Please help: Mis-sold house, who’s at fault?

Davesnave

Rob-123 wrote: »

!!!8220;On the solicitors Report on Title paperwork they have written: !!!8216;Our search has revealed a building regulation for a loft conversion, however due to the age of this, the sellers solicitors have not provided a copy. (If my solicitor had no proof when the conversion was complete as it wasn!!!8217;t signed off, surely their arguement of !!!8216;due to the age of the works they don!!!8217;t need to supply the certificate!!!8217; doesn!!!8217;t stand?)!!!8221;

From page 1 mate.

It's not clear if this was addressed to me, but my post referred specifically to the sellers, not to any professional person. Kah seemed to think they were deliberately lying.

Rob-123

It’s difficult to know whether the sellers knew.

I am more inclined to think they were probably told by the builders that the whole thing was signed off and they had sorted that out, but then why would they get the electrics tested in 2016. It’s confusing.

Either way the solicitors have not mentioned the sellers once, I think the fact they have said they’ve provided poor service stands me in good stead. They say they need to pay for the ceilings to be sorted out, but say they disagree with the building control manager about the sloping walls and the eaves floor areas... surely if they’ve said they will pay for the ceilings and the building manager is correct about the rest... the legal ombudsman will say they need to pay for that aswell?

That’s where most of the costs are too. The ceilings just need 30mm thermal plasterboard screwed on (albeit it will lower the ceilings 42.5mm so the ensuite tiles have to be removed - and the ensuite to gain access to remove the tiles) but the sloping walls will need to be pulled down and redone, and the whole room plastered.

teneighty

Put what the vendor did or didn't know to one side, it will be very difficult to prove and very expensive to pursue. Just concentrate on the Ombudsman case.

The solicitor made a mistake, they have admitted it.

That mistake meant you did not have the opportunity to fully investigate the status of the loft conversion and reveal the lack of Building Regulations sign off and the sub-standard/non-compliant work. You have got quotes to show remedial work to correct those defects will cost £7000.

If the solicitor had done their job properly you would have found all this out before exchange and had the opportunity to potentially negotiate a £7000 discount.

You present your case to the ombudsman with all your evidence, Building Control report, quotes etc. and claim £7000 plus any associated costs.

Stop faffing about and wasting your time on here.

Smodlet

It's Sunday; surely one more day of faffing will do no harm since no officialdom will be open today.

Rob-123

teneighty

Hopefully what you say is how it!!!8217;s goes.

No problem, thanks everyone for your inputs. Will have some time off of the forum then teneighty.