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i sold my house in hull 2 months ago just after the flooding, the house i sold as far as i was concerned at the time of the sale wasnt affected , we had water in the gardens (front and back) and it came up our exterior walls luckily it didnt come over the step into the house as it did our neighbours.
at the time of the floods we got a phone call from our estate agents informing us that our buyer was worried about the flood damage to our house, i told the estate agent all of the above that we had luckily escaped and as far as i was concerned we had escaped damage to the property and i invited our buyer to come and have a look for himself which he declined.
This morning we have a letter from his soliciters threatening to sue me for £2000 for not informing them of damage to the property. apparently he has had a company in inspecting under his floor boards and the house has been affected ie wet joists and brickwork floorboards. my problem is i was being honest, even inviting him to come and take a look himself yes there was damage but at the time i didnt think there was as it hadnt breached my doors as it had the neighbours. Has anybody got any advice for me..
at the time of the floods we got a phone call from our estate agents informing us that our buyer was worried about the flood damage to our house, i told the estate agent all of the above that we had luckily escaped and as far as i was concerned we had escaped damage to the property and i invited our buyer to come and have a look for himself which he declined.
This morning we have a letter from his soliciters threatening to sue me for £2000 for not informing them of damage to the property. apparently he has had a company in inspecting under his floor boards and the house has been affected ie wet joists and brickwork floorboards. my problem is i was being honest, even inviting him to come and take a look himself yes there was damage but at the time i didnt think there was as it hadnt breached my doors as it had the neighbours. Has anybody got any advice for me..
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Did he not get a survey done? I think its a case of "buyer beware" and I don't see how he can have any come back on you. Probably just chancing his arm.0
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his survey was done just before the floods. so no damage at the time0
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Must admit, I don't see how he can have any comeback.
You told the truth as far as you were aware, and if he concerned enough to ask if there was any damage, he should have been concerned enough to take a look for himself or have another survey done (okay, not nice and expensive for him, but Acts of God and all that).
Just out of interest, does anyone know if, for example, someone has a survey done, and then something about the house changes, I don't know like a wall fell off or something, is the vendor obliged to tell them about it between the survey being done and contracts being exchanged?Pink Sproglettes born 2008 and 2010
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