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Buying - Misdescription of the floorplan

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    IronWolf wrote: »
    Isnt that technically blackmail though?

    No. I suggested that the EA might offer compensation to the OP to avoid the whole PMA thing. I know of one EA that paid a buyer for getting the number of plug sockets wrong.
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  • elys70
    elys70 Posts: 24 Forumite
    Doozergirl wrote: »
    No. I suggested that the EA might offer compensation to the OP to avoid the whole PMA thing. I know of one EA that paid a buyer for getting the number of plug sockets wrong.

    I will give it a go Doozergirl, contact the estate agent and ask for their complaint procedure. I am hoping it will be ok as during the buying process they have not been helpful at all.
  • lilab_2
    lilab_2 Posts: 116 Forumite
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    If you measured at the widest point, how are you sure that they did the same and not measured at the narrowest?
  • ReadingTim
    ReadingTim Posts: 4,087 Forumite
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    elys70 wrote: »
    I understand I will have to live with this problem now I have bought the house and learn my lesson for the future, but I still would like to see them fined as they have been dishonest. How much is the fee likely to be?

    "Dishonest"? really?!? I think you'll have a job proving it was deliberate dishonesty - more than likely it's typical EA incompetence...
  • Cissi
    Cissi Posts: 1,131 Forumite
    lilab wrote: »
    If you measured at the widest point, how are you sure that they did the same and not measured at the narrowest?

    ??? That would make the difference even bigger...

    OP, I think the EA is likely to wiggle out of it using the disclaimers, but it's certainly worth a go. If nothing else, you may succeed in making them a bit more careful in future. Good luck!
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    elys70 wrote: »
    Indeed I should have picked this up, but when it's 1 m here 1/2 m there, it is not so easy to pick it up without a tape measurer.

    I would have thought 1m would be a blatantly obvious discrepancy, but 1cm or so 'not so easy to pick up'.
  • elys70
    elys70 Posts: 24 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    I would have thought 1m would be a blatantly obvious discrepancy, but 1cm or so 'not so easy to pick up'.

    It wasn't so easy for me to realize at the time 1-2 m2 in each room (about 1 or 2 steps more) was really not so visible, at least not to me at the time.
  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    1-2 m in a room is a huge difference! I would notice that myself, but I would still take it up as some of those measurements are way out.
  • sonastin
    sonastin Posts: 3,210 Forumite
    From the dimensions the OP has quoted, its more like 30-40cm in each direction - not a full m. The area can add up to a decent space but individual dimensions are really only a foot out which isn't so easy to judge.
  • fleitner
    fleitner Posts: 22 Forumite
    edited 12 April 2011 at 8:56AM
    Edit: Argh, I should not try math before waking up. Doozergirl is right of course, my calculation was completely screwed.
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