How to track down vendor

googler

Beth357 wrote: »

But how is it worth what I paid for it if there is work that needs doing?

Doing work on a house that someone else has lived in, and made their own for a number of years, is part and parcel of home purchase and ownership.

You CANNOT purchase a pre-owned house that will be perfect in every way. It's difficult enough to buy a new house that's perfect. Ever heard of 'snagging'? Probably not.

You've got dents in the carpet. There's probably shadows and marks on the walls where the previous owners had pictures and mirrors, maybe nail and picture hook marks; should they have made these good before you moved in? No, not unless that was explicit in the contract, and I'll wager it wasn't.

bouicca21

Have you got a father who is quite short with whitish hair?

lynz68

Everyone who buys a house has to spend some money on it. The things you are describing are minor.

To chase this up is going to cost you far more than it will be to fix it yourself. Even the f you manage to find the previous owner they are not obliged to fix any of it.

googler

Paully232000 wrote: »

It isnt worth it.
I would have taken at least £10K off for the fence issue, and as for the carpet dents £100K, if not more

That needs to be paired with

walwyn1978

Beth357 wrote: »

But how is it worth what I paid for it if there is work that needs doing?

Total cost of new fence, sorting light via electrician, window key being cut from master key, hiring carpet cleaner machine for day - perhaps (if really stretching it) £500.

Cost of not having a full survey done against a mortgage valuation - about £500.

So you're eveN.

EmmyLou30

This has to be a wind up! But if it's not....you would have had all the paperwork relating to the property and its boundaries as well as the property information form where the vendor tells you which fence is yours. If you failed to read all of this through then it's your own fault and not the vendors. And I'm not sure how you'd possibly think all houses that aren't listed wouldn't need a survey? If a few dents in the carpet is all you find then you've got lucky.

JonathanA

If you put an ice cube on the flattened bit of carpet, leave it overnight to melt and then the following morning run your vacuum over it, that should solve the problem. If not, you may need to brush the carpet pile back up, but should come back after a little effort.

As other posters have said, none of these issues are going to be solved by the vendor as they're very minor. A new fence panel isn't expensive. If I were you I'd focus on the positives of the home you've just bought and enjoy it.

googler

"How to get furniture dents out of carpet"

First three results from a google search.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/58239#Comment_58239

http://www.thefrugallife.com/carpetindent.html

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/18/remove-dent-in-carpet

marksoton

Beth357 wrote: »

What do you mean?

Because people are failing to believe you didn't educate yourself before the biggest purchase of your life.

Beth357 wrote: »

Yes so as you can imagine I don't have money for new carpets etc.

So live with the existing. Hardly the end of the world is it.

Cakeguts

You bought a house with second hand carpets. What you are supposed to do if you don't like them is to take them up and put new ones down that are to your taste. The seller doesn't know what a buyer's taste in carpets is likely to be. You didn't have the electrics tested so if some of it doesn't work that is your fault. You didn't check with the solicitor which fence was yours and you found out it needs repairing also your fault. This is what surveys that you pay for do they tell you what will need to be repaired. No house is going to be in perfect condition. Even new houses have problems. Often they don't have nice fences at all, or carpets, or light fittings.