suing previous owner/builder

Buellguy

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Edit - thanks to MX5Huggy for the link to the skype-man's case! I have no idea how he proposes to sue the architect etc given that he was not a party to the contract, and the architect did not owe him a duty of care... and I bet it never gets as far as a court hearing, but I have made a note to follow the case out of interest :-)

I did love this quote in that article though

bought the Hamble property in 2009 but then abandoned it

:rotfl:

nat38

thanks everybody for your replies

Fire_Fox wrote: »

How do you know the new builder is telling the truth/ correct and not manipulating you into paying for extra work?

I see your point, but maybe not all builders are out there trying to rob you?
he found MDF where there should have been timber.........:eek:

vivatifosi

A big concern for me is that the work was not done at the time of sale.

OP, we bought a house that had problems. We commenced proceedings against the surveyor who settled out of court. Even when you win, you don't get back the cost of making good the defects, only the difference between the house price you paid and what the market value would have been had the defects been known about, which is significantly less.

Incidentally, we've since discovered additional problems with our extension roof. Unlike you, we did have real wood in ours (yay), unfortunately in our case there wasn't enough of it and it was just propped in, not nailed into place. Having said that, there was so much wrong with our extension (from the damp proofing being in the wrong place to the door being an internal one) that although it looks very similar it's a bit like Trigger's broom - practically all of it has been replaced.