Buyers want wheelie bins included.. after discount

[Sellthishousetorhosecunts]

Our lovely FTB 🙄have requested wheelie bins be included after generous discount… many unreasonable requests met!

AIBU to leave dead nan ashes under the floorboards & take the wheel bins as a summer plunge pool for the kids 🫣

Not necessarily! In our area they insist on delivering a new garden waste bin with each new subscription, even if there is already a bin at the property. When we moved (just next door, long story!) we left our garden waste bin at old house for new owners. They set up new subscription and, despite telling the council they didn't need a bin they insisted on sending one as the system automatically orders one and they couldn't override it. So they now have two bins.

Our new house was new build and as such the council delivered a full set of new bins. Including a garden waste bin. We then set up a garden waste subscription and another bin was duly delivered. Come time for renewal the next year I was a bit slow off the mark and missed the cut off date. The only option was to set up a new subscription. Bin number 3 was duly delivered. Some months later we noticed the bin hadn't been emptied on the usual day. After some investigation the council discovered the subscription had been cancelled in error. They re-set up the account. Another bin was then delivered, leaving us with a grand total of four!

Luckily we don't pay any extra for all these bins, you pay the same annual fee whether it's a new subscription or a renewal. Massive waste of money for the council though!

I live in dread of missing the deadline for the next renewal in case yet another bin comes winging our way - we are running out of garden space!

Two really weird things about this thread.

1. The OP even considering taking the bins with her.
2. Someone saying "YABU for using the word 'nan'".

Got to love Mumsnet, the batshittery never disappoints 🤣

We're not in the Netherlands where everything is removed. You should leave the bins, light fixtures etc. It is very unusual to consider taking the bins in the first place.

Surely the Council provides bins so yes I’d expect them to remain at the property

Not unreasonable to ask if bins can be left. How many people would want to be moving their dirty old bins around? Our buyers asked for the fridge/washer which we agreed to. Saves everyone some hassle. Not much money compared to the cost of the house.

In the current market it’s also pretty normal for a house price to be discounted.

I don’t really know why you’re upset.

in my area you have to purchase your wheels bins - they aren't cheap either - but still they have the council stamp stating property of council and you are supposed to leave them at the property when you leave, however you leave

https://www.wheeliebins.co.uk/blogs/news/moving-house-should-you-take-your-wheelie-bins#:~:text=If%20you%20bought%20replacement%20bins,can%20take%20them%20with%20you.

I find it strange you pay for an item - yet it doesn't belong to you

i was under the impression that wheelie bins are the property of the local authority, they certainly are where I live, it says so on the lids. This is from the council's website:

All wheelie bins remain the property of the Council. However, whilst you are using the bin, we encourage you to write your house number/address on it – there is a dedicated space provided for this.

Moved home several times in the last few years. Never once taken the wheelie bins. Is this a wind up ? They don’t belong to you anyway, they belong to the council.

@Sellthishousetorhosecunts - just wanted to wish you peace and happiness in your new home. Yes, on the face of it, it is unreasonable to take the bins, but I think lots of posters are forgetting the complete stress and trauma of selling a house, especillay when your buyers are CFERs who try every singly thing to drive the price down.

If they are council wheelie bins then they stay if they are personal wheelie bins bought by you then you take them.

Slightly off tangent but one our three bins broke and they came round to see if they could fix it, not worth it so we got a new one free. Was impressed with the speed they came round and just getting a new one.

On a practical note, If you do take them they may not be the right ones for your area, we have three, the main rubbish bin is a lot slimmer than the next county along as we get a weekly rubbish collection and I think they are fortnightly.

I'm truly baffled how some people here seem to not understand that not all councils provide wheelie bins, free or otherwise.

Until very recently, Cornwall council did not provide any type of bin. You just had to put your rubbish out however you wanted. We had a dustbin but lots of people just shove their bags on the street with a cover over the top to stop seagulls.

So if you wanted a wheelie bin, you had to by your own from B&Q or wherever, the council were nothing to do with it. Therefore, if you've spent £50 on a bin, you'd not be unreasonable for taking it with you.

So just to reiterate, depending on where you live, the wheelie bin might be NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BLOODY COUNCIL.

Also, to the person who said OP was being unreasonable for saying "nan", WTF?

In my area wheelie bins are very controversial. If your have one it will be emptied, but you’re only allowed one if the council decide you’re on one of the allocated wheelie bin streets. Everyone wants one , because of rats, but if you don’t have a council issue one , it won’t be emptied.
Therefore council issued wheelie bins are like gold dust and are often stolen in the dead of night, and everyone goes to great lengths to make their bin identifiable.
I totally get the request !!

I’ve never take bins with me.

Did you buy them independently of the council OP? If not, despite "buying" them, they belong to the council, not you, and they must be left. Do the buyers feel they need to state specifics because you have been...... awkward? I hope you are joking re loo seats and light bulbs. That would just be mean.

None that I know of

Not in my part of the US, either. They are supplied by the county.

This. Nobody takes Wheely bins with them.

If you are going you leave your nan then you'd be doubly unreasonable to take the bin and deprive them of somewhere to empty the bag once they're done hoovering her up.

We have to pay £112 to USE the bins extra on top of Council tax as we have extra green bins for garden waste but the bins belong to the Council.

This is mumsnet, you're meant to call her grandmama 🙄

In my area, the council provides them for the property, but if you lose or break one you can be charged for a replacement.

We pay for ours and I still wouldn't want to put them on the removal van with all my things!

The bins stay in the property. I can't image why you want to take them with you. Yabu