buyers asking for money off

macaroon9

The valuation was the same as the offer made.

macaroon9

yes the valuation price was the same as the valuation price given by the surveyor.

kinger101

macaroon9 wrote: »

The valuation was the same as the offer made.

Which valuation was this? I though you hadn't seen the survey.

macaroon9

I think if something was raised as a concern and needed immediate repair then yes we would negotiate an acceptable price, for example if the damp was quoted at £500 to repair then we would accept that and deduct it, what concerns us is from two concerns raised by the surveyor we seem to have leapt to £4.5k worth of work, most of which seems to be work that they'd like to do. I'm a fair person and love this house and would want the next family to love it as much as we have, but in my opinion its up to them to make their own dreams and not up to me to fund them!! We're also leaving all the curtains, light fittings, tumble dryer, washing machine, shed etc which I know is by the by if these things aren't to your taste anyway, but they've snapped our hand off as far as these additions are concerned, i'm sure as first time buyers it would be a big bonus not to have to lay out cash for such items. It just seems to me that they are very much out for what they can get, fair play if they want to try it on, unfortunately for them we aren't in any rush and as a matter of principle I don't think I should fund work not stipulated in the surveyors report as immediately necessary.

macaroon9

my husband took a quick scan over the surveyors shoulder and saw it written on the report

kinger101

macaroon9 wrote: »

I think if something was raised as a concern and needed immediate repair then yes we would negotiate an acceptable price, for example if the damp was quoted at £500 to repair then we would accept that and deduct it, what concerns us is from two concerns raised by the surveyor we seem to have leapt to £4.5k worth of work, most of which seems to be work that they'd like to do. I'm a fair person and love this house and would want the next family to love it as much as we have, but in my opinion its up to them to make their own dreams and not up to me to fund them!! We're also leaving all the curtains, light fittings, tumble dryer, washing machine, shed etc which I know is by the by if these things aren't to your taste anyway, but they've snapped our hand off as far as these additions are concerned, i'm sure as first time buyers it would be a big bonus not to have to lay out cash for such items. It just seems to me that they are very much out for what they can get, fair play if they want to try it on, unfortunately for them we aren't in any rush and as a matter of principle I don't think I should fund work not stipulated in the surveyors report as immediately necessary.

Just tell them it isn't how it works. No survey = no discounts. Survey = maybe. TBH, the fact they've not shown you the survey already strongly suggests they've got no reasonable grounds for a discount. Just let them show their feeble hand.

Hoploz

Just say no.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

They don't need "grounds" for a "discount" and it doesn't have to be fair. If they have decided that that is all they are going to pay, you have to take it or leave it. Regardless of what work needs or doesn't need doing, say no until the point that you think they are genuinely going to walk away, then say yes if you'd rather go through with the sale at the lower price.

TBagpuss

It's not unreasonable for them to ask for a discount if the valuation comes out lower than the agreed price, or where the survey identifies issues which were not something which they could reasonably have seen for themselves while viewing.

I would be going back to them to say that the agreed price reflects the age and condition of the property, but that if they wish to provide copies of the relevant parts of the survey, the actual valuation and details of the estimates that they have obtained you will be happy to consider their request in light of that information.

macaroon9

They have come back to us today wand sent parts of the survey. I don't know if this is general practice but the survey was graded 1-3, 3 being work needs urgently doing sort of thing, on inspecting the report the damp and vents in the chimney are flagged as 3's but everything else is a 1 or 2, so I've replied back that we are happy to negotiate a price for the work highlighted at a level 3, but anything below this is classed as maintenance only and therefore up to them when they move in, the cost of the two jobs highlighted is roughly £1,000 a bit of a difference from the £4.5k originally asked for, so we'll see what they say.