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Feeling guilty about hidden defects
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We have sold our house. There are things which are not perfect which the buyers are probably unaware of e.g.
Low flow from hot tap in bath. The supply hose is probably kinked but to access it would require the bath to be removed and various tiling to be redone. It's ok. Just takes a few minutes longer to fill the bath. We have lived with it for 5 years.
Engineered wood floors creak badly in hot weather. The buyers viewed in April so wouldn't have noticed this. The floors were professionally installed but the surfaces underneath are not perfectly level.
High humidity in house during hot weather. It's an older house. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong, that's just how it is. We run a dehumidifier in hot weather but of course the buyers don't know this.
They didn't have a survey done but did spend 2 hours viewing the property.
Why do I feel so guilty about this? What would you do?
Low flow from hot tap in bath. The supply hose is probably kinked but to access it would require the bath to be removed and various tiling to be redone. It's ok. Just takes a few minutes longer to fill the bath. We have lived with it for 5 years.
Engineered wood floors creak badly in hot weather. The buyers viewed in April so wouldn't have noticed this. The floors were professionally installed but the surfaces underneath are not perfectly level.
High humidity in house during hot weather. It's an older house. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong, that's just how it is. We run a dehumidifier in hot weather but of course the buyers don't know this.
They didn't have a survey done but did spend 2 hours viewing the property.
Why do I feel so guilty about this? What would you do?
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Guilt is a selfish emotion.0
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Even new houses have faults. Up to you if you tell them but they're minor things that could cause them to walk away from the sale if they are easily spooked.0
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Contracts are exchanged and we complete in a couple of weeks0
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Is this a house in the UK you've sold which you didn't mention in the recent post asking for advice about financing buying a house when you returned to the UK having worked abroad?
Just wanted clarification because in another thread you also said your 'main and only residence' was 'abroad'.
If it is the house abroad, then why would you worry? You'll be in a different country and will never see the people you've sold to again. Even if they try to take legal action against you then the cost of doing it will be that much greater because you'll be in a different country... and for what loss? A slowly filling bath and creaking floors?"In the future, everyone will be rich for 15 minutes"0 -
The house is abroad, but it makes no difference to the guilt. I'm quite fond of foreign people, as well as Brits.0
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How will you feel if the seller of your next property withholds information from you?
Karma is a !!!!!.0 -
The house is abroad, but it makes no difference to the guilt. I'm quite fond of foreign people, as well as Brits.
It makes a difference to the nature of the guilt - feeling guilty because you fear a consequence of your actions is one thing, feeling guilty because of genuine concern for others is another. The UK or abroad question relates to whether you are likely to have to face a consequence other than your own feelings.
The choice you have is simple - tell the purchasers and face the consequences, or not tell them and live with the guilt."In the future, everyone will be rich for 15 minutes"0 -
None of these are major issues and no house is perfect. Unless you are legally obliged to disclose all known faults when selling a house in that country there is little chance of any comeback.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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Our landing floorboards creak sometimes (possibly going back to when they were lifted to install central heating (but I wouldn't consider this a 'fault' and worth pointing out.
Again not considered a fault : our hot tap had a slower flow before we had a combi boiler fitted (probably because the cold fill has more pressure from gravity ?)0
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