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Gas leak in new property
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Good to know eveything is now safe and well. As others have said welcome to the joys of home ownership. Hopefully everything else will be fine for a while but with most houses there is always another little problem around the corner. Good luck in your new home and enjoy it.
Thank youI hope no more problems for a while!
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So, today my fiance and I (first time buyers) got the keys to our very first house - exciting times. Only to discover whilst cleaning the kitchen cupboards that there was a gas leak coming from one of the pipes in the cupboard supplying the hob.
We immediately turned off the gas and called the emergency gas service. An engineer was able to identify that the valve on the pipe was the cause of the leak, capped the pipe and made the house safe again.
Upon calling the estate agent, they informed us that they had paid for a repair on a gas leak at the end of the last tenancy (just before we put in our offer to buy the house). So obviously the problem lies with this so called 'repair'.
The estate agent hasn't been the most helpful, telling me that I need to arrange for the company who did the repair to come out and look at it. My question is though, is it really my responsibility or should I insist that the EA arranges and pays for the repair because the repair was originally authorised by them and they have technically sold us an unsafe house.
Some advice would be appreciated please before I confront the EA about this tomorrow, I'm not quite sure where I stand in this matter.
Contact your solicitor. You should get this reimbursed.
The job i work in (central Heating), i recently had a customer who transferred their agreement from old address to new address.
The sellers had signed the chb as in good working order.
When our engineer went out... the Boiler was immediately dangerous.
The sellers had to pay the costs of the new boiler.Promo codes are never always cheaper..... isnt that right EuropCar?0
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