To think fridges do not come with house sells?

[Luckyluc]

My mum died a few months back in March. We only recently put the house on the market to be sold, we left a lot of her stuff in there to make it feel homely.
My mum has a two year old kitchen. Built in washer, built in microwave and cooker.
The fridge however my mum brought.
Soneone has brought the house now and the estate agent said they want the fridge and it's included in the price.
I don't think this is fair, I was meant to take the fridge how can they even expect a fridge to be included?
Is this normal practice?
I've never own/sold a house before so I do not know.

People in family saying I can just but the same one, that isn't the point it was my mums and it isn't an adnormal space where the fridge is any fridge can go there.

My mum also brought a wine cooler which they want and there is coy fish in the pond about 50 of them they want.

Aibu here?
Can you provide your experiences on house sells ect please

[Postchildrenpregranny]

Previous posters are correct .If your aunt included the fridge etc on the inventory there is nothing you can do about it .But you might be able to ask the buyers nicely if you can replace your mums fridge with one of equal value .We soldMIL flat a while ago and buyers asked if we would leave the cooker and fridge freezer-they were going to refit the kitchen eventually .They wouldn't pay for them ,which was a bit annoying as they were quite new , but we left them in the end as it was more hassle to move them and we had nowhere to store them .DD1 is buying somewhere-we suspect vendors will ask for £x for various things including the washing machine,shed,washing line .Its quite usual to negotiate separately
My DD2 is also buying a flat and has negotiated for all white goods and furniture to be included(vendor would not drop price) But this is fairly unusual(property is let at present and stuff isn't worth much)
However when vendor's solicitor issues a memorandum of sale it will be up to my DDs solicitor to check that everything is included.
.We have photos of each room ...

[sykadelic]

Agree re value of the the coy. Fully grown ones can be expensive so I would definitely ask for extra funds. They're pets, they wouldn't get your dog!

Re the fridge, not included unless specifically mentioned. Ours came with an oven and water softener

[steff13]

Did you talk to your aunt, OP?

[itsmeitscathy]

where are you op?

[CrystalCove]

It would all depend if fridge was listed in the original inventory of things being sold with the house.

[AlfAlf]

We had to pay extra for the white goods to be left in our house when we bought.

[elephantfan]

Anything movable is not a fixture or fitting.
Therefore if they want it they have to negotiate and pay for it.
You are under no obligation to sell them anything unless you want to.
They are greedy and unreasonable.
Coy carp are very valuable.

[maninawomansworld]

White goods aren't normally included unless they are specified in the brochure / paperwork.
If they want the fridge then it's your call. If the offer is a bit cheeky and you're just selling for a quick sale then tell them to do one. If the offer is pretty good then you might want to include it to help things go smoothly.

[ChablisLover]

Agree with people

You don't have to sell it if not part of house

But then my dear parents bought a house and the previous owners actually took the curtain rails with them. You know the white plastic ones? They took every single one.

[maddening]

Tell them to up their offer if they want the extras.

[TobleroneBoo]

The carp could potentially be worth a lot of money, don't let them have them

[SquareStarfish]

When I bought my house we we given a list of everything the owners were willing to leave for us and how much we could purchase them for. Things like cooker, fridge, curtains etc. We said we didn't want to buy any of it (especially at their prices). Funnily enough about half of it was left anyway, including fish in a pond they never told us about!

[OhEmGeee]

Koi fish can be worth a fortune so don't give them away!

You should have filled in a fixtures and fittings form where you put what's included with the house. Items such as white goods you can state you'll leave for an extra price.

They're being grabby.

[ICantDecideOnAUsername]

As PPs have said it depends on where you are with the sale. The sales particulars are not binding (ours said our house had a built in freezer and dishwasher, but the later fixtures & fittings list said these were not included, I got the solicitor to check and it was confirmed that the particulars was wrong and the f&f list was right (I'm now quite glad as they turned out to be quite a scummy family!). However, even the f&f list is not binding until contracts are exchanged.

I would find out from your aunt what is/was on the list; the agents are not necessarily right.

It's not at all unusual for people to expect/want things. In our last flat we bought the washer/dryer and fridge/freezer but then wanted to take them with us (although would have been prepared to sell if offered). Our buyers obviously didn't take much notice of the f&f list and came for a second (belated) viewing before exchange and asked if the washing machine was a dryer too. They seemed surprised when I said 'yes, but it's not included'. They didn't ask to buy it so we took it and the fridge/freezer (wow, they were fun to get out! - given the cupboards over the fridge they would have had trouble finding another one that fitted - oh well -they were nightmare buyers so I don't really care !)

[steff13]

The OP says someone bought the house. Doesn't that mean the sales contract is final? If the contract was finalized and the fridge, wine cooler, fish, etc., were included in it, then I don't think there's any option for the OP to keep those things at this point. OP, you need to talk to your aunt if she's the one who took care of the sale.

[annielouise]

Tell the estate agent to butt out. They always want a smooth sale but it's up to you. Also remind them who is paying them - you are, not the buyer! So he's working for you, not them.

[annielouise]

They can ask if you're leaving the fridge but no is no unless you want to sell it to them in which case you agree a price. Anything fitted though should stay.

Can I just say depending on the size of the koi carp they can cost up to £100 each so if you've ten that's a lot of money. I separate that out too after getting them priced.

Until the solicitors are involved it's just word of mouth really though. I don't think it becomes legally binding until you fill in the inventory of what is staying and what's going. It's not unusual for individual items to be sold to the buyer.

[hibbledibble]

Unless it's built in, and it sounds like its not, then they abu.

If you want to sell anything with the house, offer them a price. Otherwise tell them no.

They are trying it on.

[Peshwari]

I don't think it's unusual to include some white goods, our house came with an undercounter fridge (not built in). Many people might be selling and moving to somewhere with built in appliances.

I wouldn't assume it as standard though

[steff13]

They can ask for anything they want as far as appliances, furniture, etc., goes. The seller can agree to what they want to include in the sale. You need to see what the sales contract says. Here, sometimes the appliances are included in a sale, sometimes they're not. As far as the fish go, I'd assume the fish stayed with the pond, but, again, it should be in the contract.

[diddl]

"the estate agent said they want the fridge and it's included in the price."

I don't undrstand that tbh.

It's either listed as included or it isn't.

Could it be that with price they have offered they are wanting the fridge to be included & if it isn't then they will be wanting to pay less?

[lantien]

It's something the solicitor deals with. The fixtures and fittings list that is.

This is my experience.

Your Aunt will have filled one out - it's her you need to check with.

Build in appliances would expect to stay - but would check the paper work to be sure.

Friend of mine had a seller threaten to pull out over some cheap fire side folks and shovel set. Friend said they could have them for £100 - they were bought for £40 - they paid that for them.

[ghostyslovesheep]

if it's built in it may have been included

your Aunt will have filled in a pack detailing what will be left behind - if it's in that then yes it's included

[Tapasfairy]

Give them a price, new plus £50
Tell estate agent to get a spine!

[Pagwatch]

I've had built in fridges included in sales before
Is it built in?
You need to speak to your aunt.
If the buyers were told it's included then it's included.