Survey Problem??

clutton_2

so will you pay it ? or ask them to ? or say split it between both parties ?

Oddgy

well it is only £200, so we could pay it, to ease the problem, however, i think it would also be a resonable request to ask them for 50/50. Im a bit of a money saver...(no not tight....well i suppose so) i like a bargain thats all!
Its not gonna break our bank, but then again asking for £100 wont break their bank. As a FTB who are keen on our house, im sure that would offend them...would it?

pawpurrs

I think its fair to ask them to go 50/50, after all if thats all it costs i wouldnt lose a house or a sale over it. Good luck.

Oddgy

well here goes the fone call then......eeeek!

Oddgy

Buyers have come back to say they cannot afford to pay £100 and want us to do it prior to completion. Its our estate agent and he was pleading his case that he is skint.

Oh and after this conversation, got a fone call from our solicitors saying that the buyers have been in touch with them and that they now want the Electrical and Heating system checked by approved Corgi and NIC/EIC engineers.

It does state on the survey report that they advise the Heating and Electrical to be checked, but is not in the section of the condition of the mortgage.

We are fuming now as this is getting out of hand. Just goes to show, you start going the extra way in assisting them as we have done gettin all the companies in to check the problems out and now....... - they take the p**s! Whens it gonna stop? Im so stressed its unreal.

clutton_2

Dont forget that you told us that """I know the buyers family is in the building trade""" - say "NO" - call their bluff, - they can have the work done for nothing after completion. If they want the house, they will NOT lose it for £100, they are now relying on your good nature, and are well and truly taking the michael !!!!


""""Its our estate agent and he was pleading his case that he is skint.""" -

are you selling this house to your estate agent for him to live in ? If you are, he is certainly taking the mickey - dont let him bully you anymore.

Yasna

Hi, we are buying our first house, it is very old Victorian, and the survey has shown the front wall, the kitchen floor, the extension and back wall all had rising damp. The estate agent then got a free quote on this from some of his contractors and they quoted 1,200 GBP. We then insisted on having our own quote done by Abbott company (does anyone know if they are any good??), we paid 100 GBP for that and they quoted 7,000 GBP to fix all of the things damp incl to completely replace the concrete kitchen floor and replaster all. So, now I am wondering what quote is correct? Do you think it is normal for this to cost 7,000 pounds?? Or is the estate agent trying to fool us by producing a quote done by their friends/contractors just for us to buy the house at the higher price? The estate agent is telling us that since we got the house 5K less than the asking price, than that the vendor is not willing to cover for any of this damp cost but that we have to pay for it ourselves as otherwise they will put the house back onto the market.. The house was being sold for 255 K and we got it for 250K - although I doubt anyone would have paid the original price due to Stamp Duty increase?? So, what shall we do?
And these damp issues - if the damp is spread so all over, can it really be cured forever, as I want to have my children there and I read that the damp like this causes respiratory diseases especially in children (i.e asthma, brochytis etc.)?
Please someone reply as we are supposed to complete by the end of this week and we don't know what to do.. The estate agent told us he can sell the house to somene else now for 260 K due to the general increase in prices last month, but the vendor mentioned how her mortgage deal is ending this month and she wants to complete by the end of this month as otherwise her mortgage will go up by 150 pounds per month, I am not sure why..

So, what shall we do...? We have no experience in this, we really like the way the house looks but we have been looking for a right house for 2 years now, so this is the one we have finally found after 2 years (it is a very busy area and difficult to find anything nice..)

clutton_2

£7K sounds huge to me, unless it is a huge house.

Putting in a damp course underfloor, is a messy business, and does involve digging up the old floor, disposing of all the waste, (lots of skips) re-levelling it, putting down a plastic membrane (sheet), re-concreting it, as well as taking plaster off up to 3 feet above floor level on every wall in every room which needs treating, and then re-plastering and painting. It usually means renewing all the skirting boards which have often rotted with the damp, and possible repairs to wooden door architraves. So, it is a big big job. It can also mean renewing kitchen units if they are old and have rotted at the bottom.

BUT, because there is such a wide difference in the two prices, i would talk to your solicitor, and say that you are not happy, that you want another 2 quotes, and that you do not want to complete on the specified date.

Whether he can retrieve the situation for you, i just don't know. BUT if you have exchanged contracts and you do not complete, then you will lose your deposit.

pawpurrs

You need to work this out, if the vendor is not prepared to drop the price at all, then you need to work out whether this damp is a deal breaker for you, or not. If you have been looking for two years and this is the only house that you have found in all that time. Then it sounds like you want to stick with it. Get another quote and see what they say.
Is the damp, not bad enough for you to notice it? Is it unliveable with? Are you prepared worst case senario to spend £7k on it?

pawpurrs

Odggy, sounds like they are being unreasonable now. If they want the heating checked let them at their expense. As for the firewall, on a property of that age, I am amazed thats all it came up with! They should be happy with that, glad they are not my buyers!