To think that these vendors are utter twunts?

[YoungGirlGrowingOld]

I don't think IABU but wanted to vent and ask advice.

Completed on our new house yesterday. Was in London for work so went there today to find that before moving out the vendors have dragged all their old mattresses into the garden (along with some - now smashed - glass items) and set fire to them. I would post pics but I am not clever enough...

I started cleaning up all the other shit they left behind and realized that there was an entire fireplace missing. It's a funky modern ish gas fire thing and I clearly remember it and liked it. Despite ticking the "leaving gas fire" box on the SPIF form they have removed it and replastered the fucking wall. Have just gone back through the estate agents info and the SPIF from the solicitor and there was no mention of them taking it.

I was willing to overlook the massive turd upstairs in the bathroom as an aberration, but I really think they didn't like us!

Anyway I have photographed everything and emailed the solicitor and I know I have legal redress, but AIBU to feel aggrieved that I have to share a planet with these utter cunts? I mean seriously, who does this? I know it's a first world problem and I am lucky to have a house and legs etc, but c'mon - it's really very twattish, no?

We bought an almost-derelict renovation project a few years ago. When we viewed it, it still had the remnants of the last occupant's dinner on the table, complete with eggy residue on the plate and scummy tea in a cup. I suspect said occupant had done a flit.

Vendor seemed surprised when we mentioned vacant possession but we said we wouldn't close until all the junk furniture was removed. I dropped in to house to measure something to discover that the vendor had made a pile of all the contents and set fire to them, like your vendors. However, our vendor had burnt them all- in the middle of the floor, INSIDE THE HOUSE! I stood over him while he mopped the soot off the ceiling and cleaned all the charred crap off the property.

Fortunately for everyone concerned, there was no structural damage and it is now a beautifully restored stone cottage but I will forever be at the vendor's stupidity.

There are some nice people out there... When we moved out of our last house I was just having a last little sob in each room when the new owner turned up, as the estate agent had given him a key before we actually completed. Anyway he was lovely, he gave me a hug and assured me he'd look after the house (he wouldn't promise not to redecorate the nursery though ). I was so pleased to sell our lovely house to someone so nice... then we moved into our flea ridden new house

When I bought my house, it's was spotless. They were lovely people and knew how excited I was to have my first home.

Everywhere was bleached and clean. A card, flowers and a bottle of wine- complete with bottle opener were waiting for me in the kitchen.

When we moved into our house the vendor left us flowers, a nice card and a bottle of wine. In return, we let her know if she gets any important mail sent here because she's forgotten to update her address. I thought that was probably standard procedure.

Op, I thought we had it bad when we moved. The curtain rails were hanging off the wall, the living room light was broken and all the floors were thick with dirt. The grime in the kitchen was slowly evolving into semi intelligent life. Uuuuggghhh, gives me the creeps remembering!
They also left a massive overflowing skip blocking the garage, which wasn't collected for several days and then they refused to take all the junk as it was too full. The estate agents contacted the vendors who promised to sort it, but didn't.
What was worse was that they didn't give anyone their forwarding address, including the DVLA, their car insurance provider, their employers and many more. We had no forwarding address either.
I think you win though!

Younggirl- that is disgusting- how distressing. Did the previous owners live there or did they have tenants? I hope you get it sorted.

We are moving soon and when we went to view the property again we had a nasty similar shock. The tenant has only been there a few months. In that time he has caused a bad flood, built a massive mini landfill site on top of the compost heap filled with beer cans, wine bottles, take away boxes and general rubbish. He has also tried to set fire to it all and caused a huge amount of damage to the once beautiful garden. Huge dog has also caused damage.There were also wine bottles, wine glasses littered throughout the house, mattresses on the floor as if there had just been a big party. The worst bit was the tenant was in when we went to look there and sat there grinning- no shame at all. I dread to think what it will be like when he leaves. The poor owner is absolutely mortified and had no idea what this person had been up to. It is our much awaited dream house and was so sad to see it treated so badly.

Sorry that turned into a rant- I really sympathise and just don't understand how people can behave or live like this!

Hope you get things sorted soon YoungGirl. My friend has a similar thing happen to her . The house was completely stripped, including toilet seats, light fittings, plants from the garden etc

All theses items were to be left as per contract. The worst thing? The vendor of the house? An Estate Agent

When I moved into my first flat, the vendor (who had seemed really nice and normal) removed light bulbs, toilet roll and - worse of all - the £2.99 doorbell, which really can't have had any sentimental value, it was old and discoloured plastic, but they ripped it and the wires out and made a huge mess of the walls in doing so, and because they'd ripped the wires I had to get an electrician to make safe and install a new one. Who does that? They also left a shed full of half empty dried up paint pots and loads of rubbish in the garden. Oh and the boiler was condemned on arrival as I could smell gas and the gas man refused to even consider repairing it. That was my fault for not getting it tested though x

I had to get an electrician to make safe and install a new one

Did the contract not say that if removing fittings all elect rivals must be made safe and the deciration made good?

The people we bought from left us wine, card and a lovely new toy to keep our one year old happy. They also labelled everything including stop cock, fuse box, etc and left us labelled spare keys and light bulbs, plus a loo roll. It was the most thoughtful thing I've ever had a seller do. I wish they were all like this!

I once moved into a house where all the pipes under the bsth and sink and water tank had been ripped out and the kitchen set alight

I don't know what's worse the hideous Christmas tree, the poo, the fire scorched furniture or the missing loo seat. But the fire - fucking hell! Have you asked your solicitor about it, surely they can't take what they said was part of the house and have to produce safety docs? TWATS.

What the vendors have done is despicable. But at risk of making light of the situation - the toilet looks like it is smiling at you.

Ours took the fitted wardrobes, washing machine and dishwasher that they were meant to leave.
They left filth, an old cooker with a chicken carcass in and a pool table in the cellar.
Oh and a cat.
After two weeks we received their new debit card and PIN too.

You poor things - and for you.

On the fire-front - not just a question of safely disconnecting the gas and removing it - if they've plastered the wall without leaving some ventilation, you may have problems with the chimney flue causing damp. Only mentioning this in case you decide to cut your losses and not replace the fire. Hope your solicitor manages to get some redress for you - what a horrible thing to happen at a time when you should be all excited about your new home.

Nimble you're right - at least the loo is smiling. It's probably thinking "that God those twunts have gone!"

Our neighborhood spies (DH's colleague who lives in the road) tell us that they had a mahoosive party earlier this week, people were carting furniture off in their cars and lugging things into the garden to burn

And I would be the sad sack at the party going "er - you're not going to leave it like this are you?" But then I am not a twunt. Still grr-ing.

Make sure you change the locks quickly !!!!

So they had a massive bonfire yet chose to leave you the pink tree thing?

When we left our old house we left it spotless. It was our first home together and both the dds had been conceived and born whilst we were there. We were really sad to leave and even Dh got a bit tearful. We left all the manuals for all the white goods, garage door, boiler, etc and the garden was immaculate. Lovely plants and flowers and lawn.

The buyer moved tenants in. The tenants brought two beagle dogs which got left outside for hours and destroyed the garden. We are still really good friends with our old neighbours and they told us what went on. We sneaked a peek into the back garden when we went to visit ex-neighbours and it looked absolutely awful. Everything was chewed up and dug up and gone. Arseholes.

When my DD and her DP moved into their lovely Victorian villa (their first house) they discovered that the vendors lovely Victorian furniture (think large wardrobes, chests of drawers, cabinets etc) had hidden the fact that all decorating had been carried out by painting around said furniture
They had lovely Victorian patchwork walls and lovely Victorian semi-stained floorboards in every room...

Do you still have the sales photos? If not try and grab them now from the estate agent. It will help you prove the loo stay and fireplace were there.

Our vendors helpfully painted the entire Hall, stairs and landing bright purple before we moved in. We found used sanitary towels at the back of a built in wardrobe and the washing machine became live if you turned on the cooker.
I like to think of it as one of those life affirming experiences...

Thanks sisters - yes the sales details are actually still online but we also have a hard copy. Not sure it will make any difference but it's pretty incontrovertible that the bloody fireplace was there!

Our vendor left two cats. She came back and took them the next day. Took a while for it to occur to me that she must have kept a key in order to go back for them. Needless to say we changed the locks.
They also left a delightful array of plastic wildlife and wind chimes in the garden but I suppose that is slightly better than a turd.

So did you go the toilet seat back?