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Taking built in cooker with us...........

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hksi · 18/03/2011 07:43

Not sure if this is a silly question........ We have a almost new built in double oven here and are (hopefully if no one pulls out!) moving to a house with a really old double oven. Can we take ours with us if we tick the right box on the contents form??? Our estate agent details was blurb and a floor plan and no mention of any fixtures and fittings....

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cyb · 18/03/2011 07:49

You can take what you want-you own it!

Bunbaker · 18/03/2011 07:55

You need to make it clear to viewers that you aren't leaving the cooker behind, although it may be the deciding factor on whether you get any offers or not. If a potential buyer is leaving a built in cooker behind they won't want to move into a cookerless kitchen.

MollieO · 18/03/2011 08:07

As a prospective purchaser I'd ask if the cooker was staying, if it was freestanding. It wouldn't occur to me to ask about a built in cooker as I'd assume it was staying. If your kitchen is new then that is a selling point if the house and I'd think good I don't have to refit the kitchen. If you didn't mention on viewing that you were planning to take it with you I'd be not impressed to see it in the fixtures and fittings list.

scurryfunge · 18/03/2011 08:09

I would ask for a separate negotiation for the cooker and buy another one when you move.
Whatever you decide, you have to make it very clear -this is the sort of issue that can delay sales.

MollieO · 18/03/2011 08:10

I'd also worry that removing the built in cooker could damage the kitchen unit and then there would be the extra hassle of replacing that. If I were you I would refit the cooker with a cheaper one before I moved sonsomething is in situ for the purchaser. I would also tell them that was my intention. I have a freestanding cooker that cost over £4,000 and if I moved I'd either take if with me or sell it separately to the purchaser.

Gottakeepchanging · 18/03/2011 08:12

Is it under offer?

If not you can state that it is clearly excluded. If it is sold there would be a reasonable assumption that a built in cooker is part of the house (like a bath covered on house buildings Insurance not contents) and you wouldn't be able to take it.

Have you completed a fixtures and fittings form as part of the sale yet? You could state on their that it is excluded but risk losing the sale.

malinkey · 18/03/2011 08:19

I think you'll really put people off buying if you say you're taking the built in cooker. Like the tightarse sort of sellers who remove light bulbs and even toilet seats when they move out (you won't do that will you?!).

I would assume unless told otherwise that anything built in was included in the sale and if it just turned up as a cross on the contents form I would not be happy.

Can't you just buy a new one for the new property?

nickschick · 18/03/2011 08:21

Id be miightily put out if a built in cooker was being taken tbh and it would put me right off the purchase of the actual house.

pinkcushion · 18/03/2011 10:43

It would piss me off too - alarm bells would ring that you were going to be a right pain in the butt seller...unless I really loved the house I'd walk away.

noddyholder · 18/03/2011 10:45

Really in teh scheme of costs and hassle and also the current market where buyers are volatile and sales fall through left right and centre I would factor a new cooker into your costsleave it

noddyholder · 18/03/2011 10:45

and leave it!

Deux · 18/03/2011 16:36

I think it's madness to consider taking it. If it's built in I'd expect it to be staying put as with all integrated appliances.

When we moved into the house the previous owners removed the lightbulbs, toilet roll holder, toilet seat, plants out of the garden and left a pile of crud in the loft. I'm still smarting about it now.

Fizzylemonade · 18/03/2011 17:50

Budget a new double oven in when you move, leave yours behind.

Would make me wonder what else you would be likely to take when you moved.

It would put me off to be honest, I'd be thinking if you were that picky about your precious oven you would be a nightmare seller. Sorry. And I only moved house 12 months ago so the memories are quite fresh

IlsaLund · 18/03/2011 18:19

It would put me off if you took it.
We were in negotiations for a house when the owner announced that she was taking the built in fridge and freezer. They were an odd size and the kitchen had been built around them meaning they would have been a night,are to replace.
As it happened the sale fell through, but it although it wasn;t a big thing it did niggle

MrsCampbellBlack · 18/03/2011 18:50

Like others have said I'd worry that removing a built-in cooker would damage surrounding units.

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hksi · 18/03/2011 20:01

Thanks for all your comments. It's good to have others opinions.

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