House Sale - Buyers trying to make a claim - HELP!!!

MyOnlyPost

Actually if all the upstairs lights are not working the most likely cause is a tripped fuse and then a wiring fault on the ring. For all the lights to go faulty at once would be millions to one

Occam's Razor

daisy_chain

Sorry I have no idea how old the electrics are

armchaireconomist

It was their responsibility to check everything was working (and have checked bulbs are OK and switch hasn't tripped) but legally speaking you've no responsibility anymore.

lincroft1710

Point them in the direction of the consumer unit (the one in THEIR* house)

*the house that they are now responsible for if anything goes wrong in or on it.

daisy_chain

omg Comeandgo you have hit the nail on the head there. The lady is Scottish. she was they one who went into the estate agents today, ranting at them.


her dad is a building contractor and when they came for a 2nd viewing she brought the rest of her family who were Scottish.


All my solicitors have said is that don't have anymore contact with the estate agents and that if they take me to court then it will cost them more that what the electrics will cost to repair

davidmcn

daisy_chain wrote: »

omg Comeandgo you have hit the nail on the head there. The lady is Scottish. she was they one who went into the estate agents today, ranting at them.

her dad is a building contractor and when they came for a 2nd viewing she brought the rest of her family who were Scottish.

The usual time limit for intimating claims in Scotland is 5 working days, so sounds like they'd have been too late anyway!

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daisy_chain wrote: »

they have been told by their solicitors they have a cooling off period which is 14 days???

Just take the house back and give them a gift voucher, that they can redeem within the next month against any other houses you have for sale.

daisy_chain

Just hope im not in for a battle in the near future with them, its stressful enough moving house without someone trying to get you to pay for their bills

societys_child

A light bulb failing can trip the electrics, but it's not your problem anyway.

GDB2222

societys_child wrote: »

A light bulb failing can trip the electrics, but it's not your problem anyway.

I agree with this. Most likely a bulb has blown and tripped the circuit.

However, despite the buyers being daft, I'd try and help them with trouble-shooting. At least a bit:

• Ask them whether they have reset the trip switch.
  
• If it keeps tripping, remove all the bulbs upstairs and see whether it still trips. If it's okay then, replace the bulbs one at a time until they find the faulty one.

You don't have to do that, but it's much nicer to try to resolve it amicably, even if they haven't been amicable in the first place. They are probably panicking.