Buyer's survey has returned some random things...

Building_Surveyor

The surveyor is obliged to report on what he/she sees. Your miffed but at the end of the day if you were the buyer and the surveyor didn't point any defects out, you bought the property and found a whole host of problems it would be you as the buyer that would be miffed.

The buyer can interpret the survey how they want. Unless the property has been overvalued its up to you as the seller whether you want to enter into negotiations or not. And equally it's up to the buyer whether they want to continue with the purchase or not.

P.s just because something looks good to the average human eye does not mean it's actually been repaired properly.

LDO

Building_Surveyor wrote: »

The surveyor is obliged to report on what he/she sees. Your miffed but at the end of the day if you were the buyer and the surveyor didn't point any defects out, you bought the property and found a whole host of problems it would be you as the buyer that would be miffed.

The buyer can interpret the survey how they want. Unless the property has been overvalued its up to you as the seller whether you want to enter into negotiations or not. And equally it's up to the buyer whether they want to continue with the purchase or not.

P.s just because something looks good to the average human eye does not mean it's actually been repaired properly.

The report has no valuation. The buyer apparently instructed the surveyor not to carry one out or possibly just not to put it on the report. So we don't know what we're dealing with. If it's the latter, I'm guessing it was valued up, otherwise they would have hit us with the down valuation immediately.

Building_Surveyor

Personally I'd stand your ground in terms of price, but then again that depends on how desperate you are to sell... Did you have a lot of interest beforehand, any other offers? everything they've mentioned does not add up to enough to reduce the price. If they're expecting to buy a house and not spend any money on it then perhaps they've got their hopes too high.

Obviously without seeing the detail, these appear to be minor issues on the face of things.

HelenRachel

Tbh it does all sound quite trivial. If I were you I would forward copies of the requested documents and put a letter in explaining about the work you've had done and why they shouldn't be too worried about it. Stick to your guns on the price. I'd write a letter as I'm a first time buyer and dealing with the ea as an intermediary has been very hit and miss, mainly because they weren't really explaining things properly and putting huge amounts of pressure on us. It's frustrating dealing with them, to the point were I pulled out the sale until the ea rang me to explain I'd 'misunderstood' the point she was making. These guys really play fast and loose with people!

DRP

yes , write an email and ask the EA to forward it.

tired_dad

The chimney is the only issue that would bother me. Essentially does your selling price account for these issues. If you feel they do then just say your price already has these issues built in.

If you are desperate to sell due to chain issues thrn you might want to negotiate in order to ensure you don't lose out on your dream home.

Only you can assess the situation

annie123

camptownraces wrote: »

Personally, I wouldn't trust an Estate Agent who had put such a derisory initial offer to the vendor. This sort of firm can egg on the buyers, probably knowing their real limit, to reduce their offer further in the hope of clinching a sale. Agents obviously haven't sized up the OP very well, and are taking him/her for a fool.

EA are required by law to put forward all offers, even if it was £5!

The buyers may be able to afford £50k more and the agent may, or may not know that, but it doesn't mean the buyers think the property is worth more than they are prepared to pay for it.

The acceptance of any offer is the sellers decision.
There is no benefit to the EA to sell the property for less. They usually get paid a % of the fee, the higher the sale price, the greater the fee.

It can be cheaper for the seller sometimes to reduce the price rather than start a new sale due to solicitor costs for example. Again it is the sellers decision.