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Bathroom comes with the house??!!

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greencygnets · 29/07/2018 12:10

So DH and I have just bought a new house (not brand new but new to us :)) and it cost us a lot of money (far more than a care to admit! :))
We moved in yesterday, the house is perfect except for one thing...

They've taken the bloody bathroom with them!!!!

One of the two main bathrooms upstairs is literally empty, like I don't mean just the furniture which you obviously take with you. But they've taken the bath, sink and shower!!!!

The room is tiled but theres random pipes sticking out of walls where these things should be!! The only thing left is the toilet. I honestly don't know what to do... We were going to redo the bathroom anyway at some point but never told this to anybody and weren't planning to do so until at least November/December time but now we don't have a choice!!

The kids come home from the holiday with my in-laws on Tuesday and we've got no bathroom for them!!!!

AIBU to think that the bathroom comes with the house, or is it totally reasonable to take the bathroom with you to your new house??!!

OP posts:
Mooey89 · 29/07/2018 12:11

My understanding is that if it’s ‘fixed’ it stays unless specifically stated?! What does your inventory say??

bluemoonchances · 29/07/2018 12:12

You need to go to your solicitor ASAP and be prepared to take them to civil court if necessary. Bathroom is part of fixtures and fittings, it's not removable furniture. Contact your solicitor who sorted the move , and estate agents ASAP.

Cakemadeoffruit · 29/07/2018 12:12

Did you not ring your solicitor as soon as you realised? If not phone them 9am on Monday morning!

HollowTalk · 29/07/2018 12:13

What!!!! That's fixtures and fittings!

Think back to when you saw the advert for the house online. Did it describe the bathroom then?

I would get onto your solicitor immediately.

Iruka · 29/07/2018 12:13

Contact your solicitor asap, if they were supposed to leave it then they will be able to get compensation. Including the cost of emergency plumbers etc.

HollowTalk · 29/07/2018 12:13

@Cakemadeoffruit, she couldn't phone her solicitor on a Saturday!

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 29/07/2018 12:14

They can’t take any fixtures and fittings without having explicitly warned you and gotten your agreement on.
Talk to your solicitor.

9amTrain · 29/07/2018 12:14

Who on earth takes a bathroom with them unless it's explicitly set out beforehand?!

RandomMess · 29/07/2018 12:14
Shock
Bluelonerose · 29/07/2018 12:14

Solicitor asap. Who would take the bath with them?? Confused

AornisHades · 29/07/2018 12:16

Nobody takes the bath and shower! That's so far outside the norm that you'd have to have flagged it up clearly if you intended to do that.

funnylittlefloozie · 29/07/2018 12:16

You moved in on a Saturday? Did you complete and take possession on the Friday? You need to get onto your solicitor first thing tomorrow morning and make a HUGE stink. Unless it specifically states that they are taking the bathroom fixtures in your contract, they CANNOT do this. What a total nightmare (but thank goodness you still have one bathroom to use!).

sue51 · 29/07/2018 12:17

I've heard of people taking light bulbs but never whole bathroom! Solicitors Monday for you. This is a whole new level of CFery.

monkeysox · 29/07/2018 12:17

What massive CF

SneakyGremlins · 29/07/2018 12:18

Anyone else hoping when the CFers arrive at their new house someone's taken the entire first floor?

missedith01 · 29/07/2018 12:18

Bathrooms are fixtures and fittings ... go to the solicitor who did your conveyancing.

sporadicrains · 29/07/2018 12:18
Shock
antipodeankat · 29/07/2018 12:18

That's outrageous. As other posters have said, the bath and shower are "fixtures" and legally part of the land. Unless the vendor specifically removed them from your contract of sale, they were included in exchange, they legally belong to you and they have been stolen from you.

PotteringAlong · 29/07/2018 12:19

I agree. Call your solicitor. They can’t do that.

SnuggyBuggy · 29/07/2018 12:20

Never heard of anyone doing that. Barking

CuriousaboutSamphire · 29/07/2018 12:21

Did they expempt them in the fixures and fittings list? Though I don't expect any solicitor would have missed that!

As others have said, they ahve stolen from you. Get back to your solicitor and sue them for the cost of a new bathroom!

worridmum · 29/07/2018 12:21

It does not have to cpme with house but they need to clearly state in the contract if they are taking it.

If its not written in the contract that they are taking it you can easily sue them but if it is in the contract you are out of luck.

abbsisspartacus · 29/07/2018 12:22

I did a house exchange once where she took all the light bulbs they were useless too her as it was all leds at the house she was moving into

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 29/07/2018 12:22

I think op might have noticed if they’d written it into the contract...

InfiniteSheldon · 29/07/2018 12:23

You should have a signed a firm with fixtures and fittings that told you what they were taking/leaving can you remember what that said?