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vet8

Bananamana wrote: »

this made me lol

Why?

I raised the valid point that surely the solicitor is paid to do searches etc. It is part of the work he should do for the huge fee he charges. He also surely has insurance to cover if he makes a mistake. I don't.

Why should I be answering questions when I do not necessarily know the answer. People are so keen these days to sue anyone, just read some of the posts on this board. So I do not feel it is sensible to answer a question when I don't know the definite answer.

Asking about the central heating or recent rewiring is fine, but questions about other houses in the area or even work carried out on the house long before I bought it?

Bananamana

vet8 wrote: »

Why?

I raised the valid point that surely the solicitor is paid to do searches etc. It is part of the work he should do for the huge fee he charges. He also surely has insurance to cover if he makes a mistake. I don't.

Why should I be answering questions when I do not necessarily know the answer. People are so keen these days to sue anyone, just read some of the posts on this board. So I do not feel it is sensible to answer a question when I don't know the definite answer.

Asking about the central heating or recent rewiring is fine, but questions about other houses in the area or even work carried out on the house long before I bought it?

You omitted the first part of my clarification. Your initial post was in response to factual points regarding a survey the solicitor/ surveyor would need to live in the property to know. Hence the lol to the latter part.

Insurance only covers the solicitor's/ surveyor's negligence. It wouldnt cover such things as misrepresentation as to factual information.

In any event search fees are paid to the council/ waterboard.

The same logic would imply the agent should deal with such matters given their fee in comparison. However, I fear we are just talking at cross purposes given your clarification above