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what is the cheekiest thing you have taken when moving house.

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Bignosenobum · 22/02/2019 16:30

We are moving next week and we are planning to dig up a tree and take it with us, plus other stuff. Did say we would take one or two setimental plants...
What have you taken and what happened. Funny stories please.

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TheTurnOfTheScrew · 22/02/2019 17:44

the people we bought from were lovely, cleaned thoroughly and left us wine, but i did think it ever so slightly off that they removed a bathroom wall cabinet before they went.

I do feel bad though about not leaving the kitchen and sitting room blinds for our buyer. He offered to buy them, but we declined, as they were a standard off the peg fit that we assumed would fit nicely pretty much anywhere once we'd found somewhere to buy (we rented for 6months on relocating). We ended up in a Victorian semi where literally nothing is a standard size, and the blinds went on Freecycle.

bpirockin · 22/02/2019 17:45

Forgot to mention that I'll also be taking my very expensive doors and handles, but realise that I'd need to replace them with standard items before viewings :D When I arrived at this house, some curtain rails had been taken - that was a bit of a PITA. Judging by the aforegoing, I wonder if I could get away with just telling any potential buys I'll be taking the doors with me so they can replace them with their personal choice. Needs must and all that - LOL.

Youseethethingis · 22/02/2019 17:45

Don’tsweatthelittlestuff - you are an evil genius and I absolutely love it

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 22/02/2019 17:45

That sounds very reasonable, @Bignosenobum.

BollocksToBrexit · 22/02/2019 17:46

I'm ashamed to say that I took down the fence and took it to tip. Rented house and I'd paid for it and put it up. I absolutely hated my neighbours and I knew this would piss them off no end.

bpirockin · 22/02/2019 17:46

Sorry, buyers not "buys"

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Bignosenobum · 22/02/2019 17:46

TheTurnOfTheScrew you should have dropped them off saying " ther
e you go". or knock and tun.

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ThisIsMyID · 22/02/2019 17:46

😳 If you said you were taking one or two sentimental plants, I would not expect a tree to disappear. Can you replant with something similar?

chocatoo · 22/02/2019 17:47

it's fine to take the tree as long as you have stated so on the sale!

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Bignosenobum · 22/02/2019 17:48

Hey we are paying for a cleaner to clean the house and getting the oven steam cleaned. Plus leavingthe expensive blinds.

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CaffeineBomb · 22/02/2019 17:50

That's a bit more than one or two isn't it.

So long as your buyers are clear and maybe run it past your solicitors so they can advise whether there is any potential recourse should they dispute what has been taken.

Without seeing your garden and the impact you taking the plants would have it's hard to say if I would be annoyed if I were buying the property.

PalmTree101 · 22/02/2019 17:51

The removal guy came round to drop some boxes off, assessed the tree and said it was doable.

Oh well the removal guy said its ok so it must be ok! Bet ya a tenna it dies.

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Bignosenobum · 22/02/2019 17:52

I never stipulated we were leaving anything. said we would leave "some" plants in the garden.

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hibbledibble · 22/02/2019 17:54

Nothing. I left the blinds, curtains, lampshades and even a wardrobe at the request of the buyer for free even. Not sure why, he was a bit of a tool.

Have you told the buyer that you are taking a tree? If not then I can foresee issues.

Geekster1963 · 22/02/2019 17:55

I don't think it's unreasonable to take a tree as long as they know. My Mum forgot one of her best plants when they sold their house. She is a very keen gardener and she waited until they had gone on holiday and went round and dug it up!

username80001 · 22/02/2019 17:55

When we moved into our house the previous owners took the fireplace. We were fuming and only found out at the end when signing everything. Anyway they said told the estate agent from the beginning so we only signed if they knocked the cost of fireplace off .

PeterPiperPickedWrong · 22/02/2019 17:55

Lightbulbs....but only because it was dark when we were moving, the new property had none and it was too late to go buy some from anywhere

So the people moving into your place had to sit in the dark all night then

Graffitiqueen · 22/02/2019 17:55

We took the door handles. We’d used wedding present money to buy reclaimed ones from a salvage yard. We did replace them with almost identical modern reproductions though.

Had the move gone through when it was supposed to them we wouldn’t have considered it, but we’d been messed about so much I felt no guilt.

chocatoo · 22/02/2019 17:56

Also it wasn't until we had a removals company pack for us (company move), that I realised (when we unpacked the other end) that they packed the light bulbs and toilet rolls, all of which I would have left if it was me doing the packing. So don't necessarily blame the people you have purchased from if they have been taken.

GreenTulips · 22/02/2019 17:57

We had a house wait ‘our’ fence side was a brick wall, the other neighbors side we paid for fencing

When we moved we asked them if they’d like to pay a contribution to pay for the fence and they said ‘no’ so we took it.

This was before the documents stipulating what could and couldn’t be left

PeterPiperPickedWrong · 22/02/2019 17:57

I never stipulated we were leaving anything. said we would leave "some" plants in the garden.

If they are planted it’s part of the property so you need to stipulate what you will be removing and isn’t included in the sale.

QuirkyQuark · 22/02/2019 17:57

We moved in to one house and they'd taken the flaming loo seats. I mean how posh can a loo seat be that you need to take them with you?

themoomoo · 22/02/2019 18:00

I never stipulated we were leaving anything. said we would leave "some" plants in the garden
no you didn't, you said

Did say we would take one or two setimental plants

babycatcher411 · 22/02/2019 18:01

As long as you have been clear, before any agreements have been made, then I don’t see the issue.

When we sell here, crazy as it’s sounds, I’ll be taking the bathroom sink. It’s a beautiful freestanding, marble sink that I love so much and has a degree of sentimental value (Yeap, I know! A sink!), but we will make it very clear before any agreement and we will replace it with a nice freestanding standard bathroom sink, so it won’t actually cause any practical issues.
Everything else ‘fixed’ in place though will be sold as seen with the property.

That said, a lot of our plants are in pots. I’d expect to take them, but is that generally the done things? Pots move house but stuff in the ground stays put?

CarlGrimesMissingEye · 22/02/2019 18:04

Nothing. The last place we moved out of I touched up the paintwork, left wine and anew home card. I wouldn't dream of doing anything that would make someone buying my home have an experience that was any more stressful than it had to be. Why would you.

If you are moving into a new home you'd expect everything you anticipated to be there. Why treat the people moving to your place differently?

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