An apartment purchaser discovered upon receiving possession that many items were taken by the sellers.
The Court held that an apartment includes all fixtures - items that are permanently connected to it. In order to determine what item is a fixture the Court will use the test of the possibility of separation and examine whether the item can be relatively easily removed (e.g. removing a screw) alongside other auxiliary tests such as the economic viability test –whether separation is economically feasible (and not merely if it is technically possible), and the common sense test, of examining the specific circumstances.
Items such as a dishwasher, extractor fan, wooden shelves anשd lighting are not fixtures but a sink faucet and a cabinet removing of which revealed no parquet underneath it (as opposed to the remainder of the room) are and thus the Court ordered payment of compensation.