How to track down vendor

alan0356

The things you note are very minor and are part and parcel of buying a house.

Even if you had paid for a survey these little niggles ( and that's all they are ) would not have come up.

It will be interesting to know what state you will leave the property in for a new buyer when you sell it after a few years of your wear and tear.

I have bought numerous properties over the years and it never ceases to amaze me what state people leave them in - perhaps you thought the vendors had standards that matched your own.

Instead of wasting your energy on non important matters channel it into making the property the home that you want..

ElsieMonkey

I'd like to know the outcome for the OP in case I find myself in a similar predicament come moving day...but hopefully hover furniture will be widely available and used before then (at the rate my sale/purchase is going it wouldn't surprise me).

Jhoney_2

ElsieMonkey wrote: »

I'd like to know the outcome for the OP in case I find myself in a similar predicament come moving day...but hopefully hover furniture will be widely available and used before then (at the rate my sale/purchase is going it wouldn't surprise me).

Just take everything with you. OR...

If not, opt for a Full Buyer-Vetting Survey which - if frequency of such issues make a necessity - will hopefully become just as widely available.

anotheruser

Our house owner still has post arriving for them.
I've opened a fair few and read them.

Morglin

Lemonsqueezer78 wrote: »

This is almost certainly a wind up. No one could possibly believe someone could be sued over furniture dents in the carpet.

No one.

You'd think so, but maybe not.

I've just taken six months to complete the sale of my dads house with two buyers who managed to lose their own solicitor (stress of them) and reduce me, the estate agent and my solicitor to gibbering wrecks.

They had survey after survey - all ok.

The DG windows were out of guarantee but all in excellent nick. I declined their invitation to accept full financial responsibility for them for the next 10 years.

They knew they were buying a house built in 1901, and wanted that.

They knew the house needed upgrade, and the price reflected that.

After completion, they moaned that not all the walls were dead straight (er, no, they are not usually in old houses, especially those that had been shaken by the Blitz).:wall:

They didn't want any furniture, then they needed to complete within 24 hours, so wanted what was still there, I left what was left and then they denanded, after completion, £800 as they thought all houses came with new washing machines and tumble dryers.:eek:

They also felt I should have bought them a lawnmower, as there is grass in the garden.

All this has come via their gobsmacked solicitor (who is no doubt charging them, for the lunacy.)

I do laugh, and wait for the next burst of insanity, but the frightening thing is that they are newly qualified teachers.....:eek:

OP - if you are not in a wind up, accept that anywhere you live will always need stuff doing, and you will have to pay/do it yourself..

Lin :whistle:

barbiedoll

When we bought our house, 15 years ago, the fence was in a bit of a bad way.

It didn't bother us but it did bother our neighbour who has just paid for a new one.

*Result! It didn't cost us a penny! :beer:

Out of interest...has anyone on here ever paid for a full survey which stated that carpets at the property had "dents"?

OP...probably not relevant but have you checked to see if your shower works? If not, try looking for a hidden switch. It may take 2 days to find it though.


* A little white lie...we actually paid half each because she wanted a higher fence than we were going to replace it with.

Fosterdog

OP if you think not having enough window keys is bad you should see the thread I posted a couple of weeks ago when I got the keys to my new house, I was left with no keys at all for my windows and every single one of them locked, some locked in the open position and some locked in the closed position. I didn't however post here blaming the vendor it was in the DIY section asking for advice on how to identify the keys I would need so I can buy some myself.

After some really great advice on here and between trying out keys belonging to all of my neighbours, friends and relatives we have identified two of the keys needed and just need to find the final one (three different types of window locks in the same house).

At least you have some keys to start with, you don't need to use every key at the same time and can move them from room to room or just get a few more cut if you really want to.

Smodlet

Newly qualified teachers, Morglin... All is, indeed, lost. Don't these..... people have parents?

marksoton

Morglin wrote: »

You'd think so, but maybe not.

I've just taken six months to complete the sale of my dads house with two buyers who managed to lose their own solicitor (stress of them) and reduce me, the estate agent and my solicitor to gibbering wrecks.

They had survey after survey - all ok.

The DG windows were out of guarantee but all in excellent nick. I declined their invitation to accept full financial responsibility for them for the next 10 years.

They knew they were buying a house built in 1901, and wanted that.

They knew the house needed upgrade, and the price reflected that.

After completion, they moaned that not all the walls were dead straight (er, no, they are not usually in old houses, especially those that had been shaken by the Blitz).:wall:

They didn't want any furniture, then they needed to complete within 24 hours, so wanted what was still there, I left what was left and then they denanded, after completion, £800 as they thought all houses came with new washing machines and tumble dryers.:eek:

They also felt I should have bought them a lawnmower, as there is grass in the garden.

All this has come via their gobsmacked solicitor (who is no doubt charging them, for the lunacy.)

I do laugh, and wait for the next burst of insanity, but the frightening thing is that they are newly qualified teachers.....:eek:

OP - if you are not in a wind up, accept that anywhere you live will always need stuff doing, and you will have to pay/do it yourself..

Lin :whistle:

That really is worrying.

clairecymru

When we moved in our house the original owner hadn't disconnected the phone line. We had messages left on the answering machine for about a week from his mother asking where he was until we managed to get our own line put in, including a happy birthday song for their grandson. They also didn't redirect their mail. Still get some quite official looking documents two years later.