Taking shelves when moving house

[legfaced]

We are due to move in a few months. We have long and quite expensive scaffold board shelving in our kitchen - AIBU to take it with us when we move?

[Fudgemonkeys]

If you excluded them on the fixtures and fittings list as staying you can take them but you must make good of the holes

[OneUsernameOnly]

Ok thick question here - I love scaffolding shelves. Can I literally just order them from wickes or the like and sand them down and varnish them myself? Will they cut them to size or do I have to?

[BitOfFun]

How are scaffold shelves expensive? We've just had a delivery to the allotment to make raised beds for two or three quid each. I can't see how sanding them adds that much value.

[Brockaslass]

Take them they are yours. Shelves are no different than taking a bookcase. Make good the screw holes when you remove with a bit of filler donuts ready for next owner to decorate and make sure it isn't on list. It's not the kitchen. When we bought our first house the last owner removed a whole kitchen shelving units which clearly was a part of the kitchen and left a mess underneath to fill. Supposingly they wanted it because it fitted perfectly in a gap in their new house. It had been on fixtures and fitting list but we didn't kick off we just had so.ething else made to fit there. They also had similar shelves to you in most rooms on photographs but it was made clear they wouldn't be leaving them. They are shelves and shelves are classed as a removable object. The ones they had in our house were the length of each wall in bedrooms and used for storage. They removed them all. They removed the three from kitchen and a pan hanger but like I said none of it was on fixtures and fitting list. Make sure you make it clear on their that the shelves are not included.

[alig99]

You shouldn't but could if its on the list you supply yo the buyer of what you are taking, but if it was me that would be a deal breaker and you'd have to find another buyer and you could loose the house you are wanting to move too. Is it worth it??

[winniestone37]

You fill out a fixtures and fittings list and state what you are taking and what you are leaving

[AdobeWanKenobi]

@backseatcookers

OP - AIBU
MN - Yes
OP - Uh no I'm not
MN - You are really
OP - No I'm not, you don't get what I'm saying
MN - We do we just think you're being unreasonable
OP - Well you're wrong

Me - Why ask then?!

Are you reading a different thread?
46% of MN say YANBU 😂

[Findingapath]

Unless they were part of a fitted kitchen which OP says there not then I certainly wouldn’t expect them to be left. Alot of buyers would probably take them down anyway. Is it too late the clarify on the fixtures and fitting list?
Our seller removed everything they could- including curtains poles and light fitting- which they had stated would stay on the fixtures and fittings list. That was annoying!! But a set of shelves is different, you wouldn’t be expected to leave a bookshelf unit that was tethered to the wall for safety.

[urkidding]

The other party's lawyer will send you a questionnaire to fill in. If you state these shelves are not included in the kitchen, there will be no argument about it later. You just have to clarify what is not included.

[caringcarer]

If were included in pics of kitchen vendor would have thought they were part of kitchen. Just buy some more.

[safariboot]

Tangentially related, but another to say that leaving the house without working lightbulbs is a dick move even if it's legal. You're selling something for a 6 figure sum in most cases, lightbulbs cost a few quid each. By all means replace expensive bulbs with cheap ones, but don't leave empty sockets.

[AhNowTed]

Such a dick move.

I couldn't be so attached to a couple of shelves as to piss of your buyers.

[backseatcookers]

OP - AIBU
MN - Yes
OP - Uh no I'm not
MN - You are really
OP - No I'm not, you don't get what I'm saying
MN - We do we just think you're being unreasonable
OP - Well you're wrong

Me - Why ask then?!

[user1473878824]

My only take on this is why did you bother asking when anyone disagreeing with you is wrong in your opinion?

[ttim985y]

all depends what you have put on the fixtures and fittings form. If you've said they're staying you'd be unreasonable to remove them. If you've said you're taking them then fine

[cherish123]

I would have to see a picture to make a.judgement. Normally you leave the fittings unless specified. However, this might not actually be a fitting as such. When I moved house as a child, my parents took the carpets with them.

[whereorwhere]

I would expect shelves to be taken from everywhere in the house except the kitchen so I think yabu

[Zeusthemoose]

It works the other way aswell. In a house we recently bought the seller listed the huge shed that took up most of the garden in the fixtures and fittings list. We asked them to remove it and they were legally obliged to do so.

[FelicisNox]

YANBU, there not whole, half or even a quarter of the kitchen, it's 2 measley shelves... that's it.

Just clarify in the documents and to the estate agent that they will be going with you.

If you're that worried, leave them where they are and buy some more.

[Zeusthemoose]

MacBlank your completely wrong. The sale of a house definitely does not include the fixtures and fittings. That's what the form is for to notify buyers what you are taking / leaving then you can negotiate.

[Zeusthemoose]

If they are shelves of course you can take them. Just make a note that you will be in the fixtures and fitting list.

[Gillian1980]

As a buyer I wouldn’t assume shelves were staying and if there were some that I particularly liked them I’d ask if they were included.

I recently looked at my childhood home on Zoopla and the shelves my dad built in 1983 were still there! I was pretty surprised.

[Alsohuman]

[quote SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]@legfaced - could you leave the brackets, take the shelves, and replace them with cheaper planks?[/quote]
It would be hard to find anything cheaper.

[Nellisterr]

YANBU We are looking to sell soon and have recently purchased some expensive, custom made shelves in the kitchen, they are absolutely coming with us to the new house. I would however state what is staying and what isn't. For example we have a chandelier in the bedroom which was a wedding gift, no way am I parting with it. The rest of the house has had upgraded, energy saving lighting throughout at point of build and are staying. Also, we will be leaving conservatory blinds as well as curtain poles. I think it's about clarity from the get go, when selling. As a buyer, I would presume the house I'm buying is stripped bare, unless stated otherwise! You're buying a house, the structure, not shelves!

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

@legfaced - could you leave the brackets, take the shelves, and replace them with cheaper planks?