Mutual exchange

[Calamity24]

I am exchanging with a woman who only has a carpet down in one of the bedrooms of her two bedroom flat as its lino in the other bedroom that she has said will have a big bit missing out of it due to her cutting around a wardrobe when she fitted the lino. I have told her I am taking my carpets that I only put down in my flat 15months ago as they will fit her bedrooms, and now she has gone in the huff, am I being unreasonable in want to take my own carpets with me, as I am autistic and like the feel of my carpets. Plus she is working full time, has a car, a dog, sky TV and is getting a new cooker, washing machine and dishwasher when she moves into my flat, I am disabled and living on benefits so can't really afford to but brand new carpets again so soon. As the other woman has no other flooring down except lino in her kitchen and bathroom and I want it to feel comfy when I move in for me and my daughter.

I know it's not her problem but would rather take my own carpets which I know don't have dog hair on them as it makes me really ill.

She could have agreed a rough date so I could have done a provisional booking that I could have confirmed or cancelled if it fell through.

Why are you swapping then?

As you've said nobody else wants to exchange for your area except her, I would really consider if taking the carpet is worth her pulling out of the exchange. Are you likely to get someone else to exchange?

If you want to take your carpets, that's fine, but you need to be prepared that she might pull out if you're not leaving them, she would be within her rights to do that if she assumed it was exchange as seen.
When she was walking round your house asking what you were leaving was flooring mentioned?

If she's had a dog in the property the hair will likely still be around with or without the carpets so if your allergy is that bad you might want to reconsider anyway.

At the end of the day, if you want to take your carpets you can, it's up to you.

We were told by housing officer when we swapped we should take all our carpets up and take then with us

I have only booked a provisional date as I explained to the company that I can confirm tomorrow or Friday if I can go ahead with the move on that day and they have agreed to pencil me in as long as I let them know ASAP if it's a confirmed date. Plus it's quite a new build I am in, only got my annual gas service a couple of months ago and there was no problems so don't expect there to be any tomorrow and as the flat isn't even three years old yet I expect the electric check to go okay as it was checked two years ago when I moved here

YANBU. If she hasn't got carpets she can't complain you want to take yours to put down!

Exactly as I said if my carpets would fit her house I was taking them with me and she said she didn't think they would fit her flat, but they will as my bedrooms are slightly bigger than hers and mine are square so no cut outs for alcoves etc etc, so will definitely fit hers, the living room carpet will fit as my living room is wider than hers but about the same length.

I want that area as its easier access to the support I require for my mental health and autism.

She wouldn't carpet it anyway, she has told me she isn't going around filling in holes where she has had pictures or where there used to be a storage heater in the single bedroom but there is nothing there now as she never let them put another one in when they got renewed a couple of years ago. She has a spotlight type light fitting in her living room that I hadn't noticed but she told me about it, but isn't taking it down and putting the original light fitting back, I don't even know if she definitely has had an electrical safety check done on her property as I was in a house owned by the same management company prior to me moving here, they never done any safety checks on my previous house until the woman I exchanged with for this flat moved in.

Yes the flooring was mentioned but I never said I was leaving it. I said If my carpets fitted hers I was taking them, she didn't think they would fit hers, but they will.