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[littlespark]

It comes under “fixtures and fittings” surely.
Freestanding furniture, you take away…. Screwed to the wall bookcase etc, leave it.

 

[JBW175]

I’d be p155ed off if something fixed was removed from a house I was buying…
Normally “sold as seen”.

Even more p155ed if they had left something dangerous like this.

Same here, to leave it just flapping around like that is damned right dangerous.

Although I think she’s more relieved that I’ll only be quoting her for a days work to rectify the C2’s that were picked up; and not a rewire as that’s what she was worried about.

It’s no wonder the previous owners didn’t want to let her get an inspection done prior to completion.

 

[Dustydazzler]

It comes under “fixtures and fittings” surely.
Freestanding furniture, you take away…. Screwed to the wall bookcase etc, leave it.

They are allowed to remove certain fixtures and fitting if they tell you in advance , things like shelves , mirrors and bathroom wall cabinets can be taken so long as the damages are 'made good'

 

[Mike Johnson]

Ha Ha, try France guys, it was not unusual for those moving out to take all the kitchen cupboards, built in meant nothing, they would also take the light switches, sockets and pendant lights, although not as common now days, but was the norm not so long ago.

 

[nicebutdim]

Ha Ha, try France guys, it was not unusual for those moving out to take all the kitchen cupboards, built in meant nothing, they would also take the light switches, sockets and pendant lights, although not as common now days, but was the norm not so long ago.

Good to know if I ever think about buying a bare shell house in France

 

[littlespark]

You see on tv tenants leaving a property and taking away the copper pipes from under the floor, and leaving whatever they had bypassing the meter for their horticulture project in the loft.

 

[Simon47]

I’d be p155ed off if something fixed was removed from a house I was buying…
Normally “sold as seen”.

Even more p155ed if they had left something dangerous like this.

It comes under “fixtures and fittings” surely.
Freestanding furniture, you take away…. Screwed to the wall bookcase etc, leave it.

Nah, when you sell a house you'll normally be asked to fill in two forms - from memory TA6 and TA10 are the ones normally used.
One describes the property - who owns the fences, whether it's freehold or leasehold, if there's been any of various sorts of problems, if there's been notifiable works (they don't say that, they ask if there's been electrical works since 2005, if there's been new windows, that sort of thing). The other lists the fixtures and fittings - room by room - and you have to specify what is being left and what is being taken. These form the basis for the contract - i.e. they are legal documents.
So, if in this form they'd said that they were taking the cabinet then that OK. If they didn't, then there's a breach of contract and that's serious.

IIRC the notes to the forms do say that if you remove a ceiling light then you should leave a standard pendant - and electrics should be left in a safe condition.

 

[freddo]

When a relative moved house the previous occupants took all sorts of things. They removed all the lightbulbs, including the ones in the outside lights, fridge and cooker hood. They removed the mains smoke alarms leaving the wiring hanging and they took the lock cylinders from the 2 back doors!

 

[Andrew Hunter]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.

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I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

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Automatic fire detection and extinguisher

 

[pirate]

I recall a dispute many years ago when the seller of a house removed the garden! Yup, they took the turf, all the plants and specimen trees, slabs and decking...

 

[ipf]

I recall a dispute many years ago when the seller of a house removed the garden! Yup, they took the turf, all the plants and specimen trees, slabs and decking...

Did they take the roses...........or just remove the flex and lampholders?

 

[philectrical]

I think in places like Germany it's standard to take your kitchen with you when you move, even from rental places.

 

[nicebutdim]

Uless these countries consider a few random units to constitute a kitchen, it's utterly pointless taking something that won't be much use in the new place.

 

[philectrical]

Uless these countries consider a few random units to constitute a kitchen, it's utterly pointless taking something that won't be much use in the new place.

We're talking hob and sink as well, apparently. (Brother in law lives there)

 

[Pretty Mouth]

I thought G/Y was explicitly only for CPC use?

Edit: Yes, see 514.4.2

Is this the part of that reg you mean?:

Single-core cables identified by green-and-yellow throughout their length shall only be used as a protective conductor and shall not be overmarked at their terminations, except as permitted by Regulation 514.4.3.

I read this as applying to singles only, and assume that G/Y cores of multicore cables can be oversleeved and repurposed

 

[nicebutdim]

We're talking hob and sink as well, apparently. (Brother in law lives there)

Renders the old adage 'everything but the kitchen sink' redundant.

 

[JBW175]

Had an emergency call out this morning, a builder who’s installing a drain chopped through the SWA supplying the garden shed. Knocked out half the supply to the street, DNO engineer arrived promptly and changed one of the fuses down the sub station. Circuit isolated and power restored.

In the builder’s defence, the cable wasn’t buried the correct depth and was just beneath the slabs, but you can clearly see where the cable enters the ground so he should have checked prior to cutting.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Pillock of the fist order.

 

[pc1966]

Had an emergency call out this morning, a builder who’s installing a drain chopped through the SWA supplying the garden shed. Knocked out half the supply to the street, DNO engineer arrived promptly and changed one of the fuses down the sub station. Circuit isolated and power restored.

Are you sure it is a shed supply from the house? Sounds more like chopping the concentric feeding the house to do that!

 

[JBW175]

Are you sure it is a shed supply from the house? Sounds more like chopping the concentric feeding the house to do that!

Yes as I carried out R1R2 and IR testing on the circuit when i’d disconnected it from the board.

Also carried out a Ze, PFC and some RCD testing on the installation once power was restored and all was good.

DNO engineer said he don’t know why the fuse blew down the substation as over 300amps, but he thinks it could have been weakened from other faults in the area.