Emergency Advice!

Adam86_2

Just looking on the fittings and contents form, it states; 'the seller is responsible for remobing any possessions, including rubbish, from the property, the garage, the garden and any outbuildings or sheds'. The seller has signed this form. To me the concrete is rubbish that is sat in the garage. We know its a stupid little thing but at the end of the day it's their rubbish and they should take it or get rid of it, thats what that statement above says to me. Its just annoying, if I was the seller I would have gotten rid of it, especially if it was evidence vax2002!

JQ.

No, I really wouldn't push it any further.

When the solicitors ask you about issues, they are talking about MAJOR issues - things that cost lots of money or may have an impact on your occupation of the property. I can assure you that once you move in and have lived there for a few months you will find loads of other niggling things that you never noticed when you viewed the property. You just have to sort such things out, as they are all part of property ownership.

Adam86_2

Doozergirl, how do we know its going to cost £100 to fix,might need a new door for all we know!! We understand the seller doesn't live in the area but again, they've had 8 weeks to fix it why not say in the first place, 'We aren't going to fix this' and then we could have dropped the price a bit but its far too late for that and as mentioned it's not a deal breaker, we're not going to say well forget it then we aren't going through with it.
Do we have any grounds to stand on to say YOU should fix it it's your responsibility. Is it their responsibility? Is it our responsibility? Itwill be when the contracts have exchanged and we've moved in.

G_M

Emergency Advice!

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As others have said, come back when you have an emergency to discuss.

Doozergirl had it right:

You're about to take on home ownership. Dealing with a stuck patio door and a big lump of concrete is like training.

Chill.

Adam86_2

I'm sure we will find the odd little niggly things, but again how do we know this isn't a major issue? What if we get someone out to fix it and they say its not fixable and we have to buy a new patio door set, no noe told us it was MAJOR issues, why didn't they say when we mentioned it 'Well we didn't mean that sort of thing'!

Adam86_2

It might not sound like an emergency to you but there's no need to be so sarcastic about it. Thanks for your help G_M, you can leave now.

Doozergirl

I'm going to warn you now that they won't have cleaned it to your standard either. And there will be stains on the carpet and marks on the walls that you didn't see.

The vendor should remove it. That is the answer you want to hear. The reality is that its cheaper to remove that than it is a loft full of wardrobes or whatever it is that most people seem to find when they buy a house. Your solicitor's time is expensive and therefore it is not worth arguing about. They have however told you it is staying, so you know now to plan for it in some way.

The door lock, well, it might be temperamental. It's one of those things that doors do sometimes like expand and shrink and stick or open too easily. They don't have to fix it. If you want to negotiate over it, go ahead, but even your solicitor is going to go potty at you or about you to their secretary.

Perspective. Do you think it's worth paying a solicitor £100 an hour or more to get it sorted and then end up having to pay for it anyway? There is no legal definition of vacant possession so even when they leave you an entire house full of crap, it's touch and go as to who owns the problem.

Have a little look through this lot if you want perspective. It cost us well over £5000 and a three week delay to remove this lot and we paid another £1600 in Stamp Duty completely unnecessarily to allow the vendor time, at their own request, to clear the house. We got something like £2500 back.
http://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo?album_id=312363863&photo_id=657281557#657281557

hcb42

Wait until you move in and find another 10-15 issues. THen you will reallllllllllllly be upset lol...!

Flyboy152

Adam86 wrote: »

Good evening,

Me and my partner are first time buyers, and have recently being running through the process of buying our first house.

We found a house we both loved a couple of months ago, made an offer and had it accepted. Had surveys carried out etc and have been progressing through with everything.

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I hear all the time about houses being sold, and items not been listed on inventories and sellers getting charged for technically storing their belongings.

Please can someone help? sorry this is such a long message.

Thanks

Seriously, all of that and where's the emergency?

Get the door fixed yourself and arrange for someone to take the concrete away. If it's that serious, get the vendor take a couple of hundred pounds off the sale price.

Adam86_2

But a serious thankyou to everyone else