Terrace house being sold as a semi detached

Woodworker78

Hiya, New here and a bit of advice needed please.

My wife and I have recently had an offer accepted on a converted cottage... (single cottages knocked through to make a larger house). The estate agent has marketed this as a semi detached and the description on the website and brochure states this. Conversations had with the estate agent explained that a row of 8 cottages were converted, 4 cottages for our purchase and the same was done with the other 4.
We are nearing completion and the valuation has come back stating the house is a terrace, looking into it this is right. Our 4 cottages are 1 house but the other 4 cottages were split into 2 houses. Making our house the end house of 3 rows.

While we aren't going to pull out of the sale and are still happy to purchase, but....

Do we have any rights with regards to what we are buying being Mis represented by the EA? Discount on estate agent fees etc?

Thanks for any advice.

davidmcn

Woodworker78 wrote: »

While we aren't going to pull out of the sale and are still happy to purchase, but....

Do we have any rights with regards to what we are buying being Mis represented by the EA? Discount on estate agent fees etc?

What estate agent fees? If you're happy to purchase and the valuation is ok, what's the problem?

Marvel1

Woodworker78 wrote: »

Discount on estate agent fees etc?

The seller only pays fees to the Estate Agent.

kinger101

As a buyer, your fees to this estate agent should be £0. I'm sure if you discuss this with them, they'll agree to a 100% discount.

missbiggles1

In many parts of the country your new new house would be described as a "quasi semi" - I've never seen the difference between a semi and an end of terrace myself.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

Did you raise your concerns when you viewed the place?

If you're happy with a converted terraced house then go ahead, if you want a semi, then pull out and keep searching.

Woodworker78

Apologies I didn't explain my post properly, we are selling our house with them so we do have estate agents fees.

Kinger101, I didn't say I agreed that the house is a semi, I said it wouldn't stop us buying it.

Thanks for the replies.

kinger101

Woodworker78 wrote: »

Kinger101, I didn't say I agreed that the house is a semi, I said it wouldn't stop us buying it.

My bad, I read it wrong. The EA should have described it correctly, but I could see how they might have genuinely got this wrong. Presumably, you didn't notice this when you first viewed the property either. The vendor should have spotted it though.

If you're happy with the property, I don't see what your problem is. If the survey came back with a lower valuation as a consequence of this, I would use this a negotiation point.

HappyMJ

An end of terrace property is also called a semi detached property.

dc197

If when you view the house you are able to see any mistakes in the agent's description, and you were fully aware of the state of the house when you offer (i.e. you knew at that point the agent was wrong), I don't think there's much you can do.
Nothing has changed with the house been your viewing the house and making the offer. It's still end of terrace.
Their advert may have been crappy but you offered with full knowledge of the real situation.

googler

HappyMJ wrote: »

An end of terrace property is also called a semi detached property.

No. Definition of 'semi' -

"a combining form borrowed from Latin, meaning “half,” freely prefixed to English words of any origin"

A semi-detached is two identical houses sharing a common wall dividing the building in half.

Anything with three or more houses in a terrace cannot be semi-detached, since each house is now less than a half.