Pulled out of buying, vendor asking for Survey

jeeveso

Hi al!
Hope you can help with this.
We've just pulled out of a property due to there being a few issues brought to our attention on the survey.
The vendor has asked to see what was brought up in the survey.
I want to ask for some contribution towards the cost of the survey but my girlfriend thinks we should give it to the vendor for free.
My issue is that if we give it for free, in essence we would have paid for a service for a stranger to help sell his house we're not going to buy any more.
Survey cost £450, i was thinking of asking for like £200 or so.
Any advice?

hazyjo

Check the wording in the survey.

Most are for your eyes only and might say not for resale.

sillyhilly

You've got the right idea from my own selfish perspective. You have paid for it, and they would also be getting it for a hefty discount. It's a win win. £200 is a fair price.

Although if you're flush with cash, and morally good, there is no harm in giving it for free.

AFF8879

I would probably not give them the full report, nor would I ask for any money. I would simply email the agent with the pertinent paragraph(s) that were causing me to have doubts. You never know, they may knock the cost of remediation work off the agreed price.

For what it’s worth, most surveys contain a number of scarily-worded observations but some of these are quite innocuous... surveyors have to cover their backside.

babyblade41

Survey must have had something horrendous for you to pull out.

The few surveys I have had done say mostly the same thing... windows, roof, damp, wiring ..oh and asbestos..

All mostly easy fixes and if requires more than your diy skills then knock a bit off the price .

I would have discussed the damaging points with agent

billy2shots

Just out of curiosity, now you have withdrawn from the sale, how would giving a copy to the vendor affect you?

I imagine you will bin your copy anyway so I’m struggling to see what the issue is. Help a fellow human out which could then help a future buyer. Boom, you’ve helped 2 people.

Maybe your future vendor has fixed issues that a survey shared had brought to their attention, rectifying things before you see your future house.

Or you could just say no, bin it and carry on contributing to this strange selfish cycle this world seems to be in at the moment.


Pass it on bro

loulou41

It must be serious issues for you to pull out. My last survey pointed the usual damp, rewiring etc. I renegotiated with the seller they knocked 5 k from asking price. I did discuss with surveyor whether I should pull out first. It is not going to be any use to you I would pass it on or tell the agent estate what the problems flagged.

Chandler85

If the survey was so bad that you are pulling out for a genuine reason and not because the surveryor has made a perfectly good house sound like it will fall down tomorrow (let's face it a lot of surveyors do!). Then I would at least provide the details of why you pulled out, as they must be big jobs.


If you are still actually considering the property in the back of your mind, then maybe you shouldn't.

AnotherJoe

As per HazyJo in post 2, it may not be legal for OP to give (let alone sell) the survey.

What are the Ts&Cs ?
Whilst there might seem remote chance of any issue from ignoring those, imagine if vendor sees something they vehemently disagree with and as a result perhaps posts on public place or contacts the surveyor directly.

AdrianC

jeeveso wrote: »

We've just pulled out of a property due to there being a few issues brought to our attention on the survey.
The vendor has asked to see what was brought up in the survey.

Hardly unreasonable, is it?

I want to ask for some contribution towards the cost of the survey

Why?
You paid somebody to do a job for you. They did that job. That job was to see if there were defects in the property. You thought the defects sufficient to make you walk away.
They did the job you hired them for, and you've acted on their findings.

Survey cost £450, i was thinking of asking for like £200 or so.
Any advice?

I think you're penny-pinching and unreasonable.

You're just going to bin it - but it could be useful to the vendor to find out why he's lost a buyer, which could be useful to any future putative buyer.

The survey might say something about "Can't let anybody else see this", but there's nothing they can do to prevent you doing so. All that'll happen is that nobody but you can then pursue the surveyor for any failures in the report - you are his customer, and you are the only one he has any professional obligation to.

Mickygg

No harm in asking, no harm in giving it over, no harm in not giving it over.

It would for me depend on the process so far. Has it been relatively good and straightforward process. Have the sellers been ok? If so I would give it to them. If they’ve been pushy, generally not helpful, EA not been great then I wouldn’t hand it over.

Remember it will probably benefit the EA as well as vendor as the vendor will probably look at the survey and address any issues that don’t cost much money. Then easier and quicker sales process for next buyer.

I definately wouldn’t ask for money though.