Wasps nest found on property we're buying - is seller responsible for sorting?

PrincessJR

G_M wrote: »

Of all the concerns raised by buyers on this forum, this is the bees knees!

If that's the extent of your concerns, you're good to go!

lol! well thank you very much!

We have never encountered the problem before and with 2 toddlers whose bedroom windows will open directly onto the area where the nest is, it is something we would rather get sorted before moving in than have to worry about. We have never had to call in anyone to do this kind of job so I had no idea it was so cheap.

Hopefully this IS all we have to worry about fingers crossed for the survey on Wednesday!

AdrianC

PrincessJR wrote: »

with 2 toddlers whose bedroom windows will open directly onto the area where the nest is

Can't have been a very big issue when you viewed the property for the first time, though, before putting the offer in.

The wasps haven't just built that nest in the last couple of weeks.

G_M

PrincessJR wrote: »

Hopefully this IS all we have to worry about fingers crossed for the survey on Wednesday!

Uh Oh! I foresee another post here in a week when the survey report comes in.......

Do us a favour and add it to this thread rather than start a new one, so we can see the full context.

jimbog

bouicca21 wrote: »

What matters about a wasp nest is the flight path. There will be a well established route that they use and if it doesn't interfere with the routes humans use, they won't be any bother.

This might help in this regard
https://www.flightradar24.com/52.09,-0.36/8

davidmcn

Surely it's not vacant possession if the wasps haven't been evicted?

Grenage

We moved in to discover what must be the biggest was nest in Hampshire in our garden, a couple of weeks ago (wasps+decking=metropolis). I walk through the winged thoroughfare every day, but they've yet to sting anyone.*

*Except the mother-in-law; which has only made the wasps more endearing.

G_M

davidmcn wrote: »

Surely it's not vacant possession if the wasps haven't been evicted?

OP did not say he needed vacant possession. This may be a BTL purchase.

Smodlet

Well, I wouldn't go stinging the wasps with a rent increase...

dc197

I have a wasps' nest in my porch. The wasps are about 6-10 inches from the top of my head, and I go through the door 6 times a day.
We leave each other alone. We have not hurt each other.
My 2 year old neice has been a similar distance away when she was held by my sister in the porch.
They left each other alone too.

Leave them alone, they will likely not do you any harm.
And certainly nothing to fret over regarding a house purchase.

DoaM

Barbara_Edmond wrote: »

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