another questionnaire to fill in!

whitesatin

Our buyers are having a survey (Homebuyer Report) done on our property this week. We have received a Vendor Enquiry Form to fill in to give to him when he arrives.

When we put the house on the market in January we had to fill in lots of (the same) information for the HIP. Our solicitor recently sent a form for us to fill in a couple of weeks ago with similar information required and now this. They want to know details of any structural alterations and additions, structural repairs, details of improvements undertaken, whether flooding, fire damage etc. has taken place, information about boundary disputes etc. etc.

Do I really need to keep giving this information? Am I not doing the surveyor's job for him? Can't they just download the info from the HIP link, they may no longer be necessary but surely the info is still valid?

It goes on and on and on. I feel like I am feeding details to him to save him having to do any work. I think he should use his eyes and ask further questions should he feel he needs to.

Am I being unreasonable?

Running_Horse

whitesatin wrote: »

Do I really need to keep giving this information?

Yes.

whitesatin wrote: »

Am I being unreasonable?

Yes.

vet8

No I do not think you are being unreasonable at all.

House selling is a joke these days, you are asked the same questions on numerous forms and surely you pay the solicitor loads of money for him to do the work, not you. We are going through the same thing and it infuriates me. What gets me is the form which asks if there are any plans for building work in the area. Now if I say "no" as that is the case as far as I know and then the buyer finds out that the neighbour, unbeknown to me, has plans to build a monstrosity in his garden, can the buyer sue me?

Surely the solicitor or the surveyor should be looking up the answers to these sort of questions, not asking the seller. I am only an amateur in this, they are very expensively paid proffessionals with insurance to cover any mistakes they make.

Jowo_2

I'm surprised that a seller is obligated to provide this information to the buyer's surveyor. I was only aware that this forms part of the conveyancing process between the solicitors involved in this.

Did this come from the buyer or from their surveyor directly? Do you think perhaps the buyer is muddled and should be addressing this with you via your solictors as this sounds like a fairly standard list of questions asked and answered as part of the purchase process (not survey).

whitesatin

Running_Horse wrote: »

Yes.

Yes.

OK, but would you be polite enough to give some reasons for your answers.

Otherwise I will just think you are some pr@ that doesn't have a large vocabulary......

Thanks.

whitesatin

Jowo wrote: »

I'm surprised that a seller is obligated to provide this information to the buyer's surveyor. I was only aware that this forms part of the conveyancing process between the solicitors involved in this.

Did this come from the buyer or from their surveyor directly? Do you think perhaps the buyer is muddled and should be addressing this with you via your solictors as this sounds like a fairly standard list of questions asked and answered as part of the purchase process (not survey).

The form has arrived in the post direct from the survey services company prior to their visit. I don't know if the buyer is aware of it at all.

Jowo_2

I think I'd be miffed, too, with this level of duplication and I've never had to supply any information to a surveyor before who I assumed, like the OP, would go in and inspect the property without any kind of information to hand.

poppysarah

Have you a copy of the hip? Staple it to the questionaire and give it back.

G_M

Why don't you just give them a copy of the HIP?

Running_Horse

whitesatin wrote: »

OK, but would you be polite enough to give some reasons for your answers.

Otherwise I will just think you are some pr@ that doesn't have a large vocabulary......

Thanks.

Judging by your OP and reply I will just think you are rude and not bother.

No one likes accumulating folders of paperwork when buying and selling, but you just have to stop whining and get on with it, and shred most of it afterwards.

whitesatin

poppysarah wrote: »

Have you a copy of the hip? Staple it to the questionaire and give it back.

I have never had a copy of the HIP but the link is available to anyone who would need it, e.g. solicitors and surveyors. A HIP is a huge document and, thankfully, people are not generally given a hard copy. That would be a complete waste of paper, I think.

However, the subsequent waste of paper through questionnaires does make me wonder.