seller refusing indemnity policy

kipsterno1

On our last move the vendor couldn't produce a certificate for a UPVC front door. Knowing it was getting replace during a renovation we just asked them to drop the asking price by £20.

NaughtiusMaximus

moneysavinghero said:

Threaten to pull out - they will soon pay for it.

....or just as likely they will call the OP's bluff on the basis no-one in their right mind would pull out of a house sale, lose all the fees they've paid and start the house hunting process all over again for the sake of a sub-£100 indemnity policy.

movingon2020

I was just asked to pay as a seller even though we had Building Completion Certificate. The buyer's solicitor was digging a rabbit hole looking for issues that weren't there. We bought the house in 2009 from a seller who bought in 2002. The double glazing not part of the extensions we built were installed pre-2002 and the buyer's solicitor wanted us to pay for an indemnity policy. I refused - it was a pointless request. A simple tick box for the solicitor. Not sure if the buyer got one or their solicitor realised she didn't need it after all. 

hazyjo

kipsterno1 said:

On our last move the vendor couldn't produce a certificate for a UPVC front door. Knowing it was getting replace during a renovation we just asked them to drop the asking price by £20.

Seriously? Are you missing a zero?

Can't decide if I'd have laughed or left you £50 and said keep the change...

It's not worth arguing over. I often cut my nose off to spite my face, especially where property is concerned, but anything under a few hundred quid, just pay it. I had to replace a dishwasher for my last buyers. Niggled me as the fairer thing was to leave them the cost of a second hand one, but they weren't having it.