Bathroom comes with the house??!!

[greencygnets]

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??!!

what CFs! How are you supposed to live without a bathroom?

There's 2 only one has gone walkies

Grems I think I love you. 😈

What a bunch of CF’s!

SheCameFromGreeceSheHadaThirst As above, it was in response to a poster (was that you?) saying that all moneys have to be paid to release the keys. There are situations where that isn't the case. But I'd agree that a retention in lieu of checking the property isn't one of them.

the point is that delays on the day happen, it is no reason to not believe theOP.

No, the point is that the op is claiming their solicitor sorted an extension to the completion time, at the point of completion from 4pm to 5pm on a friday afternoon.

That's what I found implausible.

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I'm shamelessly place marking because I need to know what happens next!

Grimbles

I'm not seeing it as an a legal extension on the time, All I'm seeing is that they were asked for extra time.

Can people stop slagging off the OP for not anticipating that she had to write all her posts with perfect 100% accuracy to avoid being hauled over the coals?

FFS, it is common to simplify things when you’re typing, or to edit to avoid being outed or because it’s easier. And the OP did not start “please help and give me legal advice”. She doesn’t owe us perfect accuracy.

And just because out of a two-person partnership one person has been designated the one to be in charge of the legal elements of the house move, does not justify the “girlie giggle” comment. That was fucking unnecessary.

Plus, if we piss off the OP too much, she might not come back with an update.

Start browsing new bathrooms, OP

Tulips true. OK, they're not completely CFs, just slightly CFs.

The op claimed their solicitor advised them that they could allow the extra time provided he could “swing it” with the insurance guys, Boney

@honey

They wanted their solicitor to 'swing it's with insurances which makes it a legal issue.

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar and Grimbles

Fair enough, missed it when reading through.

Ah, but she didn't manage any of that~the big clever man did all the legal stuff, cos she 'doesn't get it' {cue girly giggle}

From the initial call to re-mortgage, my DH did absolutely everything. Our deal was I would do all the change of address stuff/contact everyone. I don’t really get all the legal stuff either, twice now my DH has sorted this. I don’t see the problem?

so you're saying it's fine to leave the property overnight - or more - and that would still apply? We might need to do a long distance move soon, so if this is correct, it's reassuring because the logistics of a long distance move are quite full on.

Yes, as long as it is secured etc. Obviously if the property is left unsecured and third parties are able to enter it, the vendor could use that as a defence and argue that he gave vacant possession on completion and is not responsible for anything happening subsequently. Many people don't enter on the day of completion due to timing, location etc.

However, in the OP's case, there is nothing to suggest a third party entered the property- it was presumably locked and secured. They entered the day after completion (and actually, late completions tend to be classed as taking place the next day anyway) and the fixtures were gone. If the vendor wants to try to say it was a third party, the vendor will have to explain how the third party was able to gain access. Basically, they won't have a leg to stand on and obviously it was them who took it.

SheCame I can't be bothered to argue with you, but you're wrong. If OP can prove that the house is not in the condition agreed in the contract, it would be for the vendor to prove that it was a third party and that the risk fell to the OP.

In countries where removing kitchens is routine, presumably people can’t only move into places that have exactly the same size and layout of kitchen? Does everyone have left over cupboards knocking about in storage etc? Or gaps where they don’t have enough cupboards?

DH (who knows about lots of things that I don’t) would say that he doesn’t understand all this mortgage stuff and his DW sorted it all out. So what? Just happens to be the other way round in OP’s relationship.

Stoat IME kitchen units are surprisingly flexible, like LEGO. Especially if you have quite short counter runs.

Maybe they’re freestanding kitchens?

I think previous posters defending clueless first time buyers have a point, we all have to learn somewhere right? It's usually from making mistakes.
Except me, I read a thread on here about the oddest things sellers had taken when selling a house so when the f+f form arrived I scoured it with a toothcomb and my solicitor was like a blood hound over every item - cheers MN!

Who takes a bloody bathroom... who has the time for that shit

No, no solicitor retains 10% of purchase price. Doesn't happen in residential purchases- entire balance is paid to vendor on completion.

Mine retained some of it - there were pending repair bills for the roof so she with held some of the funds for that. I can't imagine she would have done it in case they nicked the bathroom/fireplace/kitchen on the way out though.

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