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3 days before exchange, vendor does not allow a structure engineer to view property

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  • lxx
    lxx Posts: 68 Forumite
    Updates:

    Thanks everyone who posted :)

    The vendor has agreed for me to bring an engineer in tomorrow - I am not doing a survey and no report would be produced, just the final due diligence check to assure myself there is no major structural problem.

    Fingers crossed!
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    Good news.

    As I'm sure you are aware, once you have exchanged contracts, you are committed to the purchase, so now you'll be able to proceed with peace of mind, which is priceless.
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  • AdrianC
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    lxx wrote: »
    The vendor has agreed for me to bring an engineer in tomorrow - I am not doing a survey and no report would be produced, just the final due diligence check to assure myself there is no major structural problem.
    And if there is? Then what?

    Remember - you've said you won't pull out and won't seek a reduction. So...?
  • DaftyDuck
    DaftyDuck Posts: 4,609 Forumite
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    edited 26 August 2015 at 1:21PM
    Just to rain on your parade a little, with no report from a structural engineer, there would probably be no legal comeback, should there be a problem later on.

    But, good work, nonetheless.


    AdrianC - I didn't see the OP say he wouldn't pull out... only that he wouldn't if there were no major issues...
  • lxx
    lxx Posts: 68 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    And if there is? Then what?

    Remember - you've said you won't pull out and won't seek a reduction. So...?

    I said I would not pull out unless there was a serious structural problem.
  • AdrianC
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    OK, my mistake. So you are prepared - even at this ridiculously late stage - to walk away based on the result of this inspection.

    When did you put the offer in? Is this the Bexleyheath place you were asking about in April, four months ago?
  • Dan-Dan
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    lxx wrote: »
    I said I would not pull out unless there was a serious structural problem.

    are you qualified to spot one?
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  • ess0two
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    What's wrong with the first structural report?
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  • Surrey_EA
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    ess0two wrote: »
    What's wrong with the first structural report?

    I believe the earlier report was a buildings survey, not a structural engineer's report.
  • lxx
    lxx Posts: 68 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    OK, my mistake. So you are prepared - even at this ridiculously late stage - to walk away based on the result of this inspection.

    When did you put the offer in? Is this the Bexleyheath place you were asking about in April, four months ago?

    Not that one. Offer accepted 29 June.
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