I’ll update this thread when I’m at my computer (hate typing long posts on my phone) but sure enough, the sellers took the shed off the property (probably sold it I would imagine) DESPITE there being a specific clause that any “outbuildings and sheds” convey (the section of the contract was titled “Personal Property Included”). We’re one week out from closing and the deal has been all but finalized. It was a very nice shed and was one of the things that attracted us to the property.

And yes, I’m aware that unless a shed is bolted to a foundation it’s considered personal property and, unless stipulated otherwise in the contract, doesn’t automatically convey to the buyers, but in our case it was so otherwise stipulated in the contract.

And no, these are not the only shenanigans the sellers have pulled. And yes, I’ll be pursuing this.

ETA: more background...the sellers bought what was a very nice house and let it go to shit (relatively speaking). The house is only a few years old and they ran the HVAC into the ground so instead of fixing it they put in window units. Window units. In a nice house The actual listing was done with a camera phone and dishes were in the sink, clothes on the floor, etc. Just a total dumpster fire of a listing. Luckily, the home inspector (who we've used many times in the past and paid good money for) told us that they didn't live in the house long enough to do real damage.

In the words of the home inspector, "this is a case of owners who should have been tenants." Surprisingly, the only actual damage they caused was to one area of the house and it's being repaired per the contract by a contractor of our choosing (they've already replaced the HVAC).

Besides that, it's just stuff like missing faceplates, missing fixtures, etc. A trip to Home Depot and $50 later and it's fine. If they had put maybe 10k in the house (or spent 5 and did some of the work themselves), they could easily be selling this house for 30k more, which is why I want it. I buy rentals and know what to look for in a deal at this point. I'm not going to pretend to be a seasoned expert, but I have used a seller's poor choices to get a killer deal in the past, and this shouldn't be any different. I'll admit I've never had a seller make a fuckup on this level though. I will be doing a day before closing walkthrough just to be sure they didn't fuck anything else up, and considering that they're now in breach of contract I can walk away from this if I want to. At this point though, my first option is to get a check from them for $4k at closing.

Those sons of bitches

In for updates.  

It probably got repod

Pics of shed?

Opsec brah. It’s probs a $3-4K shed though.

She shed?

I bought a house in a gated community last fall.

They took the fucking thermostat.

Did they forget to pay the $25/week at the buy here, pay here shed store.

It’s the white trash version of 22” rented wheels.

Fucking monsters

Get an estimate for a similar shed. Double it. Tell them to knock said amount off or you walk.

Check HD and Lowes.  Maybe they are hiding it in the parking lot with the others.

Got struck by lightning!  

That’s cold (pun intended). I suspect the sellers may have also had malicious intent; from their perspective we’re taking them for a ride but literally every bad thing that’s happened to them in this deal has been 100% their own fault.

Could be real bad termites.

Shitbags that I bought my house from (they were being foreclosed on/shortsale) stole the lighting fixture in the kitchen.

Fuckin douchebags. My life loved it.

They gonna have to buy you a sheeshier she shed?

‘Cept the seller isn’t white

This or just walk, fuck em.

At least you got it in writing.  Sucks to have to  spend the time to go after them for it.

Burn their house down?

Probably just struck by lightning and they didnt have state farm

Did someone set fire to it?

Meh. I’m self employed with a well established hourly rate. When I sue them I will also sue for the time spent suing them (which won’t be much—I literally need to present two documents—the picture of the backyard sans shed and the contract). Hell, I won’t even have to say a word beyond “your honor, if you’d kindly review these...”

Prob took all of the copper pipes too.

stop calling us, we already told you , you don't have a policy with us.

Be sure to do a pre-closing walk through the day of closing.  That shed won’t be the only thing they take from the property.

Yeah at this point I have some serious doubts. I’ll be walking through with my agent on Monday as we couldn’t actually get inside the house today.

Vibrant lady across the road smashed the house to pieces on the day the new owners were arriving.
She’d divorced her husband and kept the house but was supposed to sell and give half so for years she put it on the market at twice the value.
We thought that was her way of keeping everything.
Turns out she actually thought that’s what it was worth and was upset at selling it cheap to de white debils

Link to previous thread?

Pics of the OP’s wife posing inside the shed?

Fuck their cat.

It is a shed which is no longer in the yard, definitely not OPSEC.

You never disappoint

Some crackhead stole some of mine between inspection and closing.  Only thing that stopped them from taking all of them was cutting into the AC line and filling the crawl space with Freon. Not a month after closing the house next door (vacant and for sale) was completely stripped bare of all copper.

Fuck copper thieves.

When I bought my house last year the seller (across country) allowed her family members to come in and remove a wired, plumbed, and bolted in air compressor. One of those great big ones.  Was a few days before closing. I went to Lowes, snapped a photo of a brand new one ($600) and told the seller I want a check for this amount at closing or I walk.

I got my check

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Had a renter move out and new tenant said heat didn't work.  Turns out previous tenant opened up all the t-stats and snapped a little capacitor off the circuit board. Was a retrofit electric heat setup so each room had it's own t-stat

Lol what op are you on.

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Think of the other crap they may have f’d up in the house.

I just bought my first house so I’m no expert but when not amend the paperwork for $10k or threaten to walk?

This!

They took the bar! They took the whole f***ing bar!!

On second thought I was just tell them to put the shed back as per the contract or the deal is off.  Fuck shady sellers.  You are bound to encounter more issues with the house after closing.

Get the shed back and burn it down when you move in.

Ultimate power move.