Buyers not paid for oven!

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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!!

You were asking £200 for a 2 year old oven that you paid £350 for? If they agreed to pay, then they should, but I think you asking price is massively unreasonable. I'd write it off tbh.

Who's ranting? You don't like people disagreeing with you? 😂

I have always offered my buyers the choice to BUY whatever they wanted, worked out very well. You seem very miffed and angry, did you have to buy something you wanted for free by any chance?

No and no to your questions.

Here is your rant, complete with cap locks:
'Just because you are buying their property, it's ridiculous to assume that the sellers are wealthy and can afford to give everything away, and WHY should they?'

As I said, I dislike tightness and I'm certainly not alone. It's horribly tight to try to squeeze extra ££ out of the buyers for something that is nearly always included as standard.

Just send them a message reminding them and give your bank details, and say that if they have changed their minds and no longer want it, you will arrange a time to have it collected.

People are allowed to sell free standing items separately to the house, it happens all the time.

Our buyers agreed to buy the dishwasher, as we had nowhere to put it, but then changed their minds, so we took it with us and incorporated it into the new kitchen 12 months later.

As it was a free standing oven, and not a built in one. I think OP is entitled to ask for payment. We have always voluntarily left any white goods if we didn’t need them it’s not a given though as far as I’m aware, tgat they must be left.

You might want to research the definition of "rant" 😁

And I think it's tight and entitled to expect sellers to give you everything inside for free just because you buy the house.

I am sure you are not alone, many CF want everything for free!

Built in ovens yes, freestanding no - although people usually leave them behind tbh.

OP said the £350 is the second-hand market price. Presumably she paid a lot more.

I'm very surprised at charging for an oven but given it was freestanding and the new owners agreed, they should pay. I don't see how you can enforce it though, unless via a court claim? The threat of it might be enough.

....unless they're freestanding, and have had a separate price negotiated and agreed. As the OP stated.....

I once viewed a house that was ready for demolition. Bizarrely they'd fitted a new shower and kitchen into the house. I was told that it was because a house without a working bathroom or kitchen was deemed 'unfit for human habitation' and unmortgageable.

Perhaps the buyers have had legal advice regarding the cooker?

Goodness me! I had no idea this was so contentious.

Thank you to all the rational people.

No I'm not grabby - it was a simple question to the buyers if they wanted a good brand, very good condition, rather new FREESTANDING oven or not for £350 which was just below secondhand market value, and rather a LOT more new. I'd have happily disconnected and taken with me but thought they would like first refusal. They came back with quite a cheeky £200 which irked me but again, thought in the grand scheme of things, fine make it a bit easier and take the offer.

They have now not paid which I think is far cheekier than me requesting payment for it.

I'll pop a note through their door and if not will leave it with a curse that they burn the Christmas dinner this year.

Yes the solicitor should have sorted it in fixtures and fittings but it was a rushed completion for the house I was buying and a detail that got missed off. It was offered on the fixtures for £350

Please say you took the oven in the end?

Our sellers details had 'range oven, dishwasher and washing machine by separate arrangement' which I've seen on lots of details. We offered on the oven and paid direct to the sellers a/c (provided by the EA) before we moved. The items we didn't want were removed before we moved in.

It's probably difficult to enforce a sale now op so hopefully the buyers are reasonable people and stand by the arrangement. A note through the door providing your bank details is the best you can do. Also mentioning you will pick it up if they no longer want it, although I don't know how this could be enforced.