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New house issues
csgohan4
Posts: 10,600 Forumite
move along
"It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
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I imagine not.0
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The vendor doesn't have to mention any issues unless you ask them directly - they're not allowed to lie. Ask no questions, tell no lies, etc etc.
If the survey was just a homebuyer's report, then that is just a visual inspection and wouldn't go as deep as opening cupboards and looking for leaks, hence the recommendation to get a plumber who would have looked deeper for issues. I assume you didn't instruct a plumber?
Plumbing insurance likely wont cover issues that existed prior to the insurance being taken out.
Buying a house is 'buyer beware' and 'sold as seen', hence paying professionals to 'see'.0 -
If you didn't undertake due diligence, you have only yourself to blame. But like so many on here, you are looking for someone else to blame.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0
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So a surveyor advises you to get in a specialist to look at the plumbing fixtures and fittings, but you choose to ignore the advice.
Theres a reason surveyors give such advice, they are engaged to undertake a very basic survey and they aren't plumbers.0 -
Hate it when the OP deletes their post.0
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I tried to quote it earlier this morning and failed - OP must have been removing it then.
From memory, wanted to know if they had any comeback on surveyor and/or vendor, having discovered a leak under a sink when they moved into new house (new to them, anyway), which had caused damage.
From memory, which may well be faulty, if this didn't work s/he would wait for an insurance to kick in after the initial waiting period.0 -
Move along.... Nice OP, very nice.0
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There you go, mufi. Nothing ever disappears from the internet, not even when Google Cache hasn't got a copy.....
But insurance isn't for this kind of thing. Not unless you want to commit fraud, and I'm sure the OP wouldn't...Bought a new house, discovered plumbing leak under sink with damp, mould and bottom cabinet at the back rotten. Floor at bottom wet and slimy.
Not mentioned on building survey, they mentioned usual get a plumber to survey building.
Issue not mentioned by vendor on paper or verbally.
Costs to repair maybe high but waiting for plumbing insurance to come out of exclusion period to assess as recently bought.
Do I have any grounds to sue?
Thing is with deleting the original thread, OP, is you may not have got all views, and it's good to leave it for others to see later.
Can you sue? Yes. No question, if there's visible damage like that, and it was a buildings survey, then it should have been noted. Wouldn't matter if it were Homebuyers or full structural. Surveyors are notoriously cagey, but even a homebuyers should note that. Out of interest, is it the kitchen cabinet, and is the stop tap (I know it would replace !!!! with!!!! like that) in that cabinet? It'd make a small difference.
Mind you, I'll delete this helpful post in an hour, and not explain why that last point is so relevant....
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