Anyone bought household items from the seller?

[Bakingnovice]

Has anyone done this? Our vendor is downsizing and is 'prepared to leave lots of stuff'. To be honest we've got plenty of our stuff and I'd rather have my own things. But I am a bit surprised at how much the seller wants for her things - 80 for some kitchen stools, 100 for freezer in garage, 200 fridge freezer, 350 for 'antique wardrobe' (which looked on its last legs to me at the viewing when she told us it might have to stay as if it was unscrewed it would fall apart), 300 for v old sofas, 50 for bathroom light fitting etc.

I don't want to piss of the seller it when I saw the list I was like wtf?!! What have you bought and what did you pay?

Our sellers tried to get us to buy a safe for a couple hundred quid. We declined.
Next email was 'do you mind if we leave it as it will cost a couple hundred just to move it?'
We accepted. :)

Other time we had to insist a piano was removed, after finding out how much they cost to shift and are therefore worthless.

Our piano is definitely coming with us, I only contacted removal companies that could move pianos and at £8k to buy again it wouldn't be cheaper to replace it. TBH it's not made much difference to the moving quotes. The only added cost is getting it tuned at the other end.

When my DD bought her flat down south she was offered the furniture for £1000, she refused, they tried again, this time for £2000, she refused. She then offered £250 for everything and they accepted and then changed her mind because she didn't want the table and chairs and offered them £150. They left everything except the table and chairs and for the £150 she got a leather suite, microwave bed and wardrobe.

BakingNovice We're fairly near the bottom of the hill, and the bit at the bottom was called The Marsh on 18th century maps. When we viewed, we noticed signs of flooding in the cellar, and asked about it. The vendors pointed to a sump pump which had an automatic ball cock operated switch, and said there'd been no trouble since it was installed ten years before. We therefore stored some items down there - not stuff that would be ruined by damp, but a few things that would definitely not benefit from total immersion.

That first winter was fairly wet, and one day I heard a gentle hum, looked outside, and saw the sump pump was running. A few days later I needed to go to the cellar (a complete nightmare as it involves a trap door, so not something you do on a whim) and to my horror I saw some of the dinner service we'd put down there while dtds were still at the destructive phase of their lives floating at the bottom of the steps. The sump pump was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of water coming out of the spring under the house.

The fire brigade came to pump out and as I gave them mugs of tea they said how nice it was to be properly looked after when they made their annual visit. Turned out they'd been round most winters at least once, they'd advised vendor a dozen times to install a more powerful pump. So vendor had lied, barefaced BUT NOT IN WRITING! Gah!

We installed an extra, more powerful pump, and the two together have kept it under control ever since. But our insurance premiums shot up, as we couldn't afford not to claim, and if only he'd been truthful we'd have installed that extra pump when we first moved in.

Deep you poor thing. I'm pretty sure that there is usually a flooding question in the enquiries solicitors make. If the vendors lie about things like this they can be sued. But it sounds like its too late for that now.

I would never lie about stuff like this. I'm a firm believer in karma.

When I bought my first flat, the cooker was supposed to be included. When we arrived, the vendor had taken it. The estate agent told him he had to return it - he did, two days later, and the oven was still hot!

The tosser man we bought our second flat from wanted extortionate prices for stuff, so we said, no, didn't want any of them anyway. He removed curtains from sitting room (and put them in the communal flats' bin - he still lived in the block) but none of the other rooms, left the rotting blinds and hideous gas fire (which was condemned by CORGI man), took all the light fittings and left us with a bare wire in the ceilings. Which is supposed to be illegal.

Our sellers asked if we wanted to buy their bathroom cabinet. Standard bathroom wall mounted cabinet, mirrrired doors, 4 or so years old. They wanted £350 for it . No thanks, we said.