Just moved in doors don't open what can I do?

jimmmyc

Hi, just moved into our new house. Although its not a new house. It has replacment patio doors but one of them doesn't open the catch seems to be broke. Can I go back to the seller to pay to fix it? how do I do this?

thanks,

Lady_S

could it be that there is a security latch. Ours has one in the bottom corner, and it makes it feel that the latch is broken. There will be a pin you have to pull out of the corner.

jimmmyc

Had a good look and can't see any latch, it looks like someone may have tried to 'fix' it before.

cattie

I don't think you can make the previous owners pay for it to be fixed as it is up to the buyer to ensure things are in working order before completion.

If you can't repair it yourself what you need to do is look in your local paper for a local tradesman, sometimes known as a 'Window Doctor' who will come out & repair the door for you.

I had a problem with my tilt & slide patio door when I moved into this house & got it fixed by such a person with no trouble.

robnye

was it working when you viewed the property?

if it was open....... without you seeing it being unlocked, then its poss a case of 'bought as is'

if neccessary try contacting the sellers..... if in doubt, go via your solicitor

star1_2

(please don't take this the wrong way) .... you have no recourse against the seller - the house is "secondhand" and "not-new" you therefore accept it "warts-n-all". The only time that you have a potential claim is if express reference had been made to somthing working previously, and a gurantee as regards it's condition has been made along with a warantee ....

If the property was new or under and NHCB gurantee, then you would have recorse for items that are not working.

robwend

still crap though. our seller was the same, its the house of hidden sins, what goes around comes around though xx

PoorDave

True of almost everyhouse out there!

When you sell, would you hide stuff like this, or would you keep quiet and not spend the money to get things fixed?

Depends on your attitude to such things. There's always at least one thing where you think "hang on a minute" in the days after you move in. Ours was windows that wouldn't shut properly. Of course neither we nor the surveyor thought to open them during the sale (winter!)

charlie007

every house has something, when we moved into our current house there were problems in every room that hadn't been picked up!