How to track down vendor

SnooksNJ

googler wrote: »

You do realise SnooksNJ isn't British, and probably hasn't a clue about the UK legal system, don't you?

Although I participated in a ceremony where I had to pledge allegiance to the Queen, which is a step up from a flag IMO, I just can't get that lowest form of wit out of my system.
and Thanksgiving too.

noseylurker

Hi OP


In case this isn't a wind up and you have misunderstood, people think it is a wind-up because if your questions are genuine then they are a bit naive.
- The issues you have a very minor in the scheme of things and part and parcel of buying a second hand house. Once you own the house, the vendor has no legal responsibility, unless you spotted anything before buying the house, and had it written into the contract that you wanted it fixing.
- While there is no requirement to have a survey, it isn't just for listed buildings. Really, you should have some sort of survey when you buy any house - this would check for major issues (structural problems, for example), which would be far worse - and more costly - than carpets with furniture marks in them.
- A mortgage valuation is for the bank to reassure themselves that they are not lending you too much for the property - i.e. if they had to repossess it and sell it, they would get their money back. It isn't for your benefit and they wouldn't point out any minor problems with the property.
- You aren't being given conflicting advice. The people suggesting you pursue this by legal or other means are taking the mickey.


Hope that's helpful. If you do pursue the vendor, let us all know how you get on.

Oakdene

I was having a bad morning until I read this!! In a great mood now

glasgowdan

I'm surprised anyone has replied seriously. Indents in the carpet? Seriously? Holy cow Beth, you are on the moon!

I don't think they've invented hover-furniture yet.

k3lvc

I'm sitting on a ferry in the middle of the Irish Sea chuckling away to myself

Beth357 wrote: »

Why would I come on here asking a question if it was a wind up, I don't get these comments? The carpet doesn't look like it did when I viewed the house and there are other threads here with people asking about problems after they completed and no one is saying its a wind up.

On a serious note OP did you pay any of the deposit (even £1) with a credit card ? If so then maybe you can invoke a S75 claim from your Credit Card company. The house was quite obviously mis-represented/mis-sold.

TBagpuss

OP - if you read your property information form then there is a question about whether the vendor has maintained fences and/or knows whose responsibility it is to maintain fences / walls. What did that say about the fence?

However, in most cases there is no obligation to have a fence at all. If you thought that it was your neighbour's responsibility then you were presumably expecting to live next to a damaged fence (as you would have no power to make your neighbour fix it).Now you are still living with a damaged fence, the only difference is that you have the power to fix it yourself, as and when you want to / can afford to.

With regard to the light, you made a choice not to have an electrical check carried out before you bought. However, even if you had done so, you could not have forced the vendors to get it fixed, and it is unlikely that it would have affected the price.

The carpet is normal. Furniture leaves dents. as others have suggested, vigorous vacuuming, melting an ice cube in the dent or using a carpet cleaner can all help get the dents out -it works best with wool carpets and newer / better quality ones.

Alternatively, if you want it to look the way it did when you looked round, rearrange your furniture so it is positioned in the same places that the sellers furniture was!

Window locks - have you checked whether the same keys fits more than one window? If not, window locks are not hard to replace.

mrginge

I hope to god they didn't leave the seat up before they moved out.

unforeseen

k3lvc wrote: »

I'm sitting on a ferry in the middle of the Irish Sea chuckling away to myself



On a serious note OP did you pay any of the deposit (even £1) with a credit card ? If so then maybe you can invoke a S75 claim from your Credit Card company. The house was quite obviously mis-represented/mis-sold.

Unfortunately unless it was a dilapidated hovel in the middle of nowhere the cost would be above the upper limit for S75

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unforeseen wrote: »

Unfortunately unless it was a dilapidated hovel in the middle of nowhere the cost would be above the upper limit for S75

You've clearly not been paying attention. There are dents in the carpet and an outside light needs fixing.

How much more dilapidated could it get?!

Oakdene

Deleted_User wrote: »

You've clearly not been paying attention. There are dents in the carpet and an outside light needs fixing.

How much more dilapidated could it get?!

You forgot the fence!!