What did we not get that we thought we would

In my recap the other day I talked about making sure you discuss anything that you see in the house that you would like to keep. Don’t, for one minute, assume that just because it appears to be a fixture it will still be there when you move in, never mind anything that’s not actually attached to the walls or floor.

I’ll give you an example….

This was attached to the wall in the understairs cupboard, which incidentally is big enough to be a small room, not just a cupboard. We loved it and made the mistake of assuming that as it was attached to the wall, and as such a fixture, it would still be there when we moved in. We never actually discussed this with the vendors even though we had ample opportunity to do so, we just assumed. And you know that to assume makes and “ass of u and me”. Anyway in hind sight there were a number of items we thought would stay, like the very large pressoir in the workshop, the telephone as mentioned already, the tree stump stools and table and last but not least the units in the kitchen which although pretty basic (for that read rubbish!) we thought they would do us for a while. In point of fact on receiving the key and turning up at the house it was all gone!

All gone!

Lesson learned! Never assume anything! It's normal in France for the vendors to remove everything including kitchen units and light fittings! Just be aware and talk to them...