What to offer for the cooker?

[Watto1]

We are in the process of buying a house with a range cooker in the kitchen. It is not included in the sale. I'd like to make the vendors an offer for it but am unsure of how much to suggest. The exact one is currently in the Currys sale for £1300 (reduced from £1500). Obviously the one in the house is second hand but it's less than a year old according to the estate agent. What do you think?

£500

Thanks not. I was thinking along those lines but was worried I was being cheeky!

I sold a one year old cooker on eBay, not a range, and got half the price paid for it. If you want, offer £500 and be prepared to go up to £650.

Have you had the survey done yet?

Thanks wowfudge , that sounds reasonable. Survey being done on Wednesday ShowOf Hands. That's why I haven't made an offer yet! Hope nothing nasty crops up. The house looks pretty solid but you never know.

We wanted our vendor to leave the range so we waited until post survey and asked for x y and z to be rectified and the range left. So basically, used it to negotiate.

Good luck!

Ooh, good plan!

I sold a house a year ago and had a beautiful range that was 18 months old. I loved it but knew I didnt have gas in new house so couldn't use it. I prayed the sellers would ask to buy it ( and would have been delighted with £500 even though it had cost £1800) They never did so I had to take it with me, store it in an outhouse and have it converted to use lpg. It cost loads. I'm sure they'd be delighted you want to buy it

Our solicitor recommended offering one third of the original price for domestic appliances.

do you want it?

If you had no cooker, is it the one you would buy?

Have a look on ebay. Cookers, especially ranges, do not sell well as nobody wants to carry them away.

how do you know what use it has had? how do you know it isn't damaged etc. The agent could be 'lying/misinformed'.

I'd always offer a low price because the cost of removing it, transporting it, then installing it (if it fit in their new location) including the hassle of doing it all would not outweigh the loss from a low price for it.