allocated parking was told two spaces

rossplym

hi guys, i have had my offer accepted on my first home, not to far away from contracts now. the house was advertised as having two private parking spaces but when i called my solicitor to double check it was two he said on the lease it only stated that it had 1 so i called the housing people and they said as far as they know its two, called estate agents they said it was def two, my solicitor is looking in to this. i wanted two spaces so if i had guests i had space for them to park. so if its one could i claim some money back or something as they have lied on the listing by telling me its two.

moneyistooshorttomention

I'd be making sure a letter got sent to the vendor (probably by your solicitor) asking for "clarification" re where the two parking spaces are that are allocated to this property and "looking forward to proceeding with purchase once this has been clarified - in writing".

You will then have made it plain that you expect to be told which are your TWO spaces and wont be proceeding to Exchange Contracts until you have been told - in writing.

That way - you will know which are your 2 spaces before Contracts are Exchanged. On the other hand - if it is only 1 space - then you can decide on whether to proceed with purchase (with a reduced offer) or no.

marksoton

Well if it's two paces i hope you have a small motor.

Claim money back from whom?

Tiddlywinks

Parking problems are right up there with noise in neighbour disputes. If you end up with one space how much hassle will it cause?

A lot of local authorities, as part of environmental planning, will impose parking restrictions on builders of new developments to encourage the residents to use public transport etc.

Even if you've hit the jackpot with two spaces, I'd put money on those spaces being abused by neighbours who only have one.

What's my point? If you wanted two spaces (which will be a big selling point on resale) then pull out and look elsewhere. The hassle of living with only one space could make life there a misery.

rossplym

the solicitordid say he would look in to it and said it was reallybad if they had lied. i will call them money and see what they say.

glentoran99

may find they didn't lie as such but believed they had two

stator

Is it new build?
Have you paid a deposit?
Who told you it was 2, the estate agents selling the house?
Who are "the housing people", an estate management company? Parking management company?

Unless it is a new build house then I don't think you will get any money back, you have no claim until exchange of contracts. You could complain about the estate agent but you won't get any money.

If one is still acceptable then lower your offer accordingly.

It may be that the house has one space officially but visitor spaces have been claimed by the people who live in specific houses and the situation has carried on for a long time.

robatwork

Everyone is "saying" it's 2 spaces.

The only piece of paper says it's 1 space.

So it's 1 space - you need to accept that firstly, no amount of talking will change that.

Then *you* need to decide what you want to do about it - not them, not your solicitor, not theirs, not their estate agent. Your choices are:

• pull out
• offer less to compensate for lie
• something else

david1951

Your solicitor sounds like they are on the case so make sure they get to the bottom of this.

Don't believe anything the estate agent or "housing people" say. They just want you off their back. You need proof.

By all means renegotiate the price if it turns out to be one space.