Angry at house seller?

Never known anything as "low" as this!! My seller took away the installed water softener!!

That is not allowed normally (in UK). There should be light bulbs for when you arrive…

Absolutely they can. As long as it is replaced. Op is upset coz they take the nice ones…

That,

if you want something, you need to say it and also offer a price for it. The sale includes the house, not the fittings…

Speak to lawyer about this asap.
it doesn’t bode brilliantly tbh

Not allowed. It should be absolutely clear what is staying and what's going. Radiators being taken. No. Not so sure about light fittings.

I think showing your house with one type of radiator and then swopping them, is highly unusual. I’ve bought and sold a lot of houses and have never ever seen anyone take radiators.
light fittings are quiet common to be taken, but a mirror that’s hard wired into an electric supply is also unusual to remove.

It's unusual to be taking radiators, I'd question that.

You should ask about things like that. We moved into a house owned by a woman who had had a bitter divorce, She took all the light bulbs!

I sold a house many years ago and the buyer rang me to ask where the rotary dryer (washing line) had gone. I said I had taken it with me and she said “but the sale details stated “gardens as stocked””. When I explained that meant the plants, bushes, trees she said I should have left the washing line too. Must have assumed I planted a washing line seed and grew it !

Get your solicitors opinion on this. Its not as straightforward as they can strip the house of everything. There's a difference between fixtures and chattels and it relates to the degree of annexation (how integrated and 'fixed' to the house they are). House sales usually assume that fixtures are included and chattels (personal belongings not fixed to the property) are not. Get solicitor advice and maybe seek a discount for the asking price of the amount these things are worth.

Not sure about years ago, but the current policy (at least in councils i know about) is that anything like carpets etc is stripped out before new tenants move in in case of disease, fleas, contamination etc.

However I do find it annoying that they tend to even strip hard flooring like laminate or vinyl, and remove fitted shelves etc as a matter of course - the people I deal with are vulnerable young adults and they need to fit out the entire house. They do get an allowance to help with that, but by the time you've bought a cooker, fridge, other kitchen essentials, a bed and a sofa there isn't much left for flooring. We had one young mother very distressed as she got to the house to find her baby was expected to be crawling on bare splintery floorboards (we sorted out an emergency payment so she could at least have rugs)!

And of course the new ones didn’t fit in the same places so of course we have holes in the wall, and no time to make good and decorate before we fitted the new ones as we urgently needed hot water and had a houseful of boxes! At least it was summer!

Lol, I can't believe that someone is taking the radiators. That is not normal. I can't believe so many people think it is!

YABU. You bought their house not their belongings. Stylish radiators can be super expensive and hard to find. I’d definitely be taking them and replacing with basic when I moved.

That's why you have the fixtures list. Ask the vendors where they got the things you liked from

That is abysmal. Good luck!

Yes we also had Jim Lawrence fittings but some (such as curtain rails) were made to fit the house so it would be pointless to take them. Lights I can understand, but replacing switches is time consuming.

Possibly outing self here, but when we moved house the vendor took several of the radiators and light fittings - and didn’t replace them. We couldn’t have hot water until we had frantically sourced new rads and had them fitted, as the boiler couldn’t be turned on until they were replaced. He also took plumbing fittings and left a houseful of crap! We are planning to sue.

I'd be irritated too if this happened @perfectpotato
When we sold a few years ago we were planning to take light fittings and the buyer wanted them so we just left them, we were happy to do that so we could avoid disagreements. If they're taking out radiators and mirrors there will be a lot of making good for them to do on the walls, do make sure that your solicitor points this out to them.
Obviously they're perfectly within their rights, but I can't imagine why they'd want to take radiators, presumably they'll have to take out and replace the radiators in their new place? A lot of work.

I'd be irritated. It's just more hassle to purchase and fit replacements. Another headache you don't need when moving house. I wonder if they are developers and take the nice stuff around different properties to 'dress' them? Weird

That’s bonkers, make sure you stipulate that any screw holes, wall damage etc is made good in this process.

I am in America and it’s obviously very different here. Anything attached to the home (even things like curtain rods) come with the home unless specifically stated in the listing before you make an offer. So, this would be WILD to me

Sooooo @perfectpotato What are you going to do?

Some of the fixtures and fittings in my house, including lights and switches from places like Jim Lawrence have cost me a fortune. If I ever sell I would take them all with me and replace with basic.