movnig house, take the Nest?

Just stipulate on your law society inventory form that you give to your solicitor that that specific fixture you will be taking with you - no drama.
 
mattyg said:
Permanently! what like windows and doors?

Curtains. Can be bought from tesco and don't need to be installed by a competent person.

Same goes for washing machines.

I assume the nest isn't plug 'n Play. and something actually need wiring into the boiler/Control panel.

Something which you'll need a level of competence to do.

My Nan could disconnect a washing machine. Its a plug, a tap and a connector which should be hand tight.

Oh and she regularly removes her curtains to wash them.
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As i said, there is no legal definition of "fixtures and fittings", it seems to be a bit a bit of a grey area (hence the OP asking). FWIW I have a Tado (similar to the Nest) which cost £200 and took me all of 10 mins to install, so even "installed by a competent person" is open to interpretation.

£200 for 10 mins of work to put the old rotary thermostat back if i move is a no brainer really, although i do envy all you guys earning £1,200 an hour who would be happy to throw money away!
 
Hmm, opinion is split, its a doddle to fit and remove, Ill just get the cheapest RF thermostat from an auction site and wire that in its place, the seller form that i completed only mentioned the boiler, also taking my vulcan stove fan as that was expensive too.
 
I think this just goes to show both buyer and seller need to be explicit about what is and isn't being sold.

Personally I wouldn't be impressed if I moved into my new house and found the previous owner had swapped out the boiler controls!
 
I was in same position in last house where we had a new boiler installed and no traditional wireless thermostat as I was going to use the nest.

I ended up leaving it as the cost to install a wireless thermostat was about 70 quid and I needed nest v2 so I could control hot water.

So if there was a wireless thermostat there before you installed nest I'd take nest. You can always list it under fixtures and fittings your not leaving as see if they want to buy it off you.
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
Just stipulate on your law society inventory form that you give to your solicitor that that specific fixture you will be taking with you - no drama.
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This.

Take it with you, make sure its clear on form, job done. When we move from this property I'll be taking a £1000 induction hob with me... Why? Because I'm not giving that in price for free!

You could also just extend them the offer of leaving the nest in on the form with a price you think is fair.
 
rexehuk said:
This.

Take it with you, make sure its clear on form, job done. When we move from this property I'll be taking a £1000 induction hob with me... Why? Because I'm not giving that in price for free!

You could also just extend them the offer of leaving the nest in on the form with a price you think is fair.
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Are you going to let the potential buyer know this before they submit an offer.
 
Jokester said:
Personally I wouldn't be impressed if I moved into my new house and found the previous owner had swapped out the boiler controls!
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Have to agree with this. For the sake of £150 for a new one, Id do the right thing and leave it. If Id seen it there as a buyer, Id be expecting it there.
 
Wow, all this debate over a thermostat?!

If I was a buyer I wouldn't care too much as long as there was a working one in its place, it's not like you choose your new house based on the fixtures.

Just take it if you want and replace it, then forget about it.
 
Will leave a bad taste in their mouths as they enter the new house, it may well have impressed them when they viewed it.
You can't compare it to taking an LED bulb!
For the sake of £150 and the hassle of wiring a new one...
Also, these people will be getting mail and stuff that you will want them to keep / forward on. Do you want them to just bin it! (Mail re-direction is a waste of money, it doesnt work.)
 
I agree with most others.

It's what £210 to get one and also get it fitted by a pro? It's not worth the hassle. LED light bulbs are a different matter. However if you took a LED fitted security light with you I would say it's the same as taking a NEST.

Someone might offer you slightly more for a property if you have plenty of gadgets like the nest fitted for instance.
 
Not really worth the hassle of changing it IMO but aslong as the cheap one is either fitted before anyone views/makes a decision on the property and/or explicitly noted/mentioned as not being part of the sale I don't see the problem with leaving a cheaper one in its place.

When I moved into a flat I pretty much expected the previous owner to have left cheapy light bulbs, etc. (as they had) and replaced them with my own.
 
Depends where you are in the sale. If you're just about to move and have already had viewings, accepted an offer and exchanged fixtures and fittings forms (without mentioning it) then I would leave it.
 
I'd be pretty miffed if I viewed a property and the fancy stat I was looking forward to playing with had been taken. Its not the sort of thing you'd expect to go. I'd let the buyer know.
 
I'll be taking my tado and Nest smoke alarms. Only takes me 30 minutes to replace them with the original rubbish things.
 
rexehuk said:
This is common courtesy, yes be upfront and say what you're leaving vs taking. Wouldn't waste someones time by hiding the fact I'm taking it.
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That's great and your right it is/should be common courtesy.. Its just in your reply to the OP you suggested putting it down on the form..Which is well past acceptance of offer..
 
For what it's worth there's nothing to stop you from accepting an offer and then discussing stuff that you'd like to sell.

I find it really hard to imagine anyone would a) notice the thermostat and offer on the basis it was there or b) give two hoots whether you leave it or not.

Buying a house is a fantastically expensive process including all the fees and stamp duty and all that so your £200 thermostat is meaningless is this context.
 
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