Law Society Fittings and Contents Form

Tabieth

20122013 said:

Appreciate the replies, I was on autopilot when I was completing the form.  EA has confirmed that the Buyer has made no request for any of my items. as they probably have their own. Is it best to leave the items until after exchange to remove them just in case the offer is withdraw and need to relist the property?

Yes, don’t do anything with them until after exchange. Then you can remove them and do whatever with them. 

20122013

TheJP said:

Are they freestanding or integrated? What was agreed in the MOS particulars?

If they are not FTB then i would guess they have their own appliances so it's up to you to either offer them to them and see if they are interested or sell after the sale is complete.

What is MOS?

All are freestanding.

The buyer is selling their property. 

Tiglet2

20122013 said:

TheJP said:

Are they freestanding or integrated? What was agreed in the MOS particulars?

If they are not FTB then i would guess they have their own appliances so it's up to you to either offer them to them and see if they are interested or sell after the sale is complete.

What is MOS?

All are freestanding.

The buyer is selling their property. 

Memorandum of Sale (issued by the Estate Agent to all parties once a sale has been agreed).

youth_leader

I understood that most white goods should be left, for free.  My vendor wanted £275 for her washing machine.  As I'd had to leave mine behind at my property because it was lockdown when I moved out and I couldn't get a removal company to help me, I asked my solicitor to find out the make and model. 

Turned out to be a 10 year old Beko, vendor said she had 'made a mistake', and left it for me for free. Stopped working six months after I'd moved in, I got a new one from John Lewis for £400.

artyboy

I'm going through this at the moment with a place I'm buying, the vendor put down prices for all sorts of stuff, including fully fitted kitchen units (even the extractor hood). I have 'politely' enquired if a mistake was made and that everything would be left for free, and that as a minimum, anything fitted ought to be included anyway.

Let's see - frankly I am doing them a favour as it's clear they don't want the hassle of moving their old stuff out (currently a furnished let so they're not even there...)

lincroft1710

youth_leader said:

I understood that most white goods should be left, for free.  

What is your basis for this belief? I am certain there is nothing in law to substantiate this

TheJP

20122013 said:

TheJP said:

Are they freestanding or integrated? What was agreed in the MOS particulars?

If they are not FTB then i would guess they have their own appliances so it's up to you to either offer them to them and see if they are interested or sell after the sale is complete.

What is MOS?

All are freestanding.

The buyer is selling their property. 

MOS is memorandom of sale which is something that forms part of the initial offer, i.e we agree to buy the house at £xk including white goods or £xk if we can keep the inappropriate gnome. 

It looks like they dont want your goods unless you offer them at a good price if they are at a good standard, otherwise its your responsibility to remove them.

20122013

@  TheJP said:  ' It looks like they dont want your goods unless you offer them at a good price if they are at a good standard, otherwise its your responsibility to remove them.'

My EA had said that the buyer is selling and have not mention they wanted any of my items. So I am going to say 'I assume they do not want them. I will wait till the very end and remove them, as this buyer had be looking for some years 

youth_leader

@lincroft1710 - I don't think it is the law, I believed it to be an unspoken rule? 

I read a post on this forum some time ago which stated that any white goods,  visible upon viewing and in the photographs on Rightmove,  should be left as part of the 'fixtures'.  I also remember someone saying that if a house was turned upside down only the things that could 'fall out' should be taken. 

Tiglet2

youth_leader said:

@lincroft1710 - I don't think it is the law, I believed it to be an unspoken rule? 

I read a post on this forum some time ago which stated that any white goods,  visible upon viewing and in the photographs on Rightmove,  should be left as part of the 'fixtures'.  I also remember someone saying that if a house was turned upside down only the things that could 'fall out' should be taken. 

Things that could ‘fall out’ would include slot in white goods, but not integrated ones. If the seller wanted to include them in the sale, then the EA should state that on the sales particulars so a potential purchaser would know what was included and what wasn’t.  

I think it might have been me that used that expression as I have done many times!

I included stand-alone/slot in white goods on a property I sold a year ago but the purchaser specifically asked for them to be removed as he had his own appliances.