Estate Agent lied?

steampowered

Unlikely that the estate agent lied. I doubt the home owner told them about the development. Even if they did, the agent will be selling lots of houses so may not have remembered.

davidmcn

AlecEiffel wrote: »

an outright lie leading to financial loss.

(a) you don't appear to have any evidence that it was a lie
(b) you haven't suffered a financial loss. You've paid some costs and can continue with your purchase if you want.

Objectively, the house is worth the same whether or not the field has planning permission. And any field next to housing should be treated as prospectively being more housing sooner or later.

corell

Ours told us we could walk the dog on the railway tracks near the house, popular dog walk place apparently! Only trains actually DO run on it, we found out after moving in. :eek:

googler

If the EA has made reasonable efforts to establish all the factors which might influence the average person in their purchasing decision, he/she is acting in accordance with the law (in this case, the Consumer Protection Legislation, which has now replaced the Property Misdescription Act).

Gabbs_the_Newt

davidmcn wrote: »

Objectively, the house is worth the same whether or not the field has planning permission. And any field next to housing should be treated as prospectively being more housing sooner or later.

This is not at all true! Housing can and does change in value dependent on nearby planning.