Sold house 8 months ago, buyer claims boiler not working!

LannieDuck

I can't believe their cheek!

We had an enhanced survey on our house (I can't remember the correct name for it), and it had the standard clause that we ought to get a specialist to check the gas.

We asked the vendor for any recent gas safety certificates; they didn't have any.

We debated back-and-forth about whether to get the boiler checked before we moved in, but decided against it because i) it would postpone the exchange, and ii) we didn't want the vendor to replace it with the cheapest possible option.

We exchanged and completed without a gas check, and had one done the day after completion. Lo and behold there was a hole in the back of the boiler and we had to replace it immediately.

I don't regret our choices - we got to choose a (hopefully) reliable replacement. And we knew the risks of completing without a gas check.

OP - I can't see any way in which you're liable for this.

Cakeguts

How on earth do they think they are going to prove that the boiler is in exactly the same condition that it was when they bought the house 8 months ago?

Red-Squirrel_2

frogernoff wrote: »

That doesn't warrant a complete new boiler installation even if it does surely!

Anybody with any sense or who has done even basic research knows that buying a house with a back boiler very often means getting a new boiler in pretty soon and should budget accordingly. Sounds like they haven't got the spare cash after the purchase and would rather somebody else foot the bill!

The back boiler in my house didn't work on day one, the sellers had put that it was working on the property info form, but as the house was empty (probate sale) and it was the middle of a warm summer its entirely possible that they had no idea it had gone. No point in trying to pursue them when I knew it would need sorting anyway.