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Estate agent wants to see survey
Tombola1981
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Hi
Basically I put an offer on a house, subject to survey. Survey came back and, well, there are a lot of things wrong with the house and a lot more than anticipated.
So, spoke to the estate agent. Explained and he eventually understood why we wanted to pull out. Anyway he asked if he could see or have a copy of the survey... Due to the age of the house we decided on a detailed/full survey.
Any advice? Do i let him see it or not? I'm a first time buyer so a bit unsure about these things... I mean, we paid £450 for the survey. is he supposed to even ask for it??
Any advice is greatly appreciated..
Basically I put an offer on a house, subject to survey. Survey came back and, well, there are a lot of things wrong with the house and a lot more than anticipated.
So, spoke to the estate agent. Explained and he eventually understood why we wanted to pull out. Anyway he asked if he could see or have a copy of the survey... Due to the age of the house we decided on a detailed/full survey.
Any advice? Do i let him see it or not? I'm a first time buyer so a bit unsure about these things... I mean, we paid £450 for the survey. is he supposed to even ask for it??
Any advice is greatly appreciated..
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Since you have pulled out I cannot see any reason why you would want to show the estate agent the survey, let alone give him a copy.
If you wanted to ask for a price reduction based on the survey results then personally I would have given him 'sight of the survey.
I can understand why the estate agent is asking for this. Obviously future potential buyers might have the same concerns and therefore the vendors might choose to lower the price/address some of the issues.
Did you consider asking for a price reduction?0 -
Normally you don't let them see it. It's something you paid for, not the agent or vendor, and your agreement with the surveyor may not even permit onward distribution.
Having said that, if you were still intending to buy but negotiate on price then it is normal to show the relevant excerpts of the survey.0 -
Tell them you'll give them an anonymised copy for £100.
You might as well try and recoup some of your wasted cost. They want to use it to establish what the vendor needs to do to get the house sold, so it's reasonable they make a contribution.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
kingstreet wrote: »Tell them you'll give them an anonymised copy for £100
Same advice, but £200This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !0 -
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I was going to say £250 but was beaten to it!"One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
£300 it is then!
With everything that is wrong with the house we are not renegotiating. It's too much for us to take on. Unfortunately.0 -
Just politely say you paid for it and if they want to have it they would need to share the cost for £150. at least you can recoup come money waisted on survey0
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I've been on the other end and sometimes it's a concern to hearthe property you live in have significant defects. If you don't intend to proceed and the vendor is genuine then what value does it have to you?
The survey is paid as due diligence for you, so I wouldn't say it has wasted you money. It might have saved you from a bigger cost!0 -
Just copy the bits of the survey that you consider to be the 'show stoppers', and let the vendor have that at no cost??"You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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