A weird divorced Taiwanese couple took away the bath tub

Legal Legal - Real Estate & Housing
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We are expecting a baby very soon, so we decided to buy a house a bit urgently in TaiChung city. As I don’t drive here, our choices were very limited.

Anyhow, we decided to buy a 2.4 year-old apartment. As we are a bit in a hurry, we end up paying NT$ 200,000 more than the fair price. (the unit price 20% has risen from their original price.)

Then, the couple (owners) said they wanted to take away the bath tub! Even though they got divorced, it carries some good memory or something. My good-hearted hubby said it was all right if they wouldn’t leave any stains. What a joke… It’s a big mess now.

Also, they took the bed frame with the “silly built-in closet left” there! When they said they wanted to take away the bed frame, we welcomed it. Yet, we told them to remove the bedding closet as well; Otherwise, it would not fit our bed frame.

We already remitted all the money to the realtor’s custody account, and now we will have the property transferred to my hubby’ name in a week. We surely need this place, but I am not so happy about this divorced Taiwanese couple.

Is there any advice? Is it better to think that we ended up paying a lot more, and repair everything on our own?

Ah, next time I would never make a deal in a hurry.

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They asked and you said yes; the advice I would give therefore is to learn to say No. :wink:

Worse things could have happened.

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I guess we should have said no… Even though the couple made 20% profit + extra NT$200,000, they paid us back these stains.

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If you wait a few months, maybe the price will go up by a lot more than NT$200,000, which would mean that they lost out and you won. :wink:

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when we rented our apt. the owners said ‘furnished’ - we saw beds, sofa, dinning table etc. etc. When we moved in it was mostly gone, 1 bed and 2 chairs left. We said “hey you said furnished!” The replied “Oh we didn’t mean all the furniture just some of it…”
Crazy

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In Taiwan it is pretty typical to not get anything but the four walls, floor and ceiling. If you expect anything more you have to be clear and explicit exactly what you get in your agreement.

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Some places, you don’t even get the floor… an acquaintance that signed an agreement to rent a place with wood flooring, only to go back upon moving in to discover the floor was gone. The explanation: property of the previous tenant.

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I guess I shouldn’t have assumed anything. I will be more explicit and tough about what comes with the place, including any furniture, floor and bath tub.

Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences. There seem to be quite some ‘mean’ cases that I wouldn’t have imagined.

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[quote=“school_newyork”]I guess I shouldn’t have assumed anything. I will be more explicit and tough about what comes with the place, including any furniture, floor and bath tub.

Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences. There seem to be quite some ‘mean’ cases that I wouldn’t have imagined.[/quote]

That is rule no. 1 for Taiwan. Take nothing for granted. Everything in must be in writing and assume nothing about everything that is not bolted down…and even then be wary.

Oftentimes amenities like wood flooring and ovens have been installed by the renter. I certainly took mine when I moved.

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[quote=“Elegua”][quote=“school_newyork”]I guess I shouldn’t have assumed anything. I will be more explicit and tough about what comes with the place, including any furniture, floor and bath tub.

Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences. There seem to be quite some ‘mean’ cases that I wouldn’t have imagined.[/quote]

That is rule no. 1 for Taiwan. Take nothing for granted. Everything in must be in writing and assume nothing about everything that is not bolted down…and even then be wary. [/quote]
For anywhere. I moved into a place in Edinburgh in which the previous owner took away everything. Everything, right down to the bathroom fittings and including the light switches and coverplates. They even took away the door hinges!

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floor? walls? luxury…my last house was just a hole in the ground…

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[quote=“sandman”][quote=“Elegua”][quote=“school_newyork”]I guess I shouldn’t have assumed anything. I will be more explicit and tough about what comes with the place, including any furniture, floor and bath tub.

Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences. There seem to be quite some ‘mean’ cases that I wouldn’t have imagined.[/quote]

That is rule no. 1 for Taiwan. Take nothing for granted. Everything in must be in writing and assume nothing about everything that is not bolted down…and even then be wary. [/quote]
For anywhere. I moved into a place in Edinburgh in which the previous owner took away everything. Everything, right down to the bathroom fittings and including the light switches and coverplates. They even took away the door hinges![/quote]

:roflmao: Hmmm…in the Disneyland that is the US my landlord in Philthydelphia got sued for failing to provide adequate airconditioning in the summer.

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[quote=“sandman”]
I moved into a place in Edinburgh in which the previous owner took away everything. Everything, right down to the bathroom fittings and including the light switches and coverplates. They even took away the door hinges![/quote]

In OZ if it is nailed it stays, if it screwed in you can take it.