House sale question

meer53

stinnyuk wrote: »

Hi (waves) I'm new to the forums and am not sure if this is the right one for my question. If not please feel free to point me in the right direction.

We are in the process of selling our house and the buyer has had a detailed survey and building quotes done.

One of the things highlighted is the need for a new roof on the small brick shed in the back garden. The builder has quoted £950+VAT.

I don't think this is something we should have to pay for.

My mum says that she is buying the house, not the shed… what do you think? Where do I stand?

Thanks, Stinny

I think your Mum is wrong and that you should pay for the new roof/reduce your price.

Or lose your buyer. It's up to you.

Poppie68

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

Mostly because house sales are not 'fixed prices' here - they are all about negotiation and coming to an agreement. The vendor will always try to highlight all the great stuff about the property to support their view of what it is worth, and buyers will look for things that are wrong to make sure they are not paying over the odds or to attempt to knock the price down.

Buyers often don't have all relevant information at the time of making an offer (in this case they might not know much about roofing and may not have known that repairs were needed or what they would cost) and issues may come to light in a survey. If there is corrective action required they may want to reduce the offer by the amount it will cost to do or they can ask for the work to be done by the vendor before exchange of contracts.

I understand the buying and selling of houses after buying and selling a few ourselves....i posted a load of twaddle basically after taking my tea time meds...:o I will leave this one to people that have all their faculties about them..:)

frugal_mike

Or alternatively the buyer may like the house enough to buy it anyway, especially if you're in a good area. It depends how desperately you want to sell.

WTFH

Ignore it, fix it or negotiate. You are the seller, it's up to you to decide how badly you want the sale.
The buyer can ask for whatever they want, you don't have to accept, they will make you an offer, again, you can choose to accept it or reject it.

If you choose not to do the work, then make sure you are polite and friendly with the buyer - that is, if you want them to still be interested in buying the house.