To think garden plants are classed as fixtures and fittings?

[Flingingmelon]

When you buy a house? DH says no, but I am rather annoyed about the gaps in the garden that weren't there when we put the offer in.

We rent ours from a housing association.
Anyway... I met the previous tenant (bar one) a while back. This lady wanted her tree back... 5 years later!

I did let her have it, as it wasn't thriving, and l felt sorry for her.
Yesterday, (though) she was back with a friend of mine.
Looking out at our front verge she noticed some helibours she planted years ago... And asked for them back!
This time, l was firm and said that if l ever changed the garden l would think of her, but not right now.
I think that had to be the cheekiest thing, that l have been privy to (in a loooong time)

As others have said, the fixtures and fittings form has a specific place for this.
If they didn't specify, then you can contact their solicitor and complain that they have broken the contract.
If you assume a decent sized plant form a garden centre to replace the ones taken is £10-£20, and there are say 20 holes, then ask for that amount of money from the vendor.

One of the houses we moved to had a rosebush that the vendor had planted with his wife, who'd since died, to celebrate a wedding anniversary.
I completely understood that he might want to take it, but he was afraid it would die in transit and just asked us to take special care of it.

I imagine that some people do want to take plants for sentimental reasons, but those who strip gardens because they are miserly are horrible. I have no time for meanness

Contact your solicitor.

Relatives of mine were down sizing, the couple they sold the house to were keen gardeners and loved the garden. Relative explained that she was taking the Magnolia with her but was happy to leave everything else.

They moved out Friday couple actually moved in the following Monday. Relative got a furious message from the new owners about the state of the front garden and absence of rose bushes.

It got heated. Then teary. Relative was totally bewildered and had no idea what new owner was on about.

It was finally resolved six weeks later when one of the neighbours saw them replanted in a house in the next street (he happened to be dh of wife's best mate so recognised them instantly).

It was quite scandal for years

Honey something similar happened to my Dps several years back. They had heaps of hanging pots and other pots everywhere. The neighbours (who were always quite grasping..... did a good line in scamming for meals) asked DPs if they were taking the pots and if not could they have them. DPs said that they planned to leave them as a gift to the young couple who had bought the place.

Day of leaving...... Dps got into their car, waved to everyone and drove off feeling weepy at leaving. Got down the road and decided to turn back for one last look at the old place and went past again only to see the grasping neighbours walking up the road with their hanging baskets in their arms.

DFather went absolutely apeshit at them. Kind of put a dampener on their fond farewell!

Eurgh, that's awful. Pre meditated theft, from people you thought were friends.

I'm preparing my house to put on the market and don't know whether to leave the play frame up or down (it's concreted in). I'd rather give families the option of keeping it tbh, and happily dismantle and tip it if they don't.

Plants etc are not automtically classed as fixtures and fittings, hence why the very situation is dealt with on the F&F form.

OP - you need to check your paperwork you were sent (F&F form should be attached to your copy of the contract). If the vendor indicated that they were going to take them, there is nothing you can do and they have acted perfectly correctly. If, however, they didn't indicate they were taking any plants then you have recourse and I would contact your solicitor and ask them to contact the vendors solicitor.

FWIW there is NOTHING in a propery that is "automatically" classed as fixtures and fittings. There is a rule of thumb, but its more of a guideline. The problems are always when people have acted differently from what they have indicated on the forms or when people assume what is being left