Estate Agent telling us not to get HomeBuyers Report

prowla

The EA is representing the seller.

Sammypooler

I’m assuming your offer has been accepted?

Lunchbox

We have been in a new build flat for 4 years. There are numerous breaches of building regs and several breaches of fire regs which the freeholder is (slowly) putting right. Some of these are safety issues which affect the way we can use the property, so I would definitely recommend a survey! If the flat uses any form of communal heating/water system, I’d also request information relating to that (our communal boilers had to be replaced entirely last year, and even after that we’ve had around 20 days this year either without heating/hot water or without water at all.

markymarknz

Offer has been accepted, mortgage offer has been issued and conveyancers are doing their searches. Target exchange is around 5weeks away.

markymarknz

Would it be bad practice to send a letter to the one other neighbouring flat on the floor asking questions about the building?

princeofpounds

Would it be bad practice to send a letter to the one other neighbouring flat on the floor asking questions about the building?

It might be odd to send an unsolicited letter, and to then expect a reply. It might be different if you introduced yourself in person first. A neighbor has no duty to reply, no duty to be truthful. What are you hoping to ask them?


Between the seller's disclosures, your own viewings, a survey report and the freeholder's pack, in theory there shouldn't be too much information you lack - except for the soft nuanced stuff perhaps.

teneighty

Maybe it is one of those new developments with flammable external cladding.

That is going to be the next big scandal to break...watch this space.

Slithery

markymarknz wrote: »

Would it be bad practice to send a letter to the one other neighbouring flat on the floor asking questions about the building?

You mean you didn't knock on doors and get a feel for the neighbours before putting in an offer?

kazwookie

Go and knock on the neighbours doors.

I too would be wondering why the EA was trying to put me off getting the report, and would proberly sense something is not quite right, but that is me.