Accepted offer on house sale - what about whats included etc?

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Today accepted an offer on house sale.
Sorting out a solicitor.

Of course, the buyer only had one look at the house. I never even spoke to them.
No conversation has taken place on what's included.

So what's normal to leave behind?

Is this something that's sorted at this next stage now?

If they specifically did not mention when making the offer can I assume I'm free to take everything that's not actually part of the house?

To be honest, they weren't the best. Offered and refused to negotiate because they knew the house had been on the market a while.

Wife is up for not leaving them anything but, of course, that's not practical.
I guess they can still pull out at any time as it is.....

For instance, what would they expect to be left?

Dishwasher - assume yes if its fitted?
Cooker - No?
Fridge/Freezer - No?
Blinds/Curtains - No?
Curtain Poles - No?
Shed (which is permanent) - Yes?
Other storage sheds which are standalone - No?
Garden furniture - No?
Lightbulbs - yes
Garden gazebo - fitted down but easily removed- It wasn't cheap so don't want to leaver it.
Ring door bell - No? 

Obviously carpets and fixtures and fittings stay
Wardrobes. Not specific just Ikea ones but not sure if I can be bothered to take them out.

BrassicWoman

If you turn the house upside down and shake it, the contents are what falls out. Take them.

Do not take fitted wardrobes and integrated appliances.

Anything else is subject to negotiation. 

born_again

You need to have a discussion with buyer, over what you will be leaving & if there is anything they would like. Sheds, hardly worth the trouble to dismantle & rebuild.

Have seem people take everything with them including lightbulbs.. Others have left pretty much everything. Leaving buyer with a load of junk they have to pay to remove before they can get their own stuff in.

MeteredOut

If you've any children that are soon to become teenagers, I'd consider leaving them.

housebuyer143

You are supposed to leave anything part of the property, like fitted appliances and built-in wardrobes, curtain rods etc. If blinds are made to measure I would just leave them because it's petty to take them away - what are you going to do with them? 

From your list I would expect the following to be left so expect backlash if you go about taking them. 

Dishwasher - assume yes if its fitted. Yes - if fitted.
Cooker - yes, if fitted.
Fridge/Freezer - No? Only if integrated.
Blinds/Curtains - No? I would hope the seller would leave as they can't fit anywhere else?
Curtain Poles - YES
Shed (which is permanent) - Yes
Other storage sheds which are standalone - No
Garden furniture - No
Lightbulbs - I would hope but wouldn't actually expect it. 
Garden gazebo - depends on the structure - if metal and screwed down I would probably think it's part of the sale. 
Ring door bell - yes. I wouldn't expect my doorbell to just be removed unless it's battery operated. Kind of petty though. 

GDB2222

Of the items in your list, which are mentioned in the property particulars the estate agent issued? 

YBR

As said above, some people take everything movable including curtains, lampshades, lightbulbs and more. Others leave these, plus cooker (particularly if gas), fitted dishwasher etc. There is a form where you fill this in to make it clear, and you need to keep to what is on the form so if you're taking the door bell, curtain poles etc. say so.

If there is stuff that you are prepared to leave you can sell this to the buyer for an additional amount, but if they don't want to buy it then you will have to remove it. We bought the cooker for 10% of the RRP, and one or two other pieces of furniture our sellers didn't need in their new place.

FlorayG

Part of the sale paperwork is a form that lists what you expect to leave and I seem to remember you can ask for an amount of money for things that are not fixtures
The buyer however can reject the things and then you have ot remove them. My seller wanted to leave a gas cooker, it was on the form, I said no I don't want it ( in writing) and my solicitor would not exchange until they had it removed, holding things up a couple of days while the seller waited for a gas safe engineer.
If you really don't want any of the stuff, first of all offer it to a charity and what they don't want get a house clearance company in. The first house I bought had been empty for over a year and was COMPLETELY empty, anything that could be removed had gone

Bigphil1474

OP, your solicitor will provide you with a TA10 form - Fixtures and Contents. This will ask all sorts of questions about  what is included in the sale and what isn't from your perspective. You can remove what you want really, apart from the basics of the property, but what you don't want to remove, you can either leave with or sell to the buyer if they want it, or you have to get rid.

When we sold ours, we asked the buyer if they wanted the fridge freezer as it was only 4 years old but our new house had integrated stuff. We could have asked for some money but realistically it would have been nothing compared to the price of the house. We left all curtains and blinds, and we asked the buyers about bits and bobs of furniture, some they wanted some they didn't. 

I've never heard of anyone taking light bulbs - maybe replace fancy wi-fi ones with basic ones, but we didn't take any. Did read someone talking about taking door handles, which is just daft. Our basic approach was offer to leave anything we didn't want, but if the buyer didn't want it, we got rid ourselves.

booksandbikes

You will get a Fixtures list to complete of what is included and not included. It is a very detailed list, and you just fill out what you intend to keep/leave (it's a tick box thing - very comprehensive). If the buyers have an issue or want something included then they will come back to you via the solicitors and you can negotiate.

Albermarle

To be honest, they weren't the rest. Offered and refused to negotiate because they knew the house had been on the market a while.

The buyer made a firm offer, which you decided to accept. That is how it works. No need to feel some personal animosity about it. 

The time for that is if they try and renegotiate or pull out at the last minute, or over some minor issue in the survey. Or many other potentially contentious issues/delays.