Zante at risk.

youth_leader

My buyer didn't let me know until  just a week before completion he didn't want to buy my two full size bronze lions, and said he definitely wanted them removed. It took three men to lift them when we installed them, and they were twelve foot up on top of the wall either side of the old stable entrance.  I wanted the money for them as I'd bought them with my late Mum's inheritance, she never managed to get up here to see our new house,  and I wanted to buy something else.  I couldn't bring them to this tiny bungalow.

 As it was lockdown I couldn't find a builder able to work to remove them, but luckily a friend found a neighbour with their own scaffolding/flatback lorry and I gave them away.  I can still see them as they are in a garden overlooking a public path I use when I walk my dog.  

If the hot tub is left I don't think you'll have any problem rehoming it. 

Slinky

My friends bought a bungalow with a hot tub in the conservatory, which they didn't want but the EA said he would buy off them. The vendors couldn't remember whether there was tiling under the hot tub, so my friends used this as a reason to bargain the price down.

fluffymuffy

Thrugelmir said:

How much does it cost to run a hot tub? Is the increase in energy costs a consideration in their thinking. 

I can answer that - about £20/week at today's prices. Which is why I've switched mine off. 

Thrugelmir

fluffymuffy said:

Thrugelmir said:

How much does it cost to run a hot tub? Is the increase in energy costs a consideration in their thinking. 

I can answer that - about £20/week at today's prices. Which is why I've switched mine off. 

Ouch!....

Rosa_Damascena

I'd be about as happy using a hot tub as I would having to use someone else's mattress. Ugh!