Seller lied on the SPIF form. Their solicitor won't communicate with me...HELP

kingkano

ethansmum wrote: »

I thought that all carpets lino etc where someone had died had to be removed because it could harbour some nasty germs. Atleast thats what they said on Grimebusters USA where they had a company who specialised in dead body clean ups.

Unless there is alot of blood or its an 'undiscovered death' (which is what Grimebusters covered alot of) - there might not be a need. Undiscoverd bodies left for weeks or months obviously do a bit of damage to the floor coverings.....

pinkshoes

jenner wrote: »

thats right, i go straight from my front door into the car and drive off, i dont see whats on lamp posts. i dont have a local paper here, i dont read any news papers (local or national) and anything that comes through the door is either identified from the top couple of lines as bill or 'other'. if its 'other' that isnt anything to do with me, it goes in the recycling barely read. ive lost a lot of information that way

If you had a flat with a sea view, and someone put a letter through the door detailing that opposite a HUGE block of flats were going to be built, meaning you'd lose your beautiful sea view, I think you might remember.

Or if you didn't or read the letter, one of your neighbours (who did know) would be round to discuss it, or ask if you'd seen the plans.

I think it would be pretty hard NOT to know about it!!

daisygrabber

Any update on this?
Wish I had read this thread two years ago! We have just found out a house is being built adjoining our garden. Nothing wrong with planning permission etc, all done properly, but we did not know about it till the ground work started! Makes our private garden be the outlook for someone's back door, kitchen window and patio doors (that side of the building is 3m from our lawn!!)
The SPIF declares nothing known but the planning documents only talk about the impact on our property so the owners must have known.
I was under the now obvious misconception that a local search would reveal local planning information (they told us about a flood risk 250m away and a road 10m away so this information did nothing to make me think otherwise).
We are unsure how to proceed. We would not have bought the house (having just moved from a building site and had enough of them!) but I don't think the valuation would have been seriously affected, just the desirability.
Has the OP progressed at all?
Thanks, Daisy x

AdrianW2

daisygrabber wrote: »

The SPIF declares nothing known but the planning documents only talk about the impact on our property so the owners must have known.

Might be worth checking the planning correspondence to see if the owners objected to the development. Our council puts the applications, including all comments from the neighbours, on the web so I'd imagine they are public documents.