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I'm now being sued by the purchaser
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No date yet. I need to file my defence on Tuesday next week. Anyone know what the likely timescales are after that?0
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You offered to have the boiler repaired.
Purchaser said no.
Purchaser unreasonably refused your offer because they are a chancer and are trying to profit from your unintentional misrepresentation.
All costs and "pain and suffering" arising thereafter are of their own doing.
You were entirely reasonable.
I'd be very surprised if you were ordered to pay anything other than reasonable repair costs. I would go to court armed with some repair quotes so that you are prepared should the case not go in your favour.
The problem was: boiler doesn't work.
You offered: to fix the boiler.
If they had accepted: the boiler would have been fixed and they would have had no problem.
By refusing to let you fix the problem, they have incurred the additional costs themselves.What will your verse be?
R.I.P Robin Williams.0 -
You can post on legalbeagles for more info about court.Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi0
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It's not clear whether your buyer has a solicitor.
If he does, I'd strongly suggest that you do as well.0 -
Many thanks for all of the replies, very useful.
The claim is for a reduction in the value of the property not for a replacement boiler. They claim that it was worth less than they paid for it because the heating wasn't working. Hence the £3000. They paid £182000.
Is the breakdown of their claim the same now as it was in their first "threatening" letter? If not, it would appear they are making it up as they go along...0 -
No. There have been several versions. IN round numbers the claim is
£3000 for loss of value in the house
£500 in additional heating bills
£1200 pain and suffering.0 -
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slowpoke_rodriguez wrote: »A bit different to this then?
Making it up as they go along!
Yes. My words in my submission are "plucking figures out of the air"0 -
paddedjohn wrote: ȣ4500 for a boiler? What planet is this house on.
OP as others have already said just ignore them, they are trying it on.
We have a warm air boiler, it cost us 5k last christmas, after a fair bit of haggling.
BG would have charged us 8kmake the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
So, matters have moved on. We now have an allocation hearing tomorrow. I'm not sure why such a hearing is required.
Any thoughts?0
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