how honest should i be

when_will_it_end

My LL is selling up, an offer has been excepted, a survey has been done, the buyers are returning tomorrow for another look.

Here is the problem, there are problems with this house that a surveyor wouldn't have seen or know about. Just today I had a shower or water coming through my kitchen light fitting, this will be looked at tomorrow. Part of me wants to tell all to the buyers tomorrow, but they will be accompanied by the EA who have also managed the property for the last 8 years.

Should I tell all or just let it be?

when_will_it_end

I need a LL point of view. Would you just presume I was trouble causing to try an stop the sale?

jjlandlord

when_will_it_end wrote: »

I need a LL point of view. Would you just presume I was trouble causing to try an stop the sale?

Why do you need a landlord's point of view to state the obvious?

mrginge

when_will_it_end wrote: »

I need a LL point of view. Would you just presume I was trouble causing to try an stop the sale?

As It really isn't any of your business, the answer is yes.

when_will_it_end

Sorry I don't know which way to take yhat , I'm not offended though either way, this is why I'm torn on what the right thing to do is. Maybe I should just keep quiet.

hardworking_mummy

If the water coming through the light is being looked at tomorrow, - I am assuming by "looked at" you mean by a tradesman - why would you feel the need to tell the buyer anyway?
If I was the buyer - I would take anything an outgoing tenant had to say with a large pinch of salt. I would assume you had an axe to grind with the landlord - as why would you feel the need to be so concerned about the purchase of a perfect stranger?
You can of course do as you wish - but what if your landlord then reciprocates your "honesty" in his reference to your next landlord? If when vetting a prospective tenant his landlord said "oh when I was selling up he tried to derail the sale by telling the buyer there was a leak through a light", I'd think vindictive troublemaker. Next!

2nd_mortgage

I think all houses have a few problems. When I bought my house, I fully expected a few problems that I would need to sort out & indeed there were. There was a leak from the bathroom, some taps were loose & there was a problem with the way the boiler was plumbed with the tank (which the vendor wasn't aware about).
I don't think the buyer would be put off by you mentioning a leak from the shower cubicle. Equally I don't think you should mention anything unless you are specifically asked.

G_M

Since you have presumably already reported the dangerous issue of water/light fitting, in writing, to your landlord (as well as any other issues) I see no problem about mentioning to the buyers that you've done this and presumably the LL will be fixing shortly.

when_will_it_end

Thanks for the replies, I will leave saying anything, I'm sure if its as major problem as I think it is then the new owners can take it up with the LL in some way after the sale. Thanks for being honest much appreciated.

G_M

when_will_it_end wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I will leave saying anything, I'm sure if its as major problem as I think it is then the new owners can take it up with the LL in some way after the sale. Thanks for being honest much appreciated.

:rotfl:

No. Once they have bought the property, the problem will be all theirs.

bouicca21

I have had a similar wrestle with my conscience over the sale of the flat I am renting. It is not that I want to derail the sale - I am moving on anyway - but it seems to me to be immoral not to be honest about a particular defect that is unlikely to be picked up by a buyer, though I would hope a surveyor would pick up the clues and recommend a specialist takes a look. I know that the landlord has had various people look at it and that they had difficulty diagnosing the source of the problem. I have told viewers if they ask. I was immensely relieved when the EA, presumably responding to new disclosure rules, told the last lot about the problem and even told them what a specialist had quoted as the likely cost of putting it right.