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Please help - mis-sold property?

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  • Deborah_A_2
    Deborah_A_2 Posts: 25 Forumite
    Yes, but is it usual for a case of this nature to take 4 years and then come to this conclusion?
  • Deborah_A_2
    Deborah_A_2 Posts: 25 Forumite
    mufi wrote: »
    Sorry to pester but, as others have asked, what did the surveyor's report say?

    As far as I remember (as stupidly I have given my copy to the solicitor so can't recall) it mentioned 2 bedrooms but no mention of their location and that there was a spiral staircase to a loft level of the flat.

    Can I get a copy of the survey? Who would have requested this, the mortgage company or the solicitors?
  • Deborah_A_2
    Deborah_A_2 Posts: 25 Forumite
    maninthestreet wrote: »
    You chose the 2nd solicitor, didn't you??

    Yep, and expected them to act proper and professionally. This I am now beginning to doubt.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,289 Forumite
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    Deborah_A wrote: »
    But surely part of the reason you pay a solicitor so much money when buying a property is that they will ensure you are in fact buying what you are paying for? Do I just have to accept I am £25,000 out of pocket as I should have known?

    As a first-time buyer I trusted the solicitor and now am left in a big old mess.

    The problem is that you have to show that the solicitor was negligent, not just that you are worse off than you expected.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Alybea
    Alybea Posts: 154 Forumite
    You should comission your own survey?
    If you didn't comission the survey it will have only been a valuation rather than anything more indepth. :eek:
  • Deborah_A_2
    Deborah_A_2 Posts: 25 Forumite
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    The problem is that you have to show that the solicitor was negligent, not just that you are worse off than you expected.

    What type of evidence would support that?
  • Deborah_A_2
    Deborah_A_2 Posts: 25 Forumite
    Alybea wrote: »
    You should comission your own survey?
    If you didn't comission the survey it will have only been a valuation rather than anything more indepth. :eek:

    But surely even a valuation would state if it was based on a one bed flat or a two bed maisonette?
  • mufi
    mufi Posts: 656 Forumite
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    Am I right in thinking there's a six year time limit on litigation? If so, that's nearly up.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,289 Forumite
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    Deborah_A wrote: »
    As far as I remember (as stupidly I have given my copy to the solicitor so can't recall) it mentioned 2 bedrooms but no mention of their location and that there was a spiral staircase to a loft level of the flat.

    Can I get a copy of the survey? Who would have requested this, the mortgage company or the solicitors?

    What does the second solicitor say about your chances of suing the surveyor successfully? You must be almost time-barred from bringing a case.

    BTW, if there are two solicitors on the same high road, they may be great pals or they may hate each other's guts. How can you expect us to tell? You really need to get a detailed explanation from the sceond solicitor what he thinks about this.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,289 Forumite
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    Deborah_A wrote: »
    What type of evidence would support that?

    That he knew about the conversion and did not follow it up.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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