Claim against seller of our property

SameOldRoundabout

The surveyor told you the roof was at the end of its life. 

The seller accepted this and gave you £3000 towards it. (Effectively) 

Yet you are now over 3 months on, winter is here and you are stunned to find the roof (which you haven’t repaired) is leaking and want to claim more money from someone? Beggars belief. 

brianposter

Sjones2188 said:

The seller told us the roof WASN’T leaking. It was a typo in the above message 

Was it raining when you asked ?

eidand

The previous owner is not responsible for sorting out your issues. It's your house so deal with it.

davilown

So the vendor said there was currently no leaks? A subtle difference from any leaks at any point so the vendor was probably correct in saying there were none.
Did you get a full structural survey? If not, why not?
the vendor only has to respond to the questions you ask - if you don’t ask the right question then, as the phrase goes, caveat emptor.

NameUnavailable

It's a bit like the parrot in the pet shop that died the day that John Cleese bought it.

Has it ever died before?

SDLT_Geek

NameUnavailable said:

It's a bit like the parrot in the pet shop that died the day that John Cleese bought it.

Has it ever died before?

But the Norwegian Blue was not dead.  It was just pining for the fjords!

lincroft1710

"The roof is not leaking" and "the roof does not leak" are not quite the same

lookstraightahead

So you had £3k off because of the old roof which needed sorting. And now it needs sorting. So use the £3k towards sorting it. 

I'm not sure why you want someone else to pay again for your old roof that you knew was old.

you have the £3k that will go a long way to sorting it - just get it sorted. Do you actually know why it's leaking yet? Or are you just asking the neighbours? It could be gutters etc.