Vendor taking everything from house - normal?

[AngryFeet]

I have just received paperwork from our solicitors including the fixtures and fittings list on the house we are in the process of buying. The vendor is taking all carpets, light fittings, gas fires and surrounds. Is this normal? We are not too bothered as it needs complete redecoration so we planned to take the house back to brickwork and replaster before we move in (luckily we have somewhere to stay) so we can put in cables etc and avoid all the dust this entails. We were not planning to remove the carpets straight away due to funds but apparently the ground floor has parquet floors through so we can live with that. Upstairs would be just floorboards (presumably he has to remove the underlay if taking carpets?). It will save us the bother of removing and disposing of the carpets but might be difficult if the floorboards are in bad condition (splinters etc). We are first time buyers so not really sure what to do regarding this? Is it unusual?

[Follyfoot]

Unusual, but not unheard of as has been said.

I once bought a house where they tried to charge me extra to buy the pond. I told them they could take it with them. So they did

[Matildaduck]

The women who we bought from left masses of shit behind, sofas, plastic flower basically all the stuff she couldn't be arsed to move.

My DH was very nice about it. I bit my tongue. She had the nerve to come back for her garden fork....cried alot at the distruction..never came back.

Wish she had taken everything, we also ripped it all out...ten skips later!

[Mum2Fergus]

Thread got me thinking now lol what if the ornate pole is the ONLY thing they take!? I'll have about 30 years of stuff to toss lol...

[Wigeon]

Sounds a bit odd. I think the vendor might have said he is taking all that stuff, but that you can pay (extra) to keep it, in order to make a bit more money over the price you've paid for the house. But given you are planning on a complete renovation, I'd call his bluff. I'd be surprised if he could really be bothered with ripping up all the carpets, removing the light fittings etc etc. Unless they are really expensive ones?

The sellers of our first house took a couple of curtain poles because they were nice solid metal. But I thought that was a bit odd.

I wish the sellers of our second (current) house had taken more of their crap - rubbish old garden ornaments, pots of spare screws and nails in the shed, cheap nasty pictures on the walls, dirty lampshades etc etc.

[RustyBear]

We are currently selling my Dad's bungalow after he died in November - we have had the carpets and the hardboard lining the floor underneath removed, because frankly they smelled - Dad was 102 and not always aware of spilling things.

The house was cleared by a company after we had taken personal stuff and they have basically taken 'everything that moves', though I know they have left light bulbs, so that the agents could see to show people round and the curtains so the house didn't look too deserted.

But when I was filling out the fittings and contents form this evening, it asked about a lot of things that I'm not sure whether they are still there or not - towel rail, shower curtain, batroom mirror etc, so I've ticked 'no' in fact, it's being bought by someone who is planning to completely remodel so I'm sure they won't be bothered anyway. The kitchen units are still there, but they are still the original ones from when the house was built in 1969, so they will obviously be ripped out by the buyer straight away.

[mirry2]

Find out if they are leaving the lightbulbs. Our vendors didn't and we had to go out and buy new on the-moving in day.