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Scotland Home Report refund?
eddiemacthedog
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What does everyone think of this
I instructed my estate agent to get a home report done after they gave my house a valuation of 210-220k.
I was then charged £575 for the said report, the results came back and my house was valued at 200k, so looking at the fees for home reports, houses up to the value of 200k the fee is £460 and 200,001 on is charged at £575.:mad::mad::mad:
Should i be entitled to the £115 back and should the blame lie with the estate agent or the surveyor?
Have asked the estate agent for some extra online advertising as a goodwill gesture and the surveyor for a refund of the difference.
what you guys/girls think????
I instructed my estate agent to get a home report done after they gave my house a valuation of 210-220k.
I was then charged £575 for the said report, the results came back and my house was valued at 200k, so looking at the fees for home reports, houses up to the value of 200k the fee is £460 and 200,001 on is charged at £575.:mad::mad::mad:
Should i be entitled to the £115 back and should the blame lie with the estate agent or the surveyor?
Have asked the estate agent for some extra online advertising as a goodwill gesture and the surveyor for a refund of the difference.
what you guys/girls think????
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Depends on the terms and conditions under which you instructed the home report. Did you get anything in writing?
Does the surveyor/agents scale of fees say that the fee is based on the valuation in the report, or the agent's valuation?0 -
didnt get anything in writing from the estate agent , just a phone call to tell them to go ahead with the home report.
read through the surveyors terms and cant find anything regarding fees.0 -
Just heard back from the surveyors and they will be refunding the £115.
Do you think its worth trying to get something out of the EA as their value was part of the reason i chose them and the home report came back 10k less?0 -
What would you get back from the EA? It sounds like the surveyor has already refunded you the full difference in what the cost was vs. cost would have been.
Have you paid them anything yet that is dependant on the sale price?
Mostly, EA fees are based on the final sale price of the house, and you haven't got as far as a sale yet.... but again, it depends on the terms under which you instructed them, and what contract you signed with them.0 -
they offer an extra online advertising site for a "small" fee, was going to try and get it as a goodwill gesture?0
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Goodwill gesture for what? You're not out of pocket, you were charged originally on an estimate of what the house was valued at, now that it's been re-estimated, and it falls into a lower price band, you've been refunded the difference in the cost, apparently without protest.
I'm struggling to see what you've lost here that demands some recompense or a 'goodwill gesture' .....0
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