Furniture/Carpets

Blotto17

Yeh I meant it’s vacant as in no one is living there - in reference to the post saying it’s unfair on any occupants living without carpets for the last few days 

RHemmings

prettyandfluffy said:

Blotto17 said:

The property is listed as vacant 

That means no one is living there, not that it is unfurnished or uncarpeted.

I think that @Blotto17's response is to the previous post, which says:

bobster2 said:

Blotto17 said:

It’s in a large converted warehouse. It is very soundproof. If you buy the flats as new from the management company they come without any flooring at all and you have to install your own flooring be it carpets or floorboards. Some of it is already hardwood flooring. We just want it all like that. 

Generally what people do if they don't like the existing carpets in somewhere they buy is rip them out after they move in and dispose of them. Then replace with whatever flooring they prefer.

It's not really reasonable to expect the vendor to start this work for you - and then potentially live without carpets or suitable flooring for a while prior to completion day.

(my emphasis)

eddddy

You can try to negotiate whatever terms you like.  For example, in simple terms:

• You can request "The carpets must be removed before completion"

• The seller might agree - so everyone is happy

• The seller might refuse - so then you have 2 main choices:
•            -  Buy the flat with the carpets in place
•            -  Walk away

But as others suggest, you should read the lease to see what it says about carpets and floor coverings.

And I don't know what your plans would be for the floor, but presumably you don't know what the floor will be like after the carpet is removed. And/or whether hardboard has been laid over floorboards etc.

bobster2

Blotto17 said:

The property is listed as vacant 

OK fine. But still no reason you can't just rip out carpets you don't like when you move in. This is what most people do if they want to change things. It would be quite unusual to ask a vendor to start modifying a place before this. You're a FTB right? So perhaps don't recognise that this would be unusual.

You could still pull out of this purchase right up to exchange.

Blotto17

Yes I’m a first time buyer so unaware of how these things normally go. 

Thanks to all for the advice 

bobster2

Blotto17 said:

Yes I’m a first time buyer so unaware of how these things normally go. 

Thanks to all for the advice 

Ok. Having been through the process a few times - you get a bit pragmatic.

Here's how it normally goes - seller will promise to remove all their junk etc and clean before completion. For whatever, reason this won't all happen.

You get the keys and there'll be some junk left and it won't be really be clean. Maybe years of accumulated dust behind where furniture used to be.

So you shrug your shoulders and rent a carpet cleaner (or rip them out) and spend several days going round the house with a bucket and cloth cleaning everything.

You swear and mutter about the sellers under your breath - but that's about all you can do. Aside from perhaps "forget" to forward Christmas cards that turn up after their mail redirection service has ended.

RHemmings

bobster2 said:

Blotto17 said:

Yes I’m a first time buyer so unaware of how these things normally go. 

Thanks to all for the advice 

Ok. Having been through the process a few times - you get a bit pragmatic.

Here's how it normally goes - seller will promise to remove all their junk etc and clean before completion. For whatever, reason this won't all happen.

You get the keys and there'll be some junk left and it won't be really be clean. Maybe years of accumulated dust behind where furniture used to be.

So you shrug your shoulders and rent a carpet cleaner (or rip them out) and spend several days going round the house with a bucket and cloth cleaning everything.

You swear and mutter about the sellers under your breath - but that's about all you can do. Aside from perhaps "forget" to forward Christmas cards that turn up after their mail redirection service has ended.

I'm pleased that my house purchase wasn't normal then. My house was properly cleared and clean when I moved in. Perhaps I was just lucky.