Selling te items you remove during renovation work...

[MrsSharp]

During any renovation work, have any of you sold the bits you've removed?

We're replacing our kitchen and ensuite in a couple of months...so will be taking out our old units, worksurface, oven, hob, fridge,integrated dishwasher, internal doors, sink etc etc....

They're not great (hence why we're replacing them) but not bad I suppose.

If you did, where did you sell them (am guessing Ebay/local rag), and was it worth it? Or should I just give the builders the nod to rip all things out and skip it - except the appliances.

If they're not great I doubt you will be able to sell them. If you hate the concept of waste, you could try freecycle.

Usually your builders will be selling them off the back of a lorry - that's how I got my cooker anyway!! The more honest builder will give you a cut of any sale - minus his costs of course!

Ebay/Gumtree or similar is usually more normal though.

Some charities may come and collect. That's a nice way to get rid of stuff!

I freecycled our floortiles to a very grateful lady in the next village, and gave the usable kitchen goods to Emmaus www.emmaus.org.uk/

Tried to freecycle sinks and so on, but no-one wanted those.

Thanks for the info Ladies.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a trick to claw back a teeny proportion of what we're spending on our renovations!!! I definitely don't want to throw anything out that can be put to good use - particularly as the items are good quality and in good nick - e.g. the cooker, hob and fridge freezer.

Will pop a couple of the big ticket items on ebay to see if I get any takers, then contact a couple of local housing/furniture charities.

Thank you!

Not so much the larger items ... I dont believe anybody would have wanted those, but I did ebay wrought iron lampshades and some horrid flowery finger push door plates which were not to my taste.

IIRC I got about £20 a set, so worth it IMO.

I found that you really couldn't predict what would go on Ebay - as RunForFun says, we sold some light fittings on Ebay, but some stuff got no interest via Ebay or Freecycle.

Thanks for all the advice ladies. I whacked our kitchen on Ebay last week just to see (units, intergrated hob, oven, dishwasher etc), and just sold it for over £400. Best thing is that the successful bidder has to dismantle it too!!

Am really pleased because it is saving us on the skip and builders charge for dismantling.

So for all those who are about to embark on renovations, it may be worth trying to sell your old bits!

Get it all on Ebay!

I sold the kitchen in our place for £600, a fitted bedroom suite for £200 and paving slabs from the back garden for £75. Saved me getting a skip.

I put our kitchen on ebay last night- no bids yet bt 12 watchers already. Would be nice to get a few hundred quid but really anyhting that saves us taking it to the tip will be a bonus.

I put a set of metal bunk beds on ebay that cost £ 130, they sold for £110... I was amazed!

As you say, it's worth a punt, otherwise it's a trip to the tip, or hiring a skip which is £ 100+