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Breach of contract
leah14
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Seller has breached contract by not removing rubbish from in and around outside of property spoke to conveyacing solicitors but not interested advised us to contact seller who is ignoring our calls ?
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Probably unlikely to be worthwhile pursuing legally. What are your costs?0
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Been quoted £290 - £3200
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If you know where the sellers are (and think they're good for the money) then you can send a letter before action and then raise a small claim.
That's assuming that they were contractually required to remove the rubbish.0 -
Do not have an address for seller just phone number but he has blocked our calls tried ringing from another phone but ugnoring it we specify asked that all rubbis be cleared prior to completion and yes this is written in the contract which he signed. The amount may be minimal to some but we are FTB and have had a number of issues with the property after moving in leaking roof, electricity wired incorrectly among other things !!0
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If you have a contract saying the rubbish should be removed and it hasn't been and now the vendor is ignoring you contact your solicitor and let your solicitor contact the vendor's solicitor.0
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It is unlikely to be worth going through solicitors for £300.
A basic conveyancing company would be unlikely to get involved with this, and getting an actual solicitor involved would cost more than £300.
If you have an address for the seller, write a 'letter before action' asking for payment else a claim will be issued through the moneyclaimonline system.
If you don't have an address for the seller, it isn't worth pursuing.0 -
You'll need an address. You could employ a tracing agent to try finding them, but that adds to your (non-recoverable) costs and might be fruitless if their new address isn't yet registered anywhere.0
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steampowered wrote: »It is unlikely to be worth going through solicitors for £300.
A basic conveyancing company would be unlikely to get involved with this, and getting an actual solicitor involved would cost more than £300.
If you have an address for the seller, write a 'letter before action' asking for payment else a claim will be issued through the moneyclaimonline system.
If you don't have an address for the seller, it isn't worth pursuing.
That. The legal bill even to write to the vendor and demand the removal of rubbish will be most of the cost of the skip hire.0
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