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legal position re. passing on information on your survey to the next buyer?
tucbiscuit
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Hi any help with this one would be appreciated.
I am wanting to buy a bungalow to do-up and my survey highlighted several points, one of which was possible failure of some cavity wall ties and said a specialist report would be needed.
Now can I choose to just ignore this and carry on regardless? it has been suggested they may be a problem, but as surveyors like to cover themselves I am not so sure they are a problem.
So if I just carry on and ignore it when it comes to selling am I under any legal obligation to mention them? as has been said I don't know that they are a problem, they just may be a problem.
I am wanting to buy a bungalow to do-up and my survey highlighted several points, one of which was possible failure of some cavity wall ties and said a specialist report would be needed.
Now can I choose to just ignore this and carry on regardless? it has been suggested they may be a problem, but as surveyors like to cover themselves I am not so sure they are a problem.
So if I just carry on and ignore it when it comes to selling am I under any legal obligation to mention them? as has been said I don't know that they are a problem, they just may be a problem.
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You are under no legal obligation to say anything to your buyer but there surveyors may pick it up.0
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and your mortgage co may not be happy with you ignoring it ...I love giving home made gifts, which one of my children would you like?
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I'm not having a mortgage which is to my advantage in this situation and have had a few second opinions and no-one seems overly concerned, so hopefully it is just the surveyor being over-cautious.
Does anyone have a link to any information on the legal responsibilty on a vendor when it comes to declaring problems.0 -
Hi tucbiscuit
How old is the property ? Kindest regards, David Aldred Independent damp and timber surveyor0 -
There is a question on the SPI form which "may" catch you out.0
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David_Aldred wrote: »Hi tucbiscuit
How old is the property ? Kindest regards, David Aldred Independent damp and timber surveyor
pretty sure it's 1960 construction0 -
david29dpo wrote: »There is a question on the SPI form which "may" catch you out.
any idea what the question is?0 -
You do not have to volunteer information, but if asked, you have to answer truthfully.
You may get away with a non-commital: "the purchaser is advised to rely on their own investigations" putting the onus on the buyer to have a survey which may/may not turn up the same issue.0 -
I don't think cavity wall ties are a particularly expensive job - it's many years since I had some done though.
You may have an issue when you come to sell it though - If I was buying a renovated property and the survey report came back with cavity wall tie failure I would worry how many other issues you may have not addressed in the renovation.0 -
tucbiscuit wrote: »any idea what the question is?
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Is there any other information which you think the buyer may have a right to know? (delete as applicable) no / yes (please give details)0
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