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Buying A Home - When what you see is not what you get |
All the 'fixtures' of a property are automatically included in a sale without having to be specifically mentioned in the contract, but the items a buyer thinks should be considered as fixtures may not always in fact be so. |
Generally speaking, a fixture is something attached to the land or building that cannot be either simply lifted up and taken away, or unscrewed and taken away without doing any damage. |
For example, most electric stoves are wired in, so they are fixtures, but most refrigerators are plugged in, so they are not. With other items the distinction may not be as clear cut, so the safest course is to ask your solicitor to specifically include in the contract any items about which there can be any room for doubt. |
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