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3 bed house really a 2

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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    3card wrote: »
    It looks like shes got no comeback (sadly)

    You seriously think that buyers ought to be able to have "comeback" about what advice they may or may not have been given sixteen years after the event?
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,530 Forumite
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    One of my grandmothers and an aunt had these coal cellars under their terraced houses and the only natural light came through the grid over the hole used to deliver the coal, so imagine the window in this property will have to be in the ceiling.


    Perhaps it could be presented as a games room/den , as in my relatives' cellars, the steps were brick and very steep (compared to regular old terraced house stairs, which are quite steep, anyway), so rather dangerous for a tired person going to bed.
  • AdrianC
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    3card wrote: »
    As for the post saying the EA listed it as a room with a bed in it is laughable. If its not allowed to be called a bedroom then they shouldnt describe it as a bedroom!!
    What says they're "not allowed"?
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,196 Forumite
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    samSpam wrote: »
    perhaps you should speak to a lawyer...

    Why??

    16 years after the event, there is no comeback.
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • AdrianC
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Why??

    16 years after the event, there is no comeback.
    Not that there's anything to have "comeback" for.

    "I bought a house with a windowless basement, which the EA called a bedroom, but I didn't think of it as one. Imagine my surprise a decade later when another EA agreed with me."
  • Hoploz
    Hoploz Posts: 3,888 Forumite
    Perhaps the basement was original and not a conversion? That would be pretty normal for a house of that age. Therefore no building regs existed, like for the rest of the house as it was all built at the same time, 100odd years ago.

    Owners over the years use it for different purposes as they choose.

    Current owner has now 'converted' the basement into a bedroom, and current building regs are met.

    Nothing unusual here.

    Glad to hear when the mortgage lender was informed they didn't decide to withdraw the loan due to the new information! They probably didn't know the third bedroom was a basement. Their surveyor was negligent in this - perhaps they took it up with him but chose not to upset the mortgagee's applecart. But at the end of the day the valuation must have come back as a good risk so the lender was happy.
  • Senseicads
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Why??

    16 years after the event, there is no comeback.

    I though the statute of limitations for a civil case was 6 years after claimant is aware of the negligence? So if they were going to bring a civil action, the OP might have a case dependent on when they where made aware of the situation? Still might be worth seeing a solicitor. You never know?
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,196 Forumite
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    Senseicads wrote: »
    I though the statute of limitations for a civil case was 6 years after claimant is aware of the negligence? So if they were going to bring a civil action, the OP might have a case dependent on when they where made aware of the situation? Still might be worth seeing a solicitor. You never know?

    What negligence?

    OP became aware in 2010 that basement bedroom had no building regs. So over 6 years ago since she found out about BR. In 2001 lenders did not worry so much about building regs and thus solicitors didn't investigate if they existed or not and no-one had claimed they existed.

    More importantly she was not misled, she could see the basement had no window. So her choice to buy a house with a windowless bedroom.
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • davidmcn
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    Senseicads wrote: »
    I though the statute of limitations for a civil case was 6 years after claimant is aware of the negligence?

    Yes, that's what I said back at post #2. It's now 11 years since she became aware - so she's too late (assuming there even was any negligence and a loss worth suing for).
  • Silvertabby
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    What's the council tax banding - and how does it compare with similar houses in the same street?
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