Buying a flat - and just discovered it needs a new roof...

ebincheon

Hello. We are now in a similar position as the OP. Do you mind letting us know how this turned out? Thank you.

user1977

ebincheon said:

Hello. We are now in a similar position as the OP. Do you mind letting us know how this turned out? Thank you.

The OP hasn't logged in here since 8 February. You'd be better starting your own thread than trying to resurrect other people's old ones.

Crashy_Time

AnotherJoe said:

LondonBookLover said:

Would this make you run for the hills? We were intending to go back tomorrow and ask for a reduction of half the costs quoted and also ask for a retention against the sale of the other half the costs in case the other freeholder doesn’t have the money to pay for the roof now. The roofer has said it doesn’t have to be done urgently, so I guess that might mean we can hang on till summer once the baby is here but is this just lunacy to proceed? How awful is having a new roof done when you live somewhere? If we don’t proceed, we’d be looking at proceeding with the sale of my one bed flat anyway as we don’t want to lose our buyer, and move into rented accommodation so we have room for the baby and working at home, which is obviously also more costs. But not as much as a new roof... 

Forget running, I'd drive away like Lewis Hamilton off a pitstop.

Why move into a place with that drama and cost ? And its not as if its under your control, because of the other freeholder.

Be thankful you found out in time, and the benefit of finding out in time is, you dont need to go through with it. So dont.

Great advice.