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Sellers agent want a copy of the survey
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Interesting. As you commissioned the report the surveyor has a liability to you in the event you completed the purchase and he has missed anything. (And sometimes problems may not become apparent for years) This, of course, is covered by his indemnity insurance. I wonder if he would have the same obligation to the people you sold the survey onto. They may have a survey with no comeback.
He doesn't have any liability to the buyer in the example provided.0 -
It depends on whether you have really changed your mind, or are open to negotiation. Normally you would put in a lower offer taking into account the survey. The vendor would probably ask to see the evidence and then, perhaps, meet you halfway on remedial costs.
You have simply waked away without any negotiation, but the agent may still be hoping to close the deal. If you have any interest in a re-negotiation, send the survey. Otherwise ask for half the cost on the grounds that its information they can benefit from, and should contribute (Maybe not as much as half, since you had a potential claim against the surveyor if he's been negligent and missed something, but they are getting just the information with no guarantees).
Hi, yes I have walked away as I'm no longer interested in it. The surveyor downvalued it by 15k partly due to the condition and partly the size. I'm not especially interested in getting any money back because I view the outlay on a survey as money well spent however the survey turns out. That doesn't mean that their agent should get it for nothing though. I've only let them know that the issues are structural, the rest is for them to investigate themselves.Mortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j0 -
As an agent, I can understand why they would want to see the survey. I will often ask to do this, especially if it throws up something unexpected and the buyer is asking for a price chip.
As you've walked away, then you're not using it for negotiation, so it's up to you.
Issues thrown up by a survey aren't always known to the agent - I had a house where the survey reported asbestos tiles on a flat roof, and a hideous cost to deal with them. When I saw the survey I got a builder to go round and quote to deal with the asbestos, and this quote was much lower. Furthermore, tests confirmed that the tiles did not contain asbestos. Without sight of that survey the deal would not have gone through.
In addition to the structual issues with the house (damp, wall ties, roof, brickwork etc etc etc) it has an old gargage with asbestos and i've been quoted £2k just to have it removed, before you start thinking about replacing it.Mortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j0 -
Interesting. As you commissioned the report the surveyor has a liability to you in the event you completed the purchase and he has missed anything. (And sometimes problems may not become apparent for years) This, of course, is covered by his indemnity insurance. I wonder if he would have the same obligation to the people you sold the survey onto. They may have a survey with no comeback.
I spoke with the surveyor this morning, he said he'd been bombarded with texts and missed calls from the seller. He's since blocked their number. He said that his 'relationship' is with me his client and not the seller or their agents.
Edit to add that the agent said they would contact the surveyor to get it. The seller would have had his number as she had cancelled the first survey appointment with him.Mortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j0 -
Turn the tables.
You're selling a house. The buyer has just pulled out of the sale, citing the survey.
Would you want to see it? I would.
Why would you give a toss about the survey's cost now? You paid a surveyor for a service. He has done that service - to investigate the condition of the house, so that you can see whether you wish to continue with the purchase. You've used the results of that service - the report - to make a decision. Job jobbed, over and done with. The report is now, as far as you're concerned, redundant. It has been excellent value for you, because it has saved you throwing thousands of pounds at a house you believe to be a pup.
By trying to recoup some of the cost of the service you have already received and found to be excellent value, it seems that you want to have your cake and eat it.
No, not really it doesn't.
The OP didn't offer the survey, it was requested from him, and that's different. If my own house was up for sale, and a potential buyer pulled out after their survey exposed issues that I wasn't aware of prior to that survey, then I'd want to know more yes, but that would be at my own discretion, and cost.
Of course, the OP "could" have offered it up f.o.c, maybe to help the vendor, or agent, in dealing with other viewers. However, that would be mightily generous of someone who has just whacked down perhaps close to a grand to discover that they were barking up the wrong (or dodgy) tree all along.
The vendors business is his own business and the buyers his. neither owes the other anything, it's a business transaction.0 -
I've twice pulled out of a house purchase after survey, and both times been on good terms with the vendor. Each time I have passed the survey on for free; it's of no further use to me, and could be of some service to them.
In neither case did I think it likely the seller would use the survey results to hide any of the defects noted...
In an ideal world this is a great way to go about things, and I totally agree with your sentiments.
Unfortunately things don't always work out as we'd like (or hope) though.0 -
alchemist.1 wrote: »He doesn't have any liability to the buyer in the example provided.
In the example above, the best thing for a new purchaser would be to negotiate a deal with the surveyor direct. Get the original report assigned to them, in return for a reduction in the surveyor's usual fees. The surveyor would still need to visit the property, to check nothing had changed, but they would not be writing a report from scratch, so could afford to charge a reduced fee.0 -
For exactly the same reason I put my old hand furniture on gumtree, and don't give away my car for free when i buy a new one, I would try and get some cash for this '2nd hand' survey.
I don't understand my people are even discussing giving it away for free, tbh.
It isn't an old pair of shoes, it might be 'worth' hundreds of pounds...0 -
I shared my survey with my EA, he'd already shared others with me previously for the block when I'd had some queries from the mortgage company. Because he did that I could convince my mortgage lender to reinstuct my own survey, the surveyor had initially refused to do it, and now in my first home.
Why do we all try to make this process to painful? Anything we can do ourselves to make it easier and less stressful for others surely the better?0
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