Post House Survey Negotiations

Leesy7

Perfect, thank you very much for the advice. Certainly it all depends on the seller's wishes and of course it would all be through legal channels.

Thank you for the help and I will read through the linked thread, good to know it is a potential option.

TheJP

Leesy7 said:

MobileSaver said:

Leesy7 said:

nothing extreme that would affect the value of the property. We could reduce the amount of money we have offered to allow for repairs

I'm confused, if there's nothing that affects the value of the property then why would you reduce the amount of money you have offered?

I have worded it badly, there is rectification work that requires completing immediately (some structural, woodworm, chimney work) but the overall costs of repairs won't be extreme. I don't see an issue in reducing the amount offered given this, my question was whether there is a mechanism for the cost of repairs to be sorted via some kind of repair credit rather than reducing the amount offered. It doesn't seem that is possible so that is perfectly fine

If the survey has valued the property in its current condition and at what you have offered then there is no scope to reduce your offer. I would be prepared for a knock back from the seller, I know I certainly would if I was the seller.