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Questions from buyer - advice please

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  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
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    Zanderman wrote: »
    The reasons the questions were asked is, presumably, because the Property Info Form TA6 was filled in saying yes there was an insurance claim and yes there was a heating service. If those two facts are known and true then it would be illegal to say 'not known' . The TA6 is part of 'due diligence'.

    If there is no supporting documentation for the info given on the form that's a secondary matter - the seller can't now say 'not known' as they claimed on the form they did know, and presumably that's true, they did know something happened, they just don't know the detail. The seller's responsibility is now to find out that detail.

    Yes but it could have been short circuited at the start by pointing out there was no further info available, as per SA's wording in above post.
  • davidmcn
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    Zanderman wrote: »
    The seller's responsibility is now to find out that detail.
    The seller has no obligation to find out details which they don't already have - perfectly acceptable for them to say "...and that's all I know about it". Especially if it relates to stuff done by a previous owner.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    There is no obligation to provide evidence of a boiler service anyway.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • MysteryMe
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    I don't think what is being asked is particularly onerous on the OP. The insurer and engineer will either have the details or not. If they don't then that's the answer to the buyer, if they do pass them on. That would be reasonable. If the buyer is still not satisfied then they will have to decide if they wish to proceed, at least the OP has shown willing rather than a blanket nothing to do with me guv attitude.
  • Thank you everyone. All sorted now.
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