Has my estate agent messed me over?

firstaspect

Liamt wrote: »

i wouldn't expect a 30 year old car to have the electrics comparable to a new car

But you would expect to have an MOT right?

iB1

The buyer of your house is spending a hundred thousand pounds on a purchase that he's never done before on his life. Of course he's been cautious!

If the homebuyer report flagged up the electrics as a potential issue, then he has every right to ask for a second opinion from a qualified electrician. If major work is needed on the electrics, then he's well within his rights to ask for a reduction on his accepted offer. You are well within your rights to refuse that, but then the sale may obviously fall though. I can't see where the estate agent has done anything wrong. If your estate agent told him "don't worry, everything will be fine", he may have gone to get a second opinion anyway.

It's even possible that the estate agent has a contract with this electrician, which is why they suggested them to look over the electrics in the first place

geoffky

you want someone to spend over a hundred thousand pounds and yet when they want to make sure they are spending it correctly you have a tantrum about your own situation...you sound a nightmare of a seller...

Liamt

geoffky wrote: »

you want someone to spend over a hundred thousand pounds and yet when they want to make sure they are spending it correctly you have a tantrum about your own situation...you sound a nightmare of a seller...

wow, way to jump to assumptions.

1: house was valued at 99k - i lowered to 92k for a quick sale. im not greedy and we got our new house at an amazing price (well undervalued)
2: i included about 1k of extras for him (free) as we were replacing them, i could have sold them but he said he needed the bits so im leaving them for him.

yeah, i guess im a nightmare.... ive given him £8k effectively. i would consider myself as usually a calm nice person but all this stress with family and new baby was maybe a bit much?

im not throwing a tantrum, im hearing that the wiring is ok with only the possible need to replace the fuse box as its old. the poor guy has wasted his cash and our time on this now and delayed the whole process a week for everyone, just because my AE opened her gob, which is the reason i was annoyed. she should have known that older houses always get flagged if they dont have a certificate, which i guess 90% do not.

MissMotivation

Liamt wrote: »

wow, way to jump to assumptions.

1: house was valued at 99k - i lowered to 92k for a quick sale. im not greedy and we got our new house at an amazing price (well undervalued)
2: i included about 1k of extras for him (free) as we were replacing them, i could have sold them but he said he needed the bits so im leaving them for him.

yeah, i guess im a nightmare.... ive given him £8k effectively. i would consider myself as usually a calm nice person but all this stress with family and new baby was maybe a bit much?

im not throwing a tantrum, im hearing that the wiring is ok with only the possible need to replace the fuse box as its old. the poor guy has wasted his cash and our time on this now and delayed the whole process a week for everyone, just because my AE opened her gob, which is the reason i was annoyed. she should have known that older houses always get flagged if they dont have a certificate, which i guess 90% do not.

You proved me correct. You over-reacted.

DVardysShadow

Liamt wrote: »

wow, way to jump to assumptions.

1: house was valued at 99k - i lowered to 92k for a quick sale. im not greedy and we got our new house at an amazing price (well undervalued)
2: i included about 1k of extras for him (free) as we were replacing them, i could have sold them but he said he needed the bits so im leaving them for him.

yeah, i guess im a nightmare.... ive given him £8k effectively. i would consider myself as usually a calm nice person but all this stress with family and new baby was maybe a bit much?

im not throwing a tantrum, im hearing that the wiring is ok with only the possible need to replace the fuse box as its old. the poor guy has wasted his cash and our time on this now and delayed the whole process a week for everyone, just because my AE opened her gob, which is the reason i was annoyed. she should have known that older houses always get flagged if they dont have a certificate, which i guess 90% do not.

Liam as I see it, it is you who are jumping to conclusions. It seems more likely that your Agent was faced with your admittedly cautious buyer throwing a substantial wobbly and she brokered a solution which saved the day. So your reaction to this [depending on what actually happened] seems quite ungrateful.

Now, as to your consumer unit, if it has rewireable fuses - bare wire in ceramic holders like these


you can replace them with cartridge fuse holders like these



very cheaply if it is a Wylex unit - or even with MCB's.

And if your consumer unit uses cartridge fuses like these



then unless the unit is broken, there is no need to do anything about it.