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Foam insulation on survey

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scottie21 Posts: 97 Forumite

7 September 2021 at 6:29AM

doodling said:

Hi,

It sounds like the lender's survey has given them sufficient confidence for them to lend you the money - is that correct?

Who has seen your new survey - is it just you or has your solicitor also seen it?

What do your mortgage terms say? Is there anything in them which would require you to reveal the results of the new survey to your lender?

I suspect that if your lender or your solicitor (who also represents your lender) became aware of the additional survey and its contents then they may want to consider those before deciding (again) whether to lend to you on that property.

It is quite possible that a lender (depending on their lending policies and the type of foam) may insist that the insulation is removed before the purchase takes place - this is not a small job.

The question then, is whether you are obliged to tell them, hence the question about your mortgage terms.

Practically, I would budget for complete roof replacement (I.e. both tiles/slates and roof timbers). This will be significantly more expensive than just a re-tile. You may want to get an idea of the cost of that before you buy and it may influence your decision.

I have spoken with the estate agent, who has suggested a quote for remedial work & negotiation of price, which is fine by us, so now my obligation, or my solicitors, to inform NatWest is my only concern. I can’t find anything on the T&Cs about this. 🧐
We really wanted to complete by the end of the month.

19/7: Sale property on market
24-25/7: 22 viewings on sale property
24/7: Viewed purchase, probate awaited, no chain
27/7: Offer accepted on sale (above asking price) FTBs
28/7: Asking price offer placed on purchase
29/7: Offer accepted on purchase
11/8: Mortgage appointment with natwest
12/8: Mortgage application submitted
13/8: Valuation done on sale
13/8: Valuation on purchase booked for 31/8
16/8: Sale valued at offer price
18/8: Valuer for sale turned up early, valued at offer price
19/8: Mortgage offer received
26/8: Full structural survey done on sale property. Informed probate granted.
3/9: Survey report received, some untoward findings
8/9: Second viewing, decision to reduce offer
10/9: Reduced offer submitted following building quote
11/9: Transfer form & contract signed for sale
13/9: Sale searches back
14/9: Reduced offer accepted
16/9: Mortgage appointment to amend application
17/9: All searches back on purchase
18/9: Contract & transfer form
signed on purchase
20/9: Amended mortgage offer received
21/9: Mortgage redemption requested
22/9: Draft completion statements received
24/9: Exchanged contracts
30/9: Proposed completion
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