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New build insist on completion date

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  • ciderboy2009
    ciderboy2009 Posts: 1,244 Forumite
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    edited 25 April 2022 at 10:43AM
    If the current estimated date of completion is September then I would be surprised if the developer will agree to a longstop date which is less than 3 months later.  That way they have some slippage room.
  • TripleH
    TripleH Posts: 3,188 Forumite
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    We had a 'new build' where we pulled out and got most of our deposit back (I'd have pushed for it all). For us it was a leasehold and our conveyancer wasn't happy with the terms. The developer kept promising they'd correct the error but we needed to exchange first. (Do they think we were born yesterday). When they promised to amend the documents by mid February then turned round at the end of the month and said the meeting was in a week, I then told them we were dropping our offer to account for the defective lease which they rejected. I then told them we were not continuing. We had to pay £160 fees to remarket it.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
    Sleep well.
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