Moving house - take fitted carpets

[Lotty32]

Moving soon and have lovely fitted carpets. If new owners don't want them - has anyone ever taken them with them? Does it ever work?

You can take and exclude from the sale what ever you want as long as it's agreed and documented.
If new owner doesn't like them they would just be skipped and go to land fill what a complete waste.
The problem is they fade and wear so unless your furniture going in same position they don't always look good ..

Never taken them and never had them taken and would be concerned if a seller asked me if they could take them what else would be missing.

Our buyers messaged me to ask me where I got the carpet from as they wanted more of it.

Each time we moved (pre 2000) we were asked if we wanted to buy the carpets and curtains. We always said no, but they were left anyway.

Weirdest one took all the light bulbs including in the (unboarded) attic!

Honestly if I got a message saying the sellers wanted to take the carpets I’d be concerned, we would be thinking wtaf. And I’d be worried they were in there stripping out the rest of the fix and fittings. Like curtain poles, curtains, light fittings, door handles etc.and start digging plants up out the garden.

I reckon there’s two types of seller, those who leave white goods, and fix and fittings intact, and those who strip it to the bones and even remove the light bulbs and ever last square of loo roll.

And the third type who come to an arrangement with the buyers that keeps everyone happy

Our buyers were very explicit about not wanting stuff that we assumed would be left as fixtures and fittings... we communicated ...

@midgedude

And the third type who come to an arrangement with the buyers that keeps everyone happy

Our buyers were very explicit about not wanting stuff that we assumed would be left as fixtures and fittings... we communicated ...

So basically you’re in the strip it bare category? 😄

No I was going to leave stuff but the buyers asked us not to, so we agreed to skip some stuff and leave other bits for them

*Clearly a lot of very young people on this thread.

Of course you can take carpets with you.
It used to be very normal and commonplace*

I’m 57, I’ve never heard of or come across this. Every house I’ve bought and sold included flooring.

I'd be pretty pissed off at this stage in the game if a vendor turned around to me and told me the carpet wasn't included. It might have been par for the course years ago but it's very unusual now. The time to raise that is during the viewing stages or negotiations so they can factor it into their budget and make an offer knowing they'll have a significant expense right off the bat putting new flooring in. We were up front with the buyer for our house during their second viewing about what we were taking with us exactly to avoid this.

But if the vendor asked

"since you have said you would be taking out the carpets , would you mind if we took it"

wouldn't that be different?

People used to do this years ago but nobody does it nowadays surely.

@Lotty32

Gosh I didn't mean to cause a row!! Was just asking!

No one is rowing with you @Lotty32. They are pointing out that generally things that fall under "Fixtures and Fittings" includes things that are nailed or screwed (or carpet grippered) to the actual floors, walls or ceilings of your house/flat/apartment. If you could pick up you home and shake it like a snow globe, anything that doesn't move, stays. Anything that floats around like the snow in a snow globe can be packed up and moved with you. That's as far as I'm aware, the best way to describe what can and can't be taken with a seller when they move home.

Gosh - this must be one of the most popular posts ever! Have interior designers in the family, carpet is excellent quality, and know great carpet fitters hence the question! Carpets in new house very old - hence the idea!

Of course I would never just take the carpet!

When I bought the house I live in, it had excellent quality fitted carpets. It was one of the houses selling points. If the sellers had asked to take them with them, I would have wanted a significant price reduction as my offer was based on the house as seen at the viewing.

Several years ago, we bought a house, all the carpets and light fittings, plus most of the light bulbs were removed. It never occurred to us that this would be the case. Although it was never mentioned.

Our vendors had put down a new carpet in one room to sell the place and wanted us to pay for it (quite a lot) or they would take it with them - as we wanted to use the room as a playroom and it was a white (not cream but white) carpet we said no thanks and got a new one ourselves for less than they were asking and in a more suitable colour.
I didn't quite understand why they did the carpet in one room to sell when the rest of the house had a selection of awful carpets to match the 20yo decor (think rooms on a theme - orange carpet, walls, ceiling, curtains, another one was deep purple floor/ceiling/woodwork/blinds and fireplace)
Generally I'd think it would be more hassle than it's worth but my parents did once take a fitted carpet but it was stated in the details and was huge - they had it recut to fit two big bedrooms their new house with enough left over for the living room in my first house (I bought 6mths after them)

Carpets never go down properly again after being relaid, even in the same room!
We had to take ours up in the living room, when it went back down there is now almost an inch gap for about a metre in a corner by a door luckily it’s not very noticable.

What MidgeDude said. Communication is what it is about. What is included is factored into your offer. Indeed all houses used to be advertised "£X to include carpets and curtains". Or, like when we bought our first house together, we were able to put in an offer just under the amount where the stamp duty would have started, and then also offer the vendors £1K for carpets and curtains on top. I realise they put a stop to that, later, but it demonstrates how very normal it used to be. What some posters forget is that many people won't have moved in the last 15 years, and might not find out about the changes if they are not on MN.
It makes a lot of sense for more to be left / sold with the house - in many cases, but it isn't wrong to do things differently as long as everyone understands what is or isn't included

Carpets never go down properly again after being relaid, even in the same room!

Ours did. Maybe it depends on the skill of the carpet fitter, or the quality of the carpet, or a combination of both. However, when we've brought carpets with us they have generally gone into smaller rooms.

In any property sales contract there is a clause listing what fixtures and fittings are sold with the house. Fitted carpets, kitchens, wardrobes, shelves are normally included .

Unless you have written consent from the buyers solicitor, do not take up and remove the carpets.

Even if the buyers hate the carpets, unless they are poo-encrusted   the buyers  normally keep them temporarily  so they don't have to live on bare floorboards on moving in day..

@Hadalifeonce

Several years ago, we bought a house, all the carpets and light fittings, plus most of the light bulbs were removed. It never occurred to us that this would be the case. Although it was never mentioned.

Then your solicitor did a piss poor job. Fixtures and fittings are a standard part of property sale contracts.

For those quoting th fix and fittings form, fitted carpets are considered fixtures and assumed to be included in thr sale, unless the buyer agrees otherwise, so the sale price always assumes to include them. They are considered the same as the doors or the boiler, or thr bathroom and not considered something it’s normal to remove.

The op can ask, but needs to understand if she’s exchanged then she’s basically already sold her carpets if she’s never raised she wants to take them. She can ask “do you want them “ but nicely. If the buyer says well yes of course, then that’s it, she needs to leave them.

You'll never get the tension right to refit in another home.
They will be stretched to the exact room size.

I can remember when I was a very small child my parents moved house and all our carpets came with us. Some carpets from that house moved with us again when I was 14, both those houses were rented, but when my parents moved to a house they had bought a year later they came with us again. I think it was really common many years ago , I am in my late 50’s and have never moved my carpets!

Gosh, so many people responding on this theard who haven't the faintest clue about selling or buying a house.

Here's a link to download the TA10 which you should probably all read...o_0

www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/property/transaction-forms#ta10

If new owners don't want them

Have they said this?