Purchase and Boiler Service

csgohan4

buyer beware, jog on with these requests.


I didn't get the vendor to do a gas inspection/service nor would I want them to. Who knows what cowboy they would get to sign a piece of paper?


If I wanted one I would rather get one myself who I trust

C_Mababejive

Why focus on boilers? why not have a full drainage inspection with fibre optic camera, A full electrical safety inspection and umpteen other possibilities?

Mickygg

jimbo747 wrote: »

We insisted on a service when we bought our house last year. The house we were selling was up to date service wise and we were prepared to walk away or drop our offer price by £5k if they refused.

If I'm buying a car advertised as having air conditioning I expect it to be working, same with a boiler.

If I was selling you wouldn't have got my house then.

if a buyer said to me get the boiler serviced or I'll drop the house price by £5k id tell you to foxtrot Oscar and remarket the property quicker than you could say 'you're having a laugh'.

bobbymotors

Mickygg wrote: »

If I was selling you wouldn't have got my house then.

if a buyer said to me get the boiler serviced or I'll drop the house price by £5k id tell you to foxtrot Oscar and remarket the property quicker than you could say 'you're having a laugh'.

me too.

If you want a new house with a new boiler and new electrics then buy one from a builder.

Asl77c

We sold our house recently and i got ours serviced, but the only reason was it was due, we have a young baby and you never know how long these things are going to take. As for the seller of our new home, we just wanted the most recent service certificate. As long as it was within the year i was happy, but being that they are to be serviced yearly i would expect the seller to pay if it hadn't been done in ages much like i would expect to pay myself if it hadn't. That is just me though

crisp

Reading the replies, opinion is split down the middle.

davidmcn

Asl77c wrote: »

being that they are to be serviced yearly

Says who? They can be serviced at whatever frequency the owner wants.

loveka

Well, when I was selling the solicitor asked for a gas safety certificate and I paid for one. It didn't occur to me to say no.

Davesnave

loveka wrote: »

Well, when I was selling the solicitor asked for a gas safety certificate and I paid for one. It didn't occur to me to say no.

Solicitors aren't always that conversant with the rules surrounding this, nor may they care, if asking gets results.

Besides they take instructions from purchasers who may be quite adept themselves at trying it on.

I think it's in order to ask for a copy of the service record, to see if there is one, and then to factor what transpires into purchaser thinking, post-survey, but a boiler is only one aspect to consider among many others.

todayisagreatday

I am selling my house. My boiler was installed in 2010 by a Gas Safe engineer and I have yearly services that are stamped in the service manual. The last one was done last year at the end of March so it is due. Due to exchange next week and buyer is saying they want another service. Told them to whistle. I can't get time off work before they want to exchange/complete to get an engineer. I'm not paying £70 for the same thing that happens every year, no issues and it's all good. I can prove I've had regular services and it was installed. If it was ancient I could understand but they have seen it working, had proof it was installed correctly and has been serviced regularly.