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Let US service boiler, or we won't exchange???
vansboy
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Hi All
Friend selling his house, supposed to exchanged by now, but buyer has said they want to service boiler .... THEY, not my friend, who's selling... before exchanging.
I'm not sure this is good idea, nothing currently wrong with boiler, but something COULD go wrong, when he works on it, is my opinion.
I can understand a surveyor saying to get boiler serviced, as a recommend, on his tick list, but BEFORE buying, doesn't seem to be the correct way to do things.
It's not an old boiler, works all ok, but it just seems an unusual request.
I even suggested that the buyers may save the expense, if they kept British Gas as their supplier, as when I bought a new place, they offered a free service for staying with them.
What thoughts, from other Moneysavers. please?
Thanks in advance
VB
Friend selling his house, supposed to exchanged by now, but buyer has said they want to service boiler .... THEY, not my friend, who's selling... before exchanging.
I'm not sure this is good idea, nothing currently wrong with boiler, but something COULD go wrong, when he works on it, is my opinion.
I can understand a surveyor saying to get boiler serviced, as a recommend, on his tick list, but BEFORE buying, doesn't seem to be the correct way to do things.
It's not an old boiler, works all ok, but it just seems an unusual request.
I even suggested that the buyers may save the expense, if they kept British Gas as their supplier, as when I bought a new place, they offered a free service for staying with them.
What thoughts, from other Moneysavers. please?
Thanks in advance
VB
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If buyer wants boiler serviced your friend should arrange to have it serviced by Gas Safe registered heating engineer. Not an unreasonable thing to do.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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lincroft1710 wrote: »If buyer wants boiler serviced your friend should arrange to have it serviced by Gas Safe registered heating engineer. Not an unreasonable thing to do.
Not at the vendors expense though"It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP0 -
Agree a suitably qualified engineer with the vendor and the buyer pays. Job done.0
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When was it last serviced?
how old is the boiler?0 -
If you ask a plumber to look over a boiler, check all the gas-safe stuff etc they'll say that you may as well get for a full service as most of the work of the service is done anyway (i.e. they're already pulling the cover off and poking around, not much trouble to change the seal if it needs it etc).
So I guess that's what's happening here. Find out what engineer they're using and make sure they're gas safe registered, it's not particularly unusual.0 -
If the buyer insists on using their engineer, then the seller should insist on their chosen engineer attending to oversee his work. Otherwise, there's the risk of 'accidental' damage.
However, if I were either boiler engineer, I'd take four steps back and not get in the middle of this seller/buyer relationship at all.0 -
They're willing to lose a house over a boiler service?
Does rather beg the question as to how committed they are and any other issues they suddenly decide they can't proceed without resolving.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
Just to be clear, which of these do you mean?....buyer has said they want to service boiler .... THEY, not my friend, who's selling... before exchanging.
1) buyer wants to arrange, and pay for, a service?
I would respond that provided you are informed in advance of the name of the engineer/company, and you approve, then there's no problem. You get a free service and if the sale falls through that will help with the next sale!
2) the buyer wishes to come round with his spanners and service it himself?
On no account agree. Not even if he is a GasSafe registered engineer.0 -
They can service it when it's their bloody boiler. Cheeky imps.0
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