Vendor Won't Clear House (Options)

PasturesNew

How much tat? Half a day's effort and a lot of huffing/puffing and swearing?

Or 1-2 days of hiring in beefy men to lug endless tat?

A house clearance crew might do it for free... they take it and flog it to cover their time/costs in a lot of places.

SmashedAvacado

one point out of leftfield. Get the agent involved - if they think they will lose a deal perhaps they can pay for the cost of clearing from their fee (or get it done).

Cakeguts

Depends how much you want the house and how much damage you expect to find under the hoard?

Comms69

SavvySaver24 wrote: »

Vendor won't lower price end of. And I know it isn't all nicey nicey. My point is more if he said he would clear it in the property information form does he have a legal obligation to do so?

Well then you want the house more than he wants to sell the house. Unfortunately one party is always in a better negotiating position.


Me personally, I'd lower the price £5k and walk if not. His chain collapses, mine stays intact as I can just find another property

moneyistooshorttomention

Do you know why he is being such a b*tch about that?

It might help in figuring out how to make him act more normally....

bertiewhite

Comms69 wrote: »

His chain collapses

How do you know the vendor doesn't need to sell? The vendor of the house I'm currently buying doesn't - she's already moved and has been quite hard-ball about price etc.

Thrugelmir

bertiewhite wrote: »

How do you know the vendor doesn't need to sell? The vendor of the house I'm currently buying doesn't - she's already moved and has been quite hard-ball about price etc.

Empty houses cost money.

AdrianC

SavvySaver24 wrote: »

Vendor won't lower price end of.

Then you're buying it in full knowledge that you need to arrange to clear it.

My point is more if he said he would clear it in the property information form does he have a legal obligation to do so?

Yes. But you would have to take him to court to recover the cost, and he will defend the claim with paperwork proving that you were well aware that it would not be clear, prior to exchange.

Do you need all that hassle for a couple of hundred quid?

Either walk away or accept that you're going to have to get a skip or house-clearance firm in.

Anyway, you never know - there might be something in there worth more than the cost of clearance...

bertiewhite

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Empty houses cost money.

That's not what was questioned - it was stated that the vendor's chain would be broken. I asked how we knew he was in a chain.

Comms69

bertiewhite wrote: »

How do you know the vendor doesn't need to sell? The vendor of the house I'm currently buying doesn't - she's already moved and has been quite hard-ball about price etc.

How do I know the vendor doesn’t need to sell? The vendor does need to sell...

I’ll presume your confused and you meant buy. It’s called playing the odds, most sales form part of a chain.

Even if there isn’t one the vendor loses a buyer and starts from scratch.