Fixture and fittings

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We are selling out house to a ftb. We have a quite new electric cooker and fridge freezer and newish washing machine. It seems we don't need them now as the place we are moving to has fitted. Now would it be reasonable to ask the buyers to pay something for these? or is it just mean as we don't need them anyway?

I think it would be fair enough to ask for some money for them. We're doing the same for our cooker in the house we're selling. As long as you price them fairly it may well be welcomed by your buyer.

If they don't want them though, would you have another way to dispose of them - either to family/friends, colleagues or through a local charity? You could end up having to take them to your new home and store them otherwise.

It depends whether you're happy to get take them with you, or otherwise dispose of them if they choose not to buy them.

Also, price them realistically. I wouldn't pay anywhere near the full price for second-hand electronics, however new they were.

We nearly bought a house where the vendors priced up things like the loo roll holder, soap dish, and the (cheap) mirror that was screwed to the bathroom wall. She only wanted 40 quid for them, but it was symptomatic of their inflexibility in all aspects of the sale - we ended up pulling out.

I've previously bought white goods from the vendor - 100 quid for the newish fridge freezer, 50 for the chest freezer, that sort of thing, and was very glad of them

Well that was the sort of price I was thinking of cmot. I don't want to sound mean but we marketed the house at a low price and accepted an offer so we've got very little spare cash. It would come in very handy to buy beds for the kids as our current ones are solid timber built in ones and we've leaving those too! Not to mention all the lovely custom built shelves that DH has put up

Yes, it's ok to charge but not excessively. If they say no, will it be a pain to have cooker disconnected etc?

Oh I expect we'll leave it all anyway (unless the actively don't want them) but it would be nice to get some kind of cntribution for them iyswim.

If you're going to leave them anyway, then I'm not sure I'd charge for them - I'm pretty sure that if it's on the fixtures list with a price, and they decline them then you'd have to take them away with you.

You'll be getting your fitted ones for free I assume, so it's just a straight swap really?

True. But we're losing all the DC' beds as DH built them to fit. Really nice solid timber ones. And we have to buy 3 new ones. Could have done with some money towards those really.

I see your point totally (every little helps!) - just get your solicitor to confirm what will happen if they say no, and whether you have to take them with you.

Thanks norrky - we will definitely check with the sols first.

Also check if any of the items are listed in the sales particulars. Sometimes estate agents get carried away 'lovely fitted kitchen with electric cooker' Would imply its included in the sale.

Thanks ant. Nothing listed in the details - even the fitted dishwasher inspite of us telling the agent about 20 times

If your buyers don't want them, you could probably sell them on gumtree pretty quickly, depending on where you live, if they are "priced to go".