Boundary structure

WestieOliver

We recently moved into a property and upon arrival noted that the boundary wall to the left of the property which we maintain had been ripped down. The structure was made from railway sleepers and a four foot fence on top, all the fence and posts are missing along with a large number of the sleepers, this was built to retain soil as the property is 1- 1.5 meters higher than the adjoining field.
When the survey was carried out it was noted that it was failing with photographic evidence and as such we negotiated a reduction in the cost of the bungalow as this needed to be rebuilt in the future to ensure their was no slippage to the existing land on our property.
We are looking for some advice as to whether we can pursue damages from the previous owner in regards to moving the boundary structure as at no stage were we informed that they had removed it, photos were taken on the day we moved in and it clearly shows items are missing we believe the boundary was removed anytime after we paid a second visit in December 2020 and February 2021 when we moved in.
Any guidance or advice would be greatly appreciated, we just want to know if we have a case worth taking forward as we are now having to try and find someone who can rectify now rather than within the year, which is extremely hard at the moment due to trades men all being very busy.
thank you 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

So retailing wall on boundary was failing, price reduction sorted for this and the previous owner then removed the fence and some of the retaining wall at some point?

You might get some help on the House Buying board

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/house-buying-renting-selling

Maybe ask your solicitor who handled the sale. 

Probably worth stating if this is England and Wales or Scotland as there are different rules in Scotland (although whether they affect this kind of thing I don't know).

WestieOliver

Thank you, I will speak with my solicitor, it does get more complicated then I documented but didn’t want to post all the details as it would have taken ages