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Plug Sockets when moving house

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  • jamesperrett
    jamesperrett Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    mikefearn83 wrote: »
    given we spent around £500 on these we would like the chance to take them.

    You must have a very large house. 20 double sockets and 15 switches (which is what we have in our 3 bedroom house) should work out at about £175 from a sensible supplier.
  • LandyAndy
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    edited 10 May 2018 at 9:15AM
    jackieblack wrote: »
    Personally I don't like metal switces/sockets, and if I was buying a house that had them would be changing them asap.
    Nothing to lose by checking with your buyer, they might be thrilled to have you do all the work of replacing them, I would be!

    This.

    I would be absolutely delighted if you took them away.
  • ciderboy2009
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    LandyAndy wrote: »
    This.

    I would absolutely delighted if you took them away.
    Me too - but I would also be expecting to receive a copy of the electrician's certificate.
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    edited 10 May 2018 at 8:39AM
    We took a set of curtains that we wanted to keep, and left another set up.

    The inventory only said 'curtains'. It did not say those particular curtains . We did email the buyer and told them what we had done, we never heard anything from them. (Maybe they preferred the ones we left! ).

    AFAIK, we did nothing wrong.
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  • Alter_ego
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    sevenhills wrote: »
    So you will be giving the buyer the completed Electrical Installation Certificates (EICs).


    Not required for a simple socket faceplate change.
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  • googler
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    OP; you can afford to move, but you can't afford to buy new chrome faceplates at your new home? Is that what's behind this?

    Seriously, I think you're leaving it WAY too late to be raising this. You should have decided this far earlier in the process, and flagged it up to the buyer then.

    Once again, a situation where the written form of offer with standard clauses in Scotland clarifies matters far earlier. Whether or not you left them would have been part of the contract at offer/acceptance stage in a Scottish sale.
  • hazyjo
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    Personally I would think it's really mean of you. Not so much 'nasty', more 'tight'. Sorry!


    I'd be seriously peed off! For me, it's up there with people who take the carpets!
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  • spadoosh
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    Id like it to wanting to take a newly fitted kitchen with you. It will effect the value of the property. A switch is a switch, a kitchen is a kitchen. Some kitchens you pay more for than others likewise with the sockets that you choose to go out and replace, i mean, what was wrong with the white ones you had?

    Considering you can pay £10+ per chrome switch, as opposed to £1 for the palstic ones, id be making sure they where still there.
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    hazyjo wrote: »
    Personally I would think it's really mean of you. Not so much 'nasty', more 'tight'. Sorry!


    I'd be seriously peed off! For me, it's up there with people who take the carpets!

    As others have said, they are so much a matter of taste that it would only be even remotely mean if the buyers loved them.

    In the OPs position I would ask the buyers permission to replace with white and accept their decision.
  • hazyjo
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    LandyAndy wrote: »
    As others have said, they are so much a matter of taste that it would only be even remotely mean if the buyers loved them.

    In the OPs position I would ask the buyers permission to replace with white and accept their decision.
    Fair point - was presuming it was without telling the buyers. If they ask first, that's different. But if it was me, I'd want them to stay.
    2023 wins: *must start comping again!*
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