Should we ask buyers to pay for appliances, carpets and blinds?

[7in1Pond]

We're (hopefully) moving and I've just been filling in all the details about what is and isn't included.

We have a range cooker (10yo but good), very new dishwasher, newish Miele washer and tumble dryer, wine fridge. We also have nice Roger Oates carpets and fitted blinds.

Should I be asking for money for any of this? I don't want any of it (except maybe the washer and dryer if the people we are selling from don't leave theirs). What's the norm?

Why is it likely the rooms were bigger ?

I moved from a house with one (large) living room to a house with two (smaller) living rooms. Bedrooms of course can vary in size considerably, even if you are moving to a house with more rooms.

We used a carpet fitter, yes, but some people can do that themselves. I know my BiL did when he moved.

I'll be honest, I can't remember if we brought the underlay (quite likely as that was good quality underlay).

I'm not saying I'd do it now. I think it is much better now more things are left as part of the house sale.

The reason I mentioned it was because of how rude some posters were being to someone asking a genuine question. Either they might not have sold before, or it might be a long time since they sold, so why would they know that?

What are you going to do with them otherwise?

Carpets and blinds stay along with any integrated appliances. If not then this should have been made clear on the sales details and at the viewing.
curtains, washer/dryer etc you can say you leaving and leave them. Then they are their responsibility to get rid of.
if you ask or offer in other things then you are liable for getting rid of they dont want them

As most people upsize when moving. But I can just imagine either way a lot of wastage when cutting it up.

But I do agree in terms
of the topic, I think it’s just not the done thing anymore and also when you look round a house things like new carpets etc are a part of the whole house and it’s value. So if someone was about to tear them up I think now people would ask for a reduction in price.

When I sold my previous house, carpets, blinds and curtains were included from the start, late in the process I offered to leave the microwave, washing machine and a lawnmower, all well used but still functional, no money required, if the buyer didn't want them, they would have gone to the tip. Gratefully accepted by the buyers, I don't suppose they kept them long, but it would have meant they didn't have to dash out and buy, as I did when I realised there was no longer a launderette near by.

So much misinformation on this thread.

From OP's list, everything apart from the carpets would count as fittings- that is to say, the default is that they are not included in the sale (and you need to remove them unless you agree otherwise). It's very common to pay an additional amount for fittings if you want them although of course the seller may just give them to you if they wish. I've paid extra for appliances every time I've moved.

Fitted carpets are fixtures- default is that they are included in the sale price unless you agree otherwise, but as PPs said that hasn't always been the case- it was normal to have a separate charge for "carpets and curtains" and people genuinely did take their carpets up and move them to the next house. I suspect what's changed here if that carpets have got relatively cheaper while housing has got relatively more expensive so it seems an odd idea in 2026, but very normal even a couple of decades ago, which is not that long in terms of house moves.

I recall my parents saying that when they purchased their second house (before I was born, so late 1960s as I was born in 1970), they took the carpets from the previous house - including the stair carpet! - which apparently was quite normal then. They reused the carpets in the next house and I vaguely remember the joins in the main bedroom carpet where it had been made to fit.

When we sold one house in 2007, we removed a very expensive wool carpet from the main living room (approx 6 x 4.5m) ahead of marketing as we knew it was a bit marmite. We replaced it with something more neutral and took it to our next house where we had it cut/fitted in the hall/stairs.

PMSL at people being outraged by a question about what's the norm and then giving completely contradictory answers 😂

Thanks very much for all the helpful answers here, which have been very useful.

Our sellers took their blinds, which we didn't mind as although it would have been useful when we first moved in, we didn't like them anyway.

Anything fitted is generally assumed part of the sale. We sold our freestanding big fridge to our buyers at a big discount; we also sold them our lawnmower. Dishwasher was integral (at both selling and buying houses) so stayed. Washing machines and dryers moved in both cases.

We gave our buyers a list of everything they might like (we were downsizing, they were coming from overseas) and listed it as "give away to you if you want it / will sell to you if you want it" outside of those stupid forms, and then only priced up the ones they had indicated they may be interested in buying. Estate agent helped us.

Good luck!

We took our roller blinds and curtain poles as they were the ones you cut to size or extendable and we used them in our new house. The blinds that were made to measure we left behind.

Free standing appliances and light fittings are negotiable, we charged £50 each for our cooker, washer and dishwasher. We had already conceded a £2k reduction on the asking price post survey for minor things to get the sale through (down from the ridiculous £15k they first tried for) so I wasn't doing them any favours.

My parents said fitted carpets were chargeable when they were bought our family home in the 1980s but you can't charge now.

Re appliances and blinds etc - we usually take our curtains (having indicated this on the Fixtures & Fittings form), but leave any blinds for our buyers. The curtains tend to be fairly £££ fabrics I've made myself and as we don't chop and change our furniture when we move, chances are they will suit our new home - even if they require altering a bit.

Last time we moved (2024) we left some curtains as we'd had them 15 years - and four houses - so fancied a change.

We included a Bertazzoni professional range cooker in the sale, mentioning it in the EA description - it cost around 6k new, but was bloody awful so we were delighted to leave it! Additionally we gifted our Smeg fridge freezer and virtually new washing machine to our buyers (as well as the integrated dishwasher, obviously), despite the buyers being a pain during the process. Tbh, we were desperately keen to move, so again we were happy to do so.

things that are integrated (integrated appliances ) or fixed to walls, and carpets I would expect to stay. Free standing appliances I wouldn’t mind paying extra for.

Agree with this - free standing appliances you can offer for a nominal extra sum, but as pp have said if they say no, then be prepared to remove them from the property at your own expense.

We had a seller ask for extra money for an apparently fancy ceiling light fitting in the living room. We said no, so she had to remove it and fit a standard ceiling light.

I think most buyers would take it badly if you tried to ask for extra money for the carpets.

But 'fixed to walls' surely shouldn't include mirrors or cabinets whose fixings are drilled in?

I get if it's a basic, easily replaceable mirror or cabinet - but not something of value, sentimental or otherwise. We have never left those. Or sold them to our buyers (eight house sales). In fact, we've never left any mirrors except the acrylic one that DH rather stupidly glued to the wall.

Imo, the whole thing is open to misinterpretation.

Our tv is on a wall mount that is screwed in so would we have to leave our TV?

Lol no - are you going to-rip them up if they say no. Move on its more hassle than it’s worth and may potentially make s sale fall through

Mother of God. No, you don’t charge for that stuff

When I bought 4 years ago the vendors left behind things the fixtures and fittings said weren’t included and I didn’t want so it cost me to dispose of them.

I was most annoyed (still am) that the dishwasher they said was included had actually been disconnected (electric cable cut) years before and had been left in place because the kitchen had been built around it and it couldn’t be removed without extensive dismantling. The viewings were conducted by estate agents who couldn’t answer questions. There was a Rayburn range which the agents said was used. Turned out it had been disconnected years ago and cost me a fortune to have removed. They left their other cooker/oven behind but it was so old the settings on the dial had worn off. It wasn’t included so I paid to have my own cooker disconnected and transported but had no where to put it so had to then dispose of that. What appeared to be a functional kitchen was anything but and I ended up having to pay for a new kitchen.

I think things have got sloppy - vendors leave all sorts of crap as an unexpected ‘gift’ to the new buyers because they don’t want the hassle and cost of disposing of it. If it’s not included in the sale it should be gone. Estate agents are useless once the sale has concluded.

why do you "need" to ask this question, the answer is self evident???

• you can set a price for anything you want to offer
• the buyers can accept or refuse
• if they refuse then you must clear the property or risk being billed for a clearance charge once buyers move in and find your left over tat

Exactly. That would be crazy!

Completely off topic but they really are the worst cookers aren't they. We aren't in the UK, and the one we bought was in a sale and very cheap. Hands down the worst I've ever had.

Re the appliances, depends what the details said. If it said space for dishwasher, space for range etc then by all means ask for a reasonable sum. If they don’t want them then you take them with you. Carpets, crikey, of course you leave them free of charge. Blinds, I would either take them if you need them or leave for free. If you take blinds you should take the wall fittings off as well and make good the walls.

You legally have to leave whatever was mentioned in the sale details. So if the EA mentioned the range cooker in their blurb then it's included in your sale automatically and you can't ask extra for it.
Charging extra was the norm a decade ago. I'd never pay for carpets, blinds etc as I know that most sellers are pretty lazy and will likely just leave them. And I normally would include all my white goods in the sale as more heavy stuff to move otherwise, and a chance to buy new again.
When I was a first time buyer 3 decades ago, I did pay for the carpets only to arrive on moving day and find they had been fitted around furniture and so there were big gaps with the floorboards showing. Lesson learnt, never again.

My last move I left all the carpets, curtains and built in appliances in the house. I cleaned the house from top to bottom.

Unfortunately the seller of my new house wouldn't even hand over the keys until 24 hours after they were supposed to. It became apparent why ... they had taken all the light bulbs, the curtain poles, the toilet roll holder, which had been screwed to the wall and even changed the door to the bathroom. They had wanted to take the cooker too but after hours of trying to unlawfully disconnect the gas themselves they had to leave it. The cooker was filthy and took hours to clean.