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MailOnline - Property lawyer to explain law around 'fixtures and fittings'

ended 22. May 2023

The MailOnline would like a property lawyer to explain the laws around ‘fixtures and fittings’ for an ‘I’m the expert’ piece for MailOnline.

They'd like comment on what it is, the laws and legislation around it, how new homeowners can get around it etc.

Comes following this article the MailOnline did over the weekend: 'It was like a warzone or tornado had shredded the place': Couple buy £1.5million Cornish mansion only to find the seller had stripped it of doors, windows, fireplaces and even floors sparking nine-year legal battle
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12106563/Couples-nine-year-legal-battle-buying-1-5m-Cornish-mansion-stripped.html

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Steven Mather
Lawyer & Director at Steven Mather Solicitor
The Law Society Standard Conditions of Sale apply to all residential property transactions. It uses the words 'contents' and says that any contents listed, either attached to the contract or on a fixtures and fittings form (TA10), will be sold as goods and are included in the sale. Sellers will always complete the TA10 and state what fixtures and fittings are to remain. In law, the concept of fixtures vs contents comes down to fixtures being fixed to the land or building so as to become part of it. Things like doors, windows, fireplaces and floors are very clearly fixtures and should have remained unless the TA10 or contract said that they were being removed. It seems to me that the purchasers had a claim against the seller but instead went through the police and council.