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EA claiming we shouldn't have tried the boiler
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Personally i'd invest the £500 in a homebuyers on this property, if the boiler is on the brink before you've moved in, it might be a worthwhile spend!
And the EA sounds like a bit of plonker!"The only man who makes money from a gold rush is the one selling the shovels..."0 -
From my experience I would feel more need to have a HB done on a new build than on an older property.0
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I'm with them.
Despite being given permission by the junior in your presence, I don't think it's wise to go tinkering with appliances when you don't explicitly know if they've been fully connected, commissioned or tested by the installer.
You get the owner's permission to do this, not their agent's. Same applies to testing any electrical sockets, showers, taps and toilets. You ask the person who owns the house first.
You are absolutely right - it should be the owner's permission. But it is entirely reasonable for a prospective buyer to assume that the EA speaks for the owner. So if they needed the owner's permission to test the boiler, the answer from the EA at the property should have been "I need to ask the owner about that. Would you mind holding off until I get an answer from him". "Go ahead" suggests that the EA is aware that it is OK with the owner.
If the EA hasn't trained his staff well enough to understand the limits of their authority, that is not the buyer's (or OP's) fault.0 -
We did ask for one, but the surveyor himself advised against it. What else could it reveal? We are talking about a very small flat (yes... for £250k! That's central london for you...) on a new lease. It has building regs and a NHBC. So structural issues would be covered by those.0
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If there was some reason the boiler should not be switched on they should have had a do not use tape on it. You should get all indignant and ask them why they put your life at risk for by give you permission to switch this mega dangerous boiler on, I mean we are talking hot water here. Tell them to wind there neck0
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