Sold a house with a dangerous boiler! Where do I stand legally?

googler

baldelectrician wrote: »

In Scotland a seller warrants the dwelling for 5 working days after completion sale

No, the seller does not.

Any warranty applied to any part of the dwelling or systems therein will be stated in the clauses appended to the buyer's offer. Sometimes these are in a standard form, sometimes they are amended in the missives.

A typical form is found here

https://www.lawscot.org.uk/media/417466/SSM-CLIENT-GUIDE.pdf

4 CENTRAL HEATING, SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES

4.1 The Seller undertakes that any systems or appliances of a working nature (including central heating, water, drainage, electric and gas) forming part of the Property or included in the Price will be in working order commensurate with age as at the Date of Settlement.

4.2 The Seller will make good any defect which prevents any system or appliance being in such order provided said defect is intimated in writing within 5 working days of settlement. Failing such intimation, the Purchaser will be deemed to be satisfied as
to the position.


Note that this is not a warranty on 'the dwelling', only on working systems within.

Note also that this clause can be amended in individual cases by the missives process, whether extending the period of notification or other variation.

Gorecki

I'd agree this forum has got MUCH less friendlier in the past few years, and in particular to new posters.

In her opening post this lady points out she's just moved into a house with un-known faults, potentially costing her thousands + currently no heating + about to have a baby.
In my mind the onus is 99% on us to be clear, civil and understanding when interpreting her posts and responding, she's the one with significant stress in her life (as is the case for most new posts), not us.

Whilst there's nothing technically rude about posts like the below, what purpose are they actualy serving/how will they make the poster feel? If you're frustrated they're taking a while to understand, just leave, don't post passive agressive comments for your own self fulfilment.

I think there's a lot of good here, but this lady is another in a long line of new posters who (like me) see an unfriendly undertone in this forum and that should mean we genuinely re-examine our responses and find what's wrong and whether we'd respond that way to a real person/under our real name.

prowla wrote: »

A bit condescending.

The end.

Maybe not the end...

Nope, not the end.

I'm pretty sure it's not the end.

Is anybody listening?

Ah - maybe this is the end...

Nope - it wasn't the end!

Definitely still not the end.

Well, we certainly wouldn't want any timewasters!

bouicca21

Why resuscitate a thread that has been dormant for just over a year?

robatwork

Gorecki wrote: »

I'd agree this forum has got MUCH less friendlier in the past few years, and in particular to new posters.

Did you just get your bonnet out of storage from last spring and find a bee in it?

civicfee

British Gas will be more expensive than anyone else. Try a smaller local company to replace it, someone will do it if you shop around and whack it on an interest free credit card.

You will pay through the nose with British Gas.

I bought a house with a 'new' boiler but when it went wrong it transpired it was 'new' in the house I had bought but not actually a new boiler and was a model that had stopped being made some 5 yrs earlier. Needless to say we had to pay for a new one as we hadnt made a specific checks. Ive moved since then and I always make these checks now, you learn the hard way for sure.