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Want to take cooker and hood to new house. How to plan this?

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Sandrine1982 · 07/11/2021 15:16

Hi. I'm just wondering if we need to plan this a few days before completion and get a specialist to disconnect the gas cooker and hood?
Or can the removal company guys do this??

I'm clueless ....

Want to take cooker and hood to new house. How to plan this?
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Gladioli23 · 07/11/2021 15:20

I'm pretty sure you need to have it disconnected and have removed the hood from the wall/ceiling before the removal men arrive. Presumably the gas pipe will need capping off as wel?

JamMakingWannaBe · 07/11/2021 15:25

Do your buyers know you are taking these appliances? The freestanding cooker I can understand but isn't the hood a fixture and fitting? Will it even fit in your new property?

dementedpixie · 07/11/2021 15:25

You would likely need a gas safe engineer to diaconnect the cooker and make safe the remaining gas piping

PeachesPumpkin · 07/11/2021 15:28

@JamMakingWannaBe

Do your buyers know you are taking these appliances? The freestanding cooker I can understand but isn't the hood a fixture and fitting? Will it even fit in your new property?
I also wondered this. I assume they do as you would normally expect them to stay in the house.
SW1amp · 07/11/2021 15:28

You be able to argue that the range is freestanding so can be taken, but the extractor is a fixture and fitting, so you can’t take it unless the buyers agree to it
And you’d probably have to make good the wall behind it so the cost of removing it plus repairs is going to cost as much as just buying a new hood for the new house

They look like quite unremarkable and easily replaced appliances - why go to all the hassle and cost of taking them..?

userxx · 07/11/2021 15:30

@dementedpixie

You would likely need a gas safe engineer to diaconnect the cooker and make safe the remaining gas piping

Yep, not worth the hassle.

PhilCornwall1 · 07/11/2021 15:35

Or can the removal company guys do this??

Not a chance they should do it. Gas Safe registered engineer should do it.

HumourReplacementTherapy · 07/11/2021 16:24

Don't you have to leave a working appliance In It's place too?
Something at the back of my mind from when we bought our first house years ago, they took theirs but left a shitty belling.

FManc · 07/11/2021 16:38

Definitely get a gas safe registered engineer to do this! As others have mentioned have you made it clear to the buyers that you’re taking both the cooker and hood? You will need to make good any repairs that are required.

userxx · 07/11/2021 17:05

Won't removing the cooker hood cause damage to the paint on the ceiling?

vickyc90 · 07/11/2021 17:19

If it's in the contact you are taking the hood you don't have to repair the wall unless the buyer specified they want it done. We are the other end and our seller is taking everything.

Roselilly36 · 07/11/2021 17:21

Have you specified in the legal paperwork that you are that the cooker & hood are not included in the sale? Assuming so, and your cooker & cooker hood will fit in your new home, the ceiling & paintwork would need to be made good. The removers will only move an appliance that is disconnected, and if it was specified when they quoted for the removal. Good luck with your move.

BasiliskStare · 07/11/2021 17:25

I agree with others - as long as you have told buyers ( and on the contract where you say what you are taking, not just a conversation ) you are taking the range - then as long as you get it all properly capped off by a qualified person - then good.

The hood looks to me more trouble / expense than it is worth ( if it is joined to the tiles ) By the time you have removed and made good and reinstalled somewhere else I suspect you might as well buy a new one in new house. If it is just joined to the venting pipe thingy - then maybe not. But check if it is a fixture and fitting and have you made very very clear to buyers you are taking either / both .

Either way - especially cooker , needs to be done by a proper engineer to make sure everything it is connected to is capped off ( is that the phrase ) not a removal man job.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 07/11/2021 17:28

I recently moved and took my cooker with me but it's LPG so it's basically a bayonet type fitting to the fixed gas pipes.

The people buying need to know though, all viewers were told that as soon as I said " ....and this is the kitchen...the cooker is NOT staying."

Also, get yourself a new extractor, that one is too small for the cooker, they should at least be as wide as the hob.!!

filka · 07/11/2021 18:11

Cooker - it's free-standing so in principle you can take it. Agree with others that as it's gas you need a certified (de)installer.

But I would advise the EA and your solicitor when it comes around to contracts. You will get a form to complete for each room about what's staying and what's going - and it's best for the replies not to be a surprise to your buyer.

Extractor - agree with previous post that it's too small for the cooker. IMO it needs a qualified electrician as the main switch is in a different location and needs to be isolated before disconnection - or you might end up with live cables hanging out of the wall.

TBH the hood doesn't look special enough to take - the cost of taking it out and putting it up in the new house (if the space there is the right size and doesn't already have a hood) could easily be more than just buying a new one.

Soffit · 07/11/2021 18:14

The hood would be easily replaceable (nothing special as far as I can see) compared to the loss of goodwill generated from ripping it out.

KateTheEighth · 07/11/2021 18:14

If you can legally take it you need to

a) tell the buyer

b) make good any damage

SpeakingFranglais · 07/11/2021 20:25

Surely you need to leave the cooker hood! The range, ok, but the hood no! They’re not Eve that expensive and it may not be suitable for the new house.

maofteens · 07/11/2021 21:25

Not the hood but the removal firm will not disconnect appliances. Get a gas safe engineer to do it but weigh up whether it's worth the expense. No idea why you'd want to move the hood - would most likely cost more to do this than buy a new one.

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Sandrine1982 · 07/11/2021 21:35

Hi thanks for your views. We're selling to local authority and they said we should take all the appliances. By that they probably meant the white goods but we can also take the cooker if we want, probably. They just have their own list of trusted providers which they will use to furnish the kitchen. We still need to finalise the fixtures and fittings form. Good points about the hood! Had no idea it was tricky but yes, looking behind, it seems very complicated. On second thought I will definitely leave it behind :)

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Sandrine1982 · 08/11/2021 12:06

Oh does anyone know how much it costs to have a cooker disconnected please?

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ArachnidArachnid · 08/11/2021 12:12

It’ll probably be £50-£70

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Sandrine1982 · 08/11/2021 12:28

Great, that's not too expensive. Definitely worth taking the cooker I think, because these beasts cost between £1000 and £4000 !!!

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Mumblechum0 · 08/11/2021 14:47

I gave my range cooker and hood away on Saturday. It cost £120 for the electrician to disconnect both and remove the hood, and £72 to a gas safe engineer to disconnect from the LPG bottle.

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Sandrine1982 · 08/11/2021 15:23

@Mumblechum0 thanks! does that mean that I will need both an electrician and a gas safe engineer for the just the cooker? Blush

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