FTB - Roof Survey Needed

tooldle

So, was the house valued at asking price? I can see perhaps why your advisor suggests the vendor should pay, if the house valuation is under asking price.

user1977

Jabeyabey said:

I hadn’t even heard of a survey specifically for the roof, so it surprised me. I assumed that would be part of the building survey.

An actual building survey would look at it properly, but a mortgage valuation won't have involved much more than a quick glance at it from ground level and deciding it looks a bit dodgy.

Jabeyabey

The house valuation puts it under asking price. But at asking price once roof is fixed. Currently our offer is at asking price.

Just to be clear - from what I understand, this roof survey is separate to the building survey. I fully expect to pay for the building survey. This is the first I had heard of the separate roof survey.

Schwarzwald

I would expect the buyer to pay for whatever survey they mandate, house, roof, damp, drains, etc

if you made an offer on the basis that the house is in good order and the roof survey brings a major issue to light, i would expect the vendor to at least consider the request to reduce the price to some extent to cover for the remedial works to be carried out. But jo obligation to reduce the price, which means ball wld be back in your court to either drop the ball on the purchase or swallow the additional costs of the roof repairs

TripleH

In-laws had a roof survey when they bought their home.

It identified an issue, they asked for a reduction in sale price.

Buyer refused but as they were having a home built, got the builder to pop over and fix the roof (it was a straightforward job).

House was bought at original agreed price.