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Or offer to pay trades for their time to visit the property ... might get a more positive response. Hard to get the usual free quote on a property you don't own.AdrianC said:
You can ask the trades to visit the property...Gotkeys said:
It's quite hard to get quotes for a house I don't own yet, but a few tradesmen have been willing to give me rough estimates. I think I'm being fairly realistic though, certainly no gold leaf plans anyway!youth_leader said:Can you get realistic quotes for the work that the survey highlighted, to justify your renegotiation? I was infuriated by the ridiculous quotes my buyer gave, I think he was going to repoint the house in gold leaf.0 -
You should really only provide extracts from your survey, which highlight the areas on which you wish to renegotiate. But be careful - is the property priced accurately bearing in mind its condition? Are some of the areas pointed out in the survey, ones which were visible on your viewing? Electrics most certainly won't be up to date.0
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Having secured the vendor's permission.AdrianC said:
You can ask the trades to visit the property...Gotkeys said:
It's quite hard to get quotes for a house I don't own yet, but a few tradesmen have been willing to give me rough estimates. I think I'm being fairly realistic though, certainly no gold leaf plans anyway!youth_leader said:Can you get realistic quotes for the work that the survey highlighted, to justify your renegotiation? I was infuriated by the ridiculous quotes my buyer gave, I think he was going to repoint the house in gold leaf.0
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