Sale Agreed price after survey

Possom

When someone gets a buildings survey done on a house, where the surveyor states in the finished survey the estimated cost of fixing something he has discovered, how do I use this to attempt to negotiate down the sale agreed price?

Assuming something is discovered which I would not have noticed since I'm not a builder or a surveyor.

For example, if he discovers that the roof needs replaced, or the house has rising damp, or there is woodworm in beams and these need replaced etc.

Do I simply contact the estate agent and inform them that the surveyor has found 'x' and estimated the cost of fixing at 'y', and I would like to reduce the sale agreed price by the estimate of fixing provided by the surveyor?

Is it best to contact the estate agent by telephone, e-mail or formal letter to inform them of this?

Thanks for any advice!

Old_Git

I would contact the agent by phone and state I am reducing the price by £x because xyz work needs to be done .

On the other side the surveyor may say the house is worth your offer based on the amount of work it needs .

warmhands.coldheart

And if it's "the house of your dream" remember the vendor may pull out of the sale if they think they can get more..

Mistral001

You can use the report to negotiate, but the vendor can just ignore it and stick to his/her price if the wish. The mortgage lenders will not ignore it if it is part of a valuation survey for the purposes of borrowing money from a lender and it will probably affect how much they will lend you.