Test heating before making an offer?

Johnandabby

bylromarha wrote: »

Mmm - interesting.

We're selling our house - the buyer enquiries have come through asking for a boiler service before completion. Property is 7 years old - boiler last serviced 2 years ago.

I rang our solicitor to ask why this had suddenly popped up and he advised that the buyer was trying to get everything sorted, he was actually being cheeky as it's buyer beware and he had no right to demand an up to date boiler service. And if he wanted one, he should pay for it. So we should say no to the request.

OH and I think it's the solictor covering themselves to be honest - solicitor has advised a couple of unecessary searches (delaying the process) and another of the enquires which came through today was requesting documentation in regard to a 1916 covenant... we don't have it.

Just got this niggle that the boiler issue is going to come back and bite us on the bum.

Is it before completion as written, or actually before exchange of contracts? If it is before completion, then they would have already committed to the purchase whatever the service shows and I wouldn't agree to do it - if it is before exchange, then slightly different, as I would probably be asking the same as a purchaser given the 2 yrs since the last service.