To take doorbell or not?

robatwork

onylon said:

Check the manufacturers website as many of these gadgets are tied to your account and can't be moved. I really hope this is something the government clamps down on in future as it's clearly a commercial decision and it would be an easy feature to add.

We have a highly automated home and I've no idea what we are going to do when we move. Even if we managed to get all the accounts transferred, I doubt a new owner would be willing/able to maintain it all. I suspect we would have to replace a few things before marketing.

This is a very apt point. I also have Warmup controls on the bathrooms that have electric underfloor heating. The previous residents couldn't be contacted and Warmup point blank refused to decouple the thermostats from their account. I ended up needing new faceplates (ie. the entire control panel) for them so I could associate my email address with them. Of course I could have just used them manually but as it stood, the previous resident could - once I connected them to wifi - control my heating. 

robatwork

JReacher1 said:

The person who sold me my house took the ring doorbell. It was clearly stated on the TA01 and I didnt have a problem with that at all. 

Did they put in a basic doorbell instead? I don't actually have a ringer unit and rely on my phone alert. So I couldn't just put in a doorbell button.

Carrot007

robatwork said:

Would you take your expensive Nest/Ring/... doorbell? 

How easy is it to transfer a doorbell to a new owners account even?

Probably just easier to take it.

vic_sf49

I probably wouldn't even notice, let alone care.

I'd been in my property a few days, when my doorbell rang, at which point I discovered I had a doorbell.

Tranboy

Lightbulbs...curtain poles...doorknobs..

...you can never have too many...

lookstraightahead

vic_sf49 said:

I probably wouldn't even notice, let alone care.

I'd been in my property a few days, when my doorbell rang, at which point I discovered I had a doorbell.

This is me as well. I've been in a year now and I still couldn't describe the house properly 😂

hazyjo

I'd just change it before marketing if I wanted to take something like that.

Noneforit999

If it was a Nest/Ring one then yes, I would take it.

If it was a cheap £12 wireless jobbie from Amazon, I would just leave it and buy a new one.

Exodi

I'd defintely take my Nest doorbell if I sold up!

It's a £200 doorbell, it's not even remotely similar to taking light bulbs, door knobs, etc!

If it was the cheap Ring-Amazon one (that sells for £30-£40) then I might consider leaving it but the main Ring & Nest ones aren't cheap.

BikingBud

Exodi said:

I'd defintely take my Nest doorbell if I sold up!

It's a £200 doorbell, it's not even remotely similar to taking light bulbs, door knobs, etc!

If it was the cheap Ring-Amazon one (that sells for £30-£40) then I might consider leaving it but the main Ring & Nest ones aren't cheap.

And the cooker might be £400-800

And the boiler might be £1000-£2500

And the quartz work top might be £10000-12000

And this might be and that might be, etc, etc.

Where do you stop?