SPIF TA6 Property Information Form - Seller dishonest

KerensaDelphi

I am seeking guidance here not a philsophy lesson on how to live my life

caronoel

KerensaDelphi wrote: »

I am seeking guidance here not a philsophy lesson on how to live my life

And the guidance is - its time to move on.

Sometimes people are blinkered, such that they will only listen to what they want to hear.

If you want to continue to expend time and money to pursue this, it could be a very expensive mistake - the cost of which could very easily be a multiple of the £3.7k you are pursuing.

lincroft1710

KerensaDelphi wrote: »

Ive read the ta7 and she ticked no under Notices 6.2.

What about TA7 Question 5.5?

KerensaDelphi

lincroft1710 wrote: »

What about TA7 Question 5.5?

Those are the only boxes she hasn't ticked 5.6 to 5.8

5.4 does seller contribute to cost of maintaining the building.? Was ticked yes, then changed to no.

lincroft1710

5.4 asks "Does the seller contribute to the cost of maintaining the building?".

In my extremely humble opinion, this may be open to interpretation. If she hasn't contributed to the building's maintenance, then it may be argued she has correctly ticked "No" and then should ignore 5.5 to 5.8.

"Does" is present tense and implies that the action has occurred in the past and is ongoing. It would be interesting to learn if the vendor was advised by her conveyancer when completing the form.

My suggestion would be to see if you could obtain half an hour of free legal advice. If this is not possible remember that "NWNF" lawyers aren't actually free.

If you take your vendor to court bear in mind the following :

1. It will cost you.
2. You may lose and have to pay her costs.
3. Even if judgement is in your favour, it may not be for the whole £3,700.
4. Even if judgement is in your favour she may not pay up, and it will cost you to chase the debt.

KerensaDelphi

I took this to the end and it was settled out of court and I got all the money back. Yes it was worth the wait and the gamble.

Mgman1965

Well done :beer:.

Sometimes you just have to do what you feel is the right thing.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but any court case is a lottery.

carefullycautious

The real problems seems to be that when you next have a large council bill for repairs you are going to still struggle to pay it. Maybe you would be better off in a freehold property or a newer low rise flat.


Anyway well done on clawing back what you were owed. A lesson learned to anyone trying to deceive.

Doozergirl

The freeholder has their own pack of questions to answer for a buyer's solicitor and I am positive that this question is included.

Part of the reason that leaseholds take longer to purchase is waiting for freeholder's answers. I would be amazed if your solicitor hadn't sent those questions and/or the freeholder hadn't provided info.

If you are to rely on anything, it should be the freeholder's answers. Where are those answers?

Mokka

KerensaDelphi wrote: »

I took this to the end and it was settled out of court and I got all the money back. Yes it was worth the wait and the gamble.

Well done for not listening to all the negative posters and insisting on getting justice.