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Would you allow a buyer to go into the attic of a house that you're selling before completion
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Didn’t the buyer or their surveyor stick their head up into the loft before exchanging?
I would have.I’d also have no problems with them having a look with the builder if it was just the once and I was there.Your house, your choice.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
When we sold ours the surveyor didnt step foit on the propertyelsien said:Didn’t the buyer or their surveyor stick their head up into the loft before exchanging?
I would have.I’d also have no problems with them having a look with the builder if it was just the once and I was there.Your house, your choice.0 -
No, they can wait, they have exchanged so committed.0
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That wasn't a survey then, it was a valuation.SuseOrm said:
When we sold ours the surveyor didnt step foit on the propertyelsien said:Didn’t the buyer or their surveyor stick their head up into the loft before exchanging?
I would have.I’d also have no problems with them having a look with the builder if it was just the once and I was there.Your house, your choice.
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Nope, the response would be the same as exchanged has occurred.Martin_the_Unjust said:If the purchaser come here and started a thread saying the owner of the house I’m buying won’t let me view the loft I can almost guarantee that the majority of responses would be
‘he is hiding something, walk away’0 -
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Of course - no problem.Within reason.Doing my bit to halt the crazy juggernaut of increasing litigation that’s making all of our lives more expensive and cautious.4
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Yes I would, as I would like a vendor to be helpful to me in a similar situation.
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