Fixtures and fittings?

beetlebailey

I’ve recently sold a property and the purchaser has requested only fixtures,fittings and integrated appliances to remain after sale.

What exactly would you class as fixtures, fittings?

Would I be right in saying that bed,sofa, pictures tv unit are to remain ? So I need to remove pots pans cutlery cups plates kettle toaster etc....

Darc19

Ask them.

McCloskey_A

Basically anything you need to disconnect to move I would imagine, generally all kitchen appliances stay, light fittings etc
But handier just ask for a quick list and then there’s no confusion for either side

cruizer101

Basically anything that is screwed to a wall. Bed, sofa and that would be furnishings so not included.
It gets a little bit more debatable around curtain rails, light fittings.
As others have said agree a list of what you don't want to take with you.

ted1

They basically want an empty house. Don’t leave anything behind except what’s screwed to the wall.

If you didn’t intend on selling the appliances, say it to them. Like wise with the curtains.

Peregrinus

Basically, if it's fixed to the house, and if removing it would be considered to damage the house or diminish its value, it's a fixture. So doorknobs, light switches and such are fixtures. So are double-glazed windows, ducted air conditioning, floor tiling, fitted carpets. But a free-standing air conditioning unit is not a fixture. Neither is a rug, say,if you have rugs over boards rather than fitted carpets. Curtains are not fixtures but curtain rods usually are. Moveable furniture is not a fixture. Fitted kitchen cupboards are fixtures; a free-standing press, not. A built-in oven is a fixture but a cooker, even a plumbed-in gas cooker, is not. Paint or paper that you apply to the wall is a fixture; pictures that you hang on the wall, not.

beetlebailey

Darc19 wrote: »

Ask them.

Did, just haven’t had response yet. Thanks.

beetlebailey

It was a rental so I’m assuming they want the place cleared out. I have asked for clarification, just waiting for response.

Thanks all.

daheff

Surely you specified what was included in the sale as part of the process?

If you didn't advise that appliances were to be included then the buyer can't ask for them to be included without paying for that. Likewise if you said you were then that's what the buyer gets.

Peregrinus

daheff wrote: »

Surely you specified what was included in the sale as part of the process?

If you didn't advise that appliances were to be included then the buyer can't ask for them to be included without paying for that. Likewise if you said you were then that's what the buyer gets.

Reread the OP. The buyer wants everything removed except the fixtures and fittings.

That's what the standard conditions of sale say anyway; he's just underlining that that is, in fact, what he wants. He doesn't want the OP's furniture, appliances, etc left in the property. Even if the OP doesn't want them, or doesn't some of them, he still has to remove them and dispose of them at his own expense.

daheff

Peregrinus wrote: »

Reread the OP. The buyer wants everything removed except the fixtures and fittings.

That's what the standard conditions of sale say anyway; he's just underlining that that is, in fact, what he wants. He doesn't want the OP's furniture, appliances, etc left in the property. Even if the OP doesn't want them, or doesn't some of them, he still has to remove them and dispose of them at his own expense.

Yes, I know what the OP posted.

The point still remains that what is included in the sale would be outlined already. This should guide the op as to what to take or leave (eg integrated appliances).

Claw Hammer

daheff wrote: »

Yes, I know what the OP posted.

The point still remains that what is included in the sale would be outlined already. This should guide the op as to what to take or leave (eg integrated appliances).

It is not usual to specify contents in a contract. It would be more usual the estate agent would have itemised the remaining items, if any. Fixtures and fittings are those which are intended to be permanent fixtures in the property such as door frames, gutters, windows etc.
It would not include furniture or appliances. If not agreed, leaving such items in the property would be a breach of the requirement to give vacant possession.

dennyk

Essentially it means you should remove everything that's not nailed (or screwed, or glued) down. Freestanding furniture like beds, sofas, and tables, and stuff hung on the wall like pictures would not be "fixtures and fittings", so they'll need to go. For appliances, it depends on whether they're built in or free-standing; the latter would need to be removed, but if it's affixed to the wall or floor (or a set of cabinetry that itself is affixed to the wall or floor), it should stay.

un5byh7sqpd2x0

If you turn your house upside down, anything that would fall to the “ceiling” remove.