House bought with faulty boiler

ToadsFriend

In all seriousness folks...I am moving in January, but have viewed THIS house a few times and they seem very normal clean law abiding people (unlike the previous one that had 'potential' but was quite a mess) what advice would you give RE viewing again propr to completion?

Is it a done thing that you go again to view a day or 2 before getting the keys? I'm too polite and would be worried I'd be in their way as they are moving out.

AdrianC

ToadsFriend wrote: »

In all seriousness folks...I am moving in January, but have viewed THIS house a few times and they seem very normal clean law abiding people (unlike the previous one that had 'potential' but was quite a mess) what advice would you give RE viewing again propr to completion?

Is it a done thing that you go again to view a day or 2 before getting the keys? I'm too polite and would be worried I'd be in their way as they are moving out.

The key date is exchange. That's the point at which you are committed to purchase in the condition it is at that point.

How high a priority you think it is is all down to the vendors. If there's the potential for conflict (separating couple...), then it'd be a higher priority for me. If it's been tenanted, and you haven't viewed since the tenants moved out, then it'd be a must.

Hexane

ToadsFriend wrote: »

In all seriousness folks...I am moving in January, but have viewed THIS house a few times and they seem very normal clean law abiding people (unlike the previous one that had 'potential' but was quite a mess) what advice would you give RE viewing again propr to completion?

Is it a done thing that you go again to view a day or 2 before getting the keys? I'm too polite and would be worried I'd be in their way as they are moving out.

The last house I moved out of, the purchasers were first time buyers who were absolutely terrified about what state the house and garage would be in, that I'd leave behind bulky and worthless furniture which they didn't want, and so on. They had also sent my solicitor some slightly odd emails. They contacted my estate agent about checking the property condition a day or two before completion. This was actually inconvenient for me at the time, but, consistent with what someone said above about common decency, it seemed reasonable to accommodate them. I'd had professional house clearance people remove all the bulky items the buyers didn't want (and watched them like a hawk for fear of them damaging paintwork etc while doing so), after the bulky items of value got removed by a charity. And then had the place professionally cleaned. But of course we know many vendors don't do that kind of thing. So it seemed it would've been churlish to refuse to allow them the last minute viewing, even though relations during the selling process had been rather strained. But I didn't show them round myself, I had the estate agent do it and made sure not to be there.

csgohan4

when we bought, the vendor hid a bathroom leak which we found out quite early after completion, kitchen ceiling soaking wet one morning

My fault for not getting a plumbing survey and checking more closely. Turns out there was a hole behind the sink on the floor, letting excess water through. Vendor hid it by re painting

Gave me an excuse to change the bathroom anyways a few months later

Didn't ask the vendor about repairs, because not on F+F and it is up to the due diligence of the buyer i.e me as a FTB to find these things out. As above caveat emptor

Not always someone else's fault but your own for not checking.

OP did you get a boiler check? if not why not.