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To take my bath when I move?

41 replies

SmhShakingMyHead · 12/05/2017 17:17

I love my bath, and the new place I'm moving to I'll be decorating the bathroom and will want the exact same bath.

Aibu to take it with me?

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Kokusai · 12/05/2017 17:18

You're kidding right??

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MatildaTheCat · 12/05/2017 17:18

Yes..

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fuzzywuzzy · 12/05/2017 17:18

Are you going to replace the bath in your old place?

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BitchPeas · 12/05/2017 17:19

YABU! Unless you replace it with one exactly the same, but why not just buy yourself the same one for your new place? What if it doesn't even fit?

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JennyOnAPlate · 12/05/2017 17:19

I suppos it would be ok as long as you replace it!

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WellErrr · 12/05/2017 17:19

Yes take it.

Rip up the carpets and take those too. Ooh and get the stairs out if they're nice. And the front door.

And don't forget any mature shrubs! And the turf.

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Hassled · 12/05/2017 17:19

You can't take your bath with you. Bathroom fittings aren't like curtains. But I do sympathise - I am embarrassingly fond of my bath. It's the best bath in the world.

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DelphiniumBlue · 12/05/2017 17:20

You can, but need to state that you're doing that on the fixtures and fittings form. You also need to make good once it's out. Will it be worth the cost?

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InfiniteSheldon · 12/05/2017 17:21

Grin I think you know you are. A bath is kind of integral to a bathroom if I viewed a house and they said they were taking the bath I wouldn't proceed any further.

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CrazedZombie · 12/05/2017 17:21

Is this a reverse? I'd be super pissed off of the vendor took their bath without putting it on the fixtures and fittings form. I'd accept a replacement being installed before I moved in.

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TheNaze73 · 12/05/2017 17:22

Are you actually serious???

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EssentialHummus · 12/05/2017 17:23

I'm pretty sure it's a fixture so you'll need to negotiate with your buyer, but if you like it that much, why not?

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MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 12/05/2017 17:28

If it's a super expensive copper bath or similar I can see why you might want to take it with you.

I think rather than discussing it once a sale has been agreed, take it out and put in a replacement before you go on the market.

Or make it very, very clear the bath will be going and include that in the estate agent's details. You may wish to have details of the new bath that will go in available for buyers to see.

If you (or the other party if this is a reverse) have announced the bath on the fixtures and fittings form you're (they're) an idiot.

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MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 12/05/2017 17:29

Is it one of these bad boys?

To take my bath when I move?
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Squtternutbosch · 12/05/2017 17:32

Totally normal in Germany - they take their whole kitchen and bathroom even out of rental flats! But over in the uk it may still seem a little odd.

Try to find some Germans to sell to?

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TheNoodlesIncident · 12/05/2017 17:36

What if someone fell in love with the bath and only started the house purchase because they adored the bath? I'm sure it'll have happened, I knew I wanted my previous house from squinting at the hall through the stained glass of the front door... you'd have to take it out first like a pp said

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FizzyGreenWater · 12/05/2017 17:38

You can but you'd have to make sure that was clearly stated to the purchaser!

This must be Some Bath.

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Shoxfordian · 12/05/2017 17:38

Of course you can't take the bath!

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buttfacedmiscreant · 12/05/2017 17:38

You could always replace the bath before putting the house on the market.

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PeaFaceMcgee · 12/05/2017 17:39

Yanbu as long as you're clear about it with buyers from the outset, e.g. that you or the agent tells them on viewings and it is documented in the fittings and fixtures form.

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Teardropexplodes · 12/05/2017 17:40

I think we need to see a picture.

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wonkylegs · 12/05/2017 17:47

Depends what the bath is and whether or not you are clear about the fact you are taking it and whether or not you will be replacing it.
I loved our bath in our old house, just the right size, lovely comfortable and looked brand new after 10 years so I found out exactly what it was and when we replaced the bathroom in the new house got that one. Still love it.
I did take the fitted dishwasher but we offered it to them at cost price as that's what it would have cost to replace it as I'd want it again and it is a fancy Miele so cost a small fortune, BUT it was mentioned that it wasn't included in the particulars from the beginning. They decided they didn't want it so it's here (washing my dishes this very minute) and they bought a cheap £150 job.

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GooseFriend · 12/05/2017 17:53

If you remove it, store it and put in a new one prior to advertising it then you can. Otherwise no it'd be outrageous and false.

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Strikhedonia · 12/05/2017 17:55

you can do what you want, as long as it's very clear from the start.

What you can't do - or you shouldn't - is wait until your buyers have paid for their mortgage, their survey, the searches etc to then inform them that the bath is going. It might be legal, but it's really shitty.

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Justmadeperfectflapjacks · 12/05/2017 17:59

Will you be in it when the removal men come??!
If you will be on a meter at the new house this is a cracking plan op!!

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