Electrical inspection

macman

Offering £500 off to a chancer like this may just be encouraging him to push for more. 

Sid91

greatcrested said:

Sid91 said:

greatcrested said:

Sid91 said:

... He noted a couple of issues but  nothing he said can't be easily rectified and he said for all the works the cost would be roughly £1500, including a new CU....

Please specify. C1? C2? C3?

Buyer seems to be taking the P** and you seem to be rolling over....

A couple of C1's and C2's but mostly C3's. I won't budge anymore than offering to pay for another CU. If I lost the sale over 500 quid then I'd be really !!!!!! off! I just don't want them to pull out now when we were about to exchange!

Remember as buyers they've invested more financially than you have so far,......

Thank you 😊 I've said no to 5 grand anyway so we'll see what happens! 🤞 just annoying at this level stage I guess 

Sid91

macman said:

Offering £500 off to a chancer like this may just be encouraging him to push for more. 

He can push all he wants, he's not getting anywhere 😊 but I see what you're saying!

macman

That's my point exactly: he has got somewhere, he's got £500 off. You've shown weakness.
I would have said, '£500 reduction on the basis that there will be no more negotiation and that we proceed to exchange by x date'. 

lesalanos

Sid91 said:

lesalanos said:

davilown said:

lesalanos said:

AdrianC said:

An EICR marks its findings into three categories.
C1 - actively dangerous.
C2 - potentially dangerous.
C3 - safe, but not up to current standard.

If they try pointing to C3s, point them to the explanation.
If there are C1s or C2s, it's up to you as to whether to say "You knew it was 40+yo wiring" or "Hmm, that's not right, is it? Let's come to an agreement."

C3 is improvement recommended and lots of buyers will read this and expect the improvements completing.

Then surely the buyer can do it themselves in the process of upgrading if the vendor gives a discount for a new CU?

If I was the vendor I wouldn't give any discount but that's personal choice

Some buyers expectations though are that everything will be perfect.

Thank you. I've already reduced the price by 3k and it was more than fair to begin with so I begrudge giving anymore. A new consumer unit is £450.00. If I knock this off the price then they aren't getting £450 in their back pocket, they'll just get a minimal amount off their mortgage each month, hardly worth arguing over. If they absolutely insisted I get a new CU then I will because it's not worth losing a sale, but I won't be doing anything else.

Legally there is nothing that they can do to make you replace anything prior to sale.  Fair play for offering to reduce the cost of the CU.

GDB2222

greatcrested said:

Sid91 said:

greatcrested said:

Sid91 said:

... He noted a couple of issues but  nothing he said can't be easily rectified and he said for all the works the cost would be roughly £1500, including a new CU....

Please specify. C1? C2? C3?

Buyer seems to be taking the P** and you seem to be rolling over....

A couple of C1's and C2's but mostly C3's. I won't budge anymore than offering to pay for another CU. If I lost the sale over 500 quid then I'd be really !!!!!! off! I just don't want them to pull out now when we were about to exchange!

Remember as buyers they've invested more financially than you have so far,......

The OP has probably invested just as much in his purchase, and that's at risk if his sale falls through. 
. 

Sid91

macman said:

That's my point exactly: he has got somewhere, he's got £500 off. You've shown weakness.
I would have said, '£500 reduction on the basis that there will be no more negotiation and that we proceed to exchange by x date'. 

I see what you're saying, thank you 😊 If they accept that I'll say what you've just said tomorrow. I've never sold a house before so this is all new to me!