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Seller asking for more money post-exchange for light fittings

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  • TripleH
    TripleH Posts: 3,188 Forumite
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    Will the new owners actually bother to remove the lights (is it a bluff)?
    Are they competent enough / prepared to pay to take them down and put replacements up for £250?
    I'd politely say house has to be in condition it was at exchange, decline their offer of £250 and remind them that if they do take them of their duties to make good.
    I think when they know they can't leave loose wires and screw holes etc they won't bother.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
    Sleep well.
  • Flugelhorn
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    user1977 said:
    Why is everybody ignoring the fact that it seems to have been resolved? Read the thread, folks...
    absolutely - as we guessed the vendors didn't understand what "included" on the F&F actually meant and are now leacing them - good luck to the OP for the move
  • lookstraightahead
    lookstraightahead Posts: 5,558 Forumite
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    Glad it's resolved. Too many people getting happiness out of stuff rather than life in this world. 
    All that time wasted by the vendor 
  • mojo293
    mojo293 Posts: 86 Forumite
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    edited 3 July 2022 at 6:15PM
    Agree with some other comments. Anything ticked as 'Included' on the F&F form should be left in place. Its at that point (filling in that form fairly early in the process) that they have the opportunity to 'exclude' them (and replace with standard fitting when they leave), or advise of a cost for you to buy them if you want them.

    To ask this after exchange suggests they realise they've ballsed up and are trying it on.

    I's be disappointed if anything a vendor stated as 'Included' had been removed when I moved in.
  • TheJP
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    user1977 said:
    Why is everybody ignoring the fact that it seems to have been resolved? Read the thread, folks...
    Cause its a topic of discussion, more opinions and views will help others. Why so irritated? 
  • HRH_MUngo
    HRH_MUngo Posts: 877 Forumite
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    We said 'curtains included' but took the William Morris ones from the front room and replaced them with IKEA ones. We did it before exchange though. Buyers never said anything. Will be more careful in the unlikely event of selling anything else!
    I used to be seven-day-weekend
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    TheJP said:
    user1977 said:
    Why is everybody ignoring the fact that it seems to have been resolved? Read the thread, folks...
    Cause its a topic of discussion, more opinions and views will help others. Why so irritated? 
    Because it becomes more about the person replying than the OP.   It's tone deaf.
     

    I find it irritating too.  I respect the OP
    enough to at least check the course of the conversation.   If something is
    resolved, my opinion really isn't needed.   
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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