Defect not picked up by surveyor

af2909_2

ILW wrote: »

Surely this will be a matter for the freeholders if it is external.

Absent landlord

ILW

af2909 wrote: »

Absent landlord

Could be a nightmare if any works do need doing.

holly_hobby

af2909 wrote: »

I am a prize tool :eek:

No you're not ....

H

af2909_2

ILW wrote: »

Could be a nightmare if any works do need doing.

That's why I'm frustrated that it wasn't picked up. If it was then ultimately it could have affected negotiations on the property. Put it down to experience and move on then unfortunately

I dont mind the work just hope the drain runs arent !!!!!!ed

af2909_2

holly_hobby wrote: »

No you're not ....

H

One things for certain I'll make sure I communicate better with everyone that's for sure

I wondered why everyone was quite sarcastic to me

robatwork

Prize Tool? Gold bradawl?

hazyjo

Just to clarify, although not sure if it'd make an awful lot of difference, but you say "I had a full house buyers structural survey conducted prior to the purchase of a ground floor maisonette.".

Do you mean 'homebuyer's report' or 'full structural survey'? I wouldn't have thought you could get the latter as it's a maisonette. On most flats, they won't do a full structural as they need to be able to inspect the whole building which obviously isn't possible unless the other flats granted access...

Maybe at the time of survey, it wasn't visible. Without meaning to state the obvious, plants/trees/shrubs, etc grow at an alarming rate at this time of year... maybe it's only just become apparant.

Jx

af2909_2

hazyjo wrote: »

Just to clarify, although not sure if it'd make an awful lot of difference, but you say "I had a full house buyers structural survey conducted prior to the purchase of a ground floor maisonette.".

Do you mean 'homebuyer's report' or 'full structural survey'? I wouldn't have thought you could get the latter as it's a maisonette. On most flats, they won't do a full structural as they need to be able to inspect the whole building which obviously isn't possible unless the other flats granted access...

Maybe at the time of survey, it wasn't visible. Without meaning to state the obvious, plants/trees/shrubs, etc grow at an alarming rate at this time of year... maybe it's only just become apparant.

Jx

Hi - he called it a home buyers structural report, I specifically asked for a structural report and he did not alert me to any of this.

I am 99% certain that this is not new as the pipe has burst and there is rust everywhere, and one of the pictures shows a branch protruding out with no leaves on it. He's been quite cute at taking the picture from the distance.

I assumed that having charged me £540 for his services he would have been far more robust than what he was.

chris_m

hazyjo wrote: »

Maybe at the time of survey, it wasn't visible. Without meaning to state the obvious, plants/trees/shrubs, etc grow at an alarming rate at this time of year... maybe it's only just become apparant.

A 4" diameter branch certainly isn't this year's growth, unless it's a triffid.

af2909_2

To his credit I have e mailed him a letter today and he has arranged to come over next Wednesday. Ultimately he should have picked up on it as it was a visual defect, and as I've parted with a lot of money I would have expected him to pick up on the matter.

Hopefully as some other posters have pointed out I'm praying that it's a soakway drain as it will be relatively cheap to sort :money: