Selling house but discovered something

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Jumblebumble said:

MalMonroe said:

lucypilates said:

I’ve already exchanged and only just moved out of my house this week - the sale is due to complete on Monday …

i knew there was an issue with the roof and had it repaired when I first went on the market in March. Obviously there’s no real way of knowing if the repair is complete other than time and seeing if any issues re-arise..

 so once I moved my belongings out of the cupboard, it became apparent that the issue was bigger than I thought and the back wall of the cupboard is really quite affected!

i haven’t said anything … should I? It’sa done deal now and very little I can do between now and Monday and I genuinely didn’t know that the damp had spread further than where I got it repaired …

incidentally, the house I’ve bought has given me a lot of issues that I wasn’t aware of and I’ve just cussed and got on with sorting it out .. so could I expect same of my buyers??? 

Otherwise, my house I’m selling is a great house with no other issues!! 

This is something you really should have checked and ignorance is no excuse. When you sell a property you are supposed to be thorough and disclose all and any faults. And complete a TA6 form. You need to disclose this as soon as you can.

If the sale hasn't been completed yet the buyer could withdraw.  But if you think that by keeping the fault concealed you will get away with it, you need to think again. 

If the sale does complete and the buyers discover the fault (which they obviously will) they can - and should - sue you. As you could have done with the sellers of the property you bought. Just because you "cussed and got on with sorting it out" doesn't mean that your buyers will want to do the same. Nor should they be expected to. 

Just be honest. You know it's the right thing to do.

You have made most of this up.

Mal does seem to have a habit of confidently providing complete nonsense as advice.