Sealed bids property got burgled

dharm11

I sure did view the property inside before bidding. Some great advice on this forum, thanks for all your comments i will be posting a letter to the EA this evening and maybe one to the vendors solicitor just in case the EA decide to throw theirs in the bin

ruggedtoast

I dont wish to be a doom monger, but statistically isnt a property thats been broken into much more likely to be broken into again? That may not be the case if it was empty when they got in because they might not come back looking for "repeat business"

You'd also have to declare the break in to future sellers.

I would definitely want money off.

geoffky

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You'd also have to declare the break in to future sellers.

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Where did you get this info from? I doubt it!

ruggedtoast

geoffky wrote: »

Where did you get this info from? I doubt it!

Part of solicitors enquiries afaik. May not count if you didnt live there when it happened.

corbyboy

dharm11 wrote: »

Having spoken to the EA, they said there is no chance of reducing the price. They called the police to check the property and spoke to the vendor yesterday to ask if they were willing to arrange a good will gesture and they declined. The EA told me it would put all the other offers back on the table as one wasn't far from what i offered.

Would it now be a good idea to go through solicitors? I could mention the door being left open most likely by the EA as it couldn't have been by the vendors as they live 200 miles away. We haven't done any searches or exchanged details as yet.

I can't quite understand what is happening here? Are the current owners saying they are not going to have the damage repaired?

If they are going to fix the damage then why do you want the price reduced?

dharm11

So after sending a letter to the EA requesting a reduction of 5k they have got back to me. They basically said they had a plumber round quoting £2,400 as the amount it would cost to repair the damages and missing pipe work. The sellers (a charity) are prepared to take this amount off the 145k we originally offered. Not sure if they would be willing to repair it themselves but we would still much rather prefer a reduction of 5k.

2.4k sounds a bit like the EA fees, could the EA be culprits, the ones taking on the cost humm

JQ.

Just get your own plumber round to quote for the work. Add a 20% management cost for your time supervising the works and reduce your offer by that amount. Problem solved.

gingertips

Up to you at this point, I would be inclined to turn down the offer & state that the offer of £145k will stand if they put it right at their cost & they will guarantee the work. If they dont want to do that, then your revised offer of £139k stands. They are screwing you about - I bet the other person would want to revise their offer once they realise its been burgled!

anoneemouse

I must admit to being surprised that no-one has said "Make sure they put everything back to exactly the way it was AND you want a substantial discount to proceed". After all the property now has a "Feel bad" factor from having been burgled.

I dont know how "safe" or otherwise this part of the country is. But, if any house I was interested in buying had subsequently been burgled I would pull out on the spot and simply not be interested in it anymore. So - the vendor should count themselves lucky that you ARE still interested and be prepared to put it all back to normal AND accept a large discount on the price (certainly at least £10,000). I think that is the least they could do for a house that the new owner would have to live in - knowing it had been "invaded and desecrated" and it was now impossible for it to feel like a "home" ever.

But - as I said - my bid would have now been withdrawn in the circumstances - as I simply wouldnt be interested any longer in a property that had been "desecrated".

I can only imagine that those who would still proceed with buying the house in the circumstances have never suffered at the hands of a "!!!!!!" (of the burglar variety) personally and don't know just how much it changes the "feel" of a house.

To any barstewards (aka burglars) listening - Do you have any conception how awful the house will always feel to anyone after you've "done your dirty work"?

Catherine_Johnson_2

anoneemouse wrote: »

.........After all the property now has a "Feel bad" factor from having been burgled.......I think that is the least they could do for a house that the new owner would have to live in - knowing it had been "invaded and desecrated" and it was now impossible for it to feel like a "home" ever.

But - as I said - my bid would have now been withdrawn in the circumstances - as I simply wouldnt be interested any longer in a property that had been "desecrated".......

Wow, that must rule out a significant proportion of the houses in the UK if you don't want a house that has been burgled at any time in the past or, presumably, one that has had any other 'bad' history!