Buyers want wheelie bins included.. after discount

When we were FTB our sellers took the wheelie bins.
Our solicitor dealt with it - they had to either return them or pay for new ones, they paid!

I don’t think it covers the ownership of the bin though it’s the costs associated with delivering a new one. Most councils have small print that says you don’t own the bin, the fee charged covers admin costs of arranging/delivery etc

Council issued wheelie bins (including if you pay the council for extra bins) - must stay with the house
Self-purchased wheelie bins (i.e. from retailer, not the council) - you are of course free to take with you

Even if you pay the council for additional bins, e.g. a garden waste bin, you are paying for the servicing of the bin, not the bin itself, so it should stay and the council will take it back if the new occupants don't want it.

Are you not planning on using your bin? The last bit about your kids using it is strange even if you weren't serious.

If bins get broken or nicked we have to pay to replace them. I paid for the black bin I currently have but wouldn't want to take a dirty bin.

Get your solicitor to ask the sellers solicitor if they are leaving their bins 😂😂

I presume bins are owned by the seller, we paid £180 for ours but left them with the property.

I do however believe in karma..... they may have to sell one day and might be in the same boat as you.

Why would they even care that your nan's ashes were under the floorboards? I wouldnt care about that-I dont think I've ever even looked under ours and I'd probably hoover them up thinking they were dust if I found it. It says way more about you that you'd leave your nan there than them. Nice that you're so respectful to your nan though with her ending up in a Dyson 🙄

I've never taken bins with me when I've moved and I've never moved in and found the previous owner has taken them!

OP are you not going to arrive at your new place and find bins already there?!

Check local policy. We pay replacement fees but they still remain the property of the LA.

The wheelie bins if they were originally provided by the council go with the house surely? At least on our street, bins are always left.

I didn't realise this was a thing. Wheelie bins are just left with the house why would you want to take them? Does your new house not have them? The thought of taking them gives me the boak

Don't forget to take all your light bulbs and last loo roll.

But they’re not greedy buyers are they? You’re a tight seller. You can see from the comments that the clear consensus is that you’re being unreasonable and you’re the cheeky fucker not them.

I sold to FTBs and decided to leave a few things behind we weren’t too fussed about to help them out. You’re trying to drain the property of absolutely anything you think might be worth a penny, whether you need it or not. Your new property will already have bloody wheelie bins because thankfully most people aren’t as tight as you!

Don't the wheelie bins technically belong to the council. Thats what I thought. They should be left behind. In any case different councils have different coloured bins. Would never occur to me somebody would take the wheelie bins with them. Mad.

You only pay for replacement or extra bins.
The initial bin was always free and should still be going strong.

For everyone here saying NOBODY takes the bins with them ...let me shake your world ....As my name says...when I moved in this property a year ago (not new built at all ) ,the previous owners took all 4 bins that were here when viewing the house. So...there you have it...there are ppl out there that carry their stinky wheelies with them . 🤦‍♀️. Unless the neighbours have been pinching them (there is a suspicious amount of bins at some houses here tbh 🤣).

Wouldn't even cross my mind to take a wheelie bin with me. How odd!

Every hotel, every friends house I've ever been to, I've never seen the same toilet seat or light fitting yet.

I never get this: we take the light fittings. Why? They don't fit your new house. Probably. Nor will the toilet seat. I strongly dislike such shit.

I can't help but agree.

Another one of those posters who thought the thread would go their way, it hasn't, but they won't admit they are wrong.

This! And they've specified it either because they don't know that NO ONE would remove the bin or they have picked up on your aggression towards them and aren't taking any chances

This is completely normal why the hell would you take the wheelie bin with you.

Maybe your buyers have been incredibly unreasonable with a list of demands but you haven’t posted any of them here. Even the “discount” bit- it’s completely standard practice (in England anyway) to negotiate on the asking price, and if you accepted that negotiation then that was up to you, it doesn’t make them cheeky or greedy, if it wasn’t a reasonable ask you could’ve said no.

You’re just pissed off because he negotiated a discount and you’ve included that he’s a FTB so that he can be mocked for being so unreasonable. It’s totally normal to expect the bins to stay. Get over it.

They probably asked because the sellers have been awkward AF throughout the whole process.

There may some cunts around in this house sale, and it might not be the buyers....