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Buyers not paid for oven!

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Un4732 · 16/05/2025 10:20

Hi,

Small thing but really annoying. Home buyers agreed to pay for freestanding oven which I left. Not much - market second hand was £350-400 and they pushed me to £200 - annoying, but saved me moving it. But they have not paid a week later!

Was a rushed completion and only arranged last few days via (useless) estate agents as solicitor said not part of their remit.

Now what? Shall I go to their solicitors? They knew what they were doing I think!!

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SheridansPortSalut · 16/05/2025 19:28

Let it go.

RealEagle · 16/05/2025 19:30

SheridansPortSalut · 16/05/2025 19:28

Let it go.

You like frozen to?

MatildaMovesMountains · 16/05/2025 19:30

If they hadn't wanted it, would you have taken it with you? Or tried to sell it? I think you're overestimating the likelihood of getting £200+ if you tried to sell it. I'd write it off personally, not worth the headspace.

FuckityFux · 16/05/2025 19:31

housethatbuiltme · 16/05/2025 14:56

But OP hasn't actually qualified that an agreement was legally reached just that a discussion took place and she has taken this as an agreement. If it was legally agree price the money should have been transferred through the solicitors with the rest (the fact it wasn't seems telling).

Either way taking legal action for a 2nd hand oven that the sellers didn't even really want will cost her more money, stress and hassle to disconnect, retrieve, store and sell is utterly ridiculous (but thinking a years old secondhand oven is worth £400 in the first place unless its a bells and whistles ranger/aga is testament to an odd thought process to begin with).

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She offered the oven for a price, they haggled and she agreed to sell it to them for £200.

That’s a legal contract. Having it in writing is handy but not necessary for it to be legally enforceable. 🤷🏻‍♀️

OP you need to go round there and ask them for the money and advise that you will be lodging a claim for breach of contract, if they refuse to pay you.

SheridansPortSalut · 16/05/2025 19:32

RealEagle · 16/05/2025 19:30

You like frozen to?

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It's my matra. Iife's too short...

Buyers not paid for oven!
cryinginthechapel · 16/05/2025 19:32

Un4732 · 16/05/2025 18:10

It's a good brand and freestanding so free to have taken it - the people I bought off took the bloody shelves from the inside kitchen cabinets?!

I could have sold it but they said in an email to the estate agent that they wanted it - all be it at a fraction of what i wanted it for but thought I was being nice.

it was not £200 new - no idea where you'd get a branded oven for £200 new.

Sorry… wait…
the people you bought off took the shelves from inside the kitchen cabinets??? Is that for real?? I’d be much more incensed by that???

you can’t unpack??

MrsSunshine2b · 16/05/2025 19:35

You sound insufferable.

You would never get more than £100 for a 2nd hand oven and most likely would need to pay someone to take it away.

You were being greedy trying to charge for it in the first place. You're not likely to get anywhere moaning about it now.

bugalugs45 · 16/05/2025 19:38

MrsSunshine2b · 16/05/2025 19:35

You sound insufferable.

You would never get more than £100 for a 2nd hand oven and most likely would need to pay someone to take it away.

You were being greedy trying to charge for it in the first place. You're not likely to get anywhere moaning about it now.

really depends on the ‘oven’ , I sold a second hand range cooker for £300 , it was immaculate & £1200 new

housethatbuiltme · 16/05/2025 19:42

YearlySubscriptionRenewal · 16/05/2025 18:03

why? Do you expect everything for free?

There's no reason why buyers should get free oven, it should be clear and agreed before exchange and completion.

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OP didn't want the hassle of moving it, most people leave these things because its cheaper to buy new one than to pay the fees to disconnect, get it out, move it to the new property, get it in and then reconnect it.

Everyone saying 'go get it back' you cannot just go entering others houses and claiming back things you left in the house, there was no legal contract so OP abandoned the oven. If you do go get it they can charge you storage fees and if they got rid of it at cost they can sue you for non vacant possession.

OP doesn't have a leg to stand on, a text chat is not a legal contract.

housethatbuiltme · 16/05/2025 19:44

FuckityFux · 16/05/2025 19:31

She offered the oven for a price, they haggled and she agreed to sell it to them for £200.

That’s a legal contract. Having it in writing is handy but not necessary for it to be legally enforceable. 🤷🏻‍♀️

OP you need to go round there and ask them for the money and advise that you will be lodging a claim for breach of contract, if they refuse to pay you.

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You can haggle and walk away, haggling is not a legal contract.

Same way you can put something in your trolley then take it back out. Legally in terms of a house sale its a very easy case and OP doesn't have a claim.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 16/05/2025 19:48

Go round there and ask for either the money or the oven back.

Keep ringing their doorbell at inconvenient times until they pay up to make you go away.

JudgeJ · 16/05/2025 19:51

orangedream · 16/05/2025 14:43

You were being unreasonable to make them pay anything for it.

On that principle maybe they should have left a house full of furniture, electronics and electrical goods.

Franpie · 16/05/2025 19:52

Let it go.

Your buyers have just spent hundreds of thousands of pounds buying your house from you, throw in the £200 over for free.

housethatbuiltme · 16/05/2025 19:56

m00rfarm · 16/05/2025 19:03

I am absolutely dumbfounded how so many people seem incapable of reading the OP. THe buyers wanted it, the buyers negotiated the price down to 200. THEY now own the oven, and the OP doesn't have the money. Why would you assume that it would be difficult for her to take. She said it is free standing, and was relatively easy to move. Not built in. It is totally irrelevant that you think she is unreasonable not leaving it. Clearly the buyers (whose opinion is the only one that matters in this instance) wanted it. The OP's query is how to deal with this. Not how mean she was for not leaving it. Of course people can have an opinion, but it would be good for them to also at least mention something that shows they read the whole of the OP's initial post.

For me, I would email them if I have the address. If not, then I would initially drop a note in with the bank details and my contact details. If I hear nothing, then I will knock on the door and ask them directly if they had forgotten to pay.

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They don't just plug into the wall lol.

Freestanding cookers need to be removed (and the reinstalled again) by certified professional.

I also baffled by these thousand pound freestanding cookers people claim they own, a quick google show the average price of a normal freestanding cooker is around £500.

A freestanding cooker and a range are different, ranges might cost thousands but OP has not once described anything as a 'range'. A range would be even more cumbersome to move too.

The way to deal with it was to follow legal procedure and have it on the fixtures and fittings list. As it stands OP legally abandoned it in a property that is not hers, at the point of sale anything left in the house is the new owners.

housethatbuiltme · 16/05/2025 19:57

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 16/05/2025 19:48

Go round there and ask for either the money or the oven back.

Keep ringing their doorbell at inconvenient times until they pay up to make you go away.

Ah yes, harassment and public disturbance... all the will achieve is police involvement and a 'no contact order'.

MrsSunshine2b · 16/05/2025 19:58

JudgeJ · 16/05/2025 19:51

On that principle maybe they should have left a house full of furniture, electronics and electrical goods.

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If you leave it behind, it belongs to the buyer, everyone should know that.

LittleTwiggy · 16/05/2025 20:00

It’s really not that uncommon to charge for leaving an oven behind. Some posters here seem so shocked by it but perhaps they are picturing a standard built in oven? I would assume, in OP’s case, it’s something like a Rangemaster, costing £1-2k or so.

Moonlightexpress · 16/05/2025 20:03

Wasn't this in your contract? You usually fill.out a form detailing what you will be leaving and if this is part of the sale.or not . I don't understand why they would tell you this is not part of their remit.. its literally on the form to confirm what you are leaving in the property which you would document to say you are expecting additional payment for. Go back to your solicitors, its worth a try, send an email copying in all parties , asking for payment or return of the oven. That your happy with either.. for sure they won't give you the oven back.🤣

pilates · 16/05/2025 20:03

It should have been incorporated into the contract to ensure you receive the money. If not, then you have no recourse.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 16/05/2025 20:04

housethatbuiltme · 16/05/2025 19:57

Ah yes, harassment and public disturbance... all the will achieve is police involvement and a 'no contact order'.

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It's neither harassment nor public disturbance, don't be silly.

Sugargliderwombat · 16/05/2025 20:07

The buyers maybe assumed it's all wrapped up with the solicitor. Which it should have been. I'm petty I'd be paying more than £200to get it collected then sell it on.

ThisOldThang · 16/05/2025 20:07

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 16/05/2025 20:04

It's neither harassment nor public disturbance, don't be silly.

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If they ask you to leave and never come back, then it becomes harassment if you do it again.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 16/05/2025 20:08

ThisOldThang · 16/05/2025 20:07

If they ask you to leave and never come back, then it becomes harassment if you do it again.

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During that conversation they need to explain why they haven't paid the £200 they owe.

Would you accuse debt collectors and bailiffs of harassment if you objected to them coming to your house?

ThisOldThang · 16/05/2025 20:13

If you had explained to a debt collector that you couldn't pay until payday, but they were repeatedly ringing your doorbell at weird times (as per the advice in this thread) then it would be harassment, yes.

Bailiffs have a right to enter your property, so they wouldn't need to visit more than once.

EmmaWoodhouseOfHighbury · 16/05/2025 21:11

Hdjdb42 · 16/05/2025 15:29

I'd pop my bank details through the letter box. If I didn't hear anything for a week, I'd knock on the door and ask if they no longer want it.

You realise that most people would think you were insane?

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