Bad dishwasher timing

Jonah01

Hi,

I am due to exchange contracts early next week hopefully.

Came home tonight and the integrated dishwasher has packed up. Its about 9 years old and has been here since the house was built.

I am an honest person and wouldn't for one minute consider letting our buyers move in to find a broken dishwasher, but was curious what the best thing to do here is.

My options being.
1)Replace the dishwasher with a second hand one
2)Speak to my buyer before exchange about it and see what he says
3)Speak to my buyer after exchange about it and see what he says
4)Let the solicitor know this has happened.

Obviously replacing it for a brand spanking new one is difficult as the move has wiped us out of money.

What is my position legally regarding this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Errata

Tell 'em it's kaput and knock a tenner off the price, which is what it would be worth if it was working.

PasturesNew

[2] They might prefer to pick their own dishwasher and you can come to a monetary agreement.

JanCee

Why don't you get someone out to look at it first? It may be a simple repair.

Jonah01

Have done a bit of research and its not worth repairing.

It looks like a seized pump so the cost of that and someone to do it obviously isn't worth it.

Shall I just let him know asap about it before exchange?

If there is a monetary agreement then what sort of amount do you reckon.

It was probably worth about a tenner and was on its last legs

Cheers

Davesnave

In the general scheme of things, it's trivial. After all, it isn't as if the buyers viewed an up to date machine.

Just before we moved into our present home, the previous owner discovered the integrated oven was kaput. She left us a note, apologising, but as it was a grotty old thing, we understood perfectly well why she'd not felt it worthwhile calling a repair person. We replaced it with a secondhand model, purchased for £40.

Oh, and there's something called "doing the dishes."

Neil_in_Bristol

I'd leave it until after the exchange and offer them £50 towards a new one.

olias

OK, maybe I'm a fool and too nice, but if I were in that position, I would feel obliged to replace it with a new one (£250?)
To my mind, it does not really matter whether it was 10 years old or 10 weeks old. The buyers made an offer for a property with a fully functioning kitchen and appliances, and the offer was accepted on that basis.

Put it this way, if you (OP) bought a house and when you moved in, found that an appliance was not working would it not take the shine off the moment somewhat? Even if the seller had told you so and offered a token amount (say£40) would not the fact that you had to move into the property with an appliance not working, then source a new one, and pay the balance of £210 yourself pi55 you off a bit, especially if the fact that the kitchen had built in appliances had maaybe been a selling point to you?

Olias

cte1111

I wouldn't do anything. It's not like you've certified that it was in full working order so just bad luck really. Old appliances can break down whenever so it could have happened a day after they had moved in.

Jonah01

To be honest when we move into our new house the thought of an appliance not working is trivial. We have just moved into our new family home after all. If the seller hadn't have told us, ok I might think that was a bit out of order but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

The last house we moved into in fact had a dishwasher that didn't really clean properly. I didn't expect them to buy me a brand new machine!

"The buyers made an offer for a property with a fully functioning kitchen and appliances, and the offer was accepted on that basis."

These are of course assumptions. Surely appliances are considered sold as seen.

I want to do the right thing. Its interesting seeing the contrasting views on this.

missile

Jonah01 wrote: »

...I want to do the right thing....

I would replace it :A