Renegotiate offer- whats acceptable?

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Had an offer accepted on a link detached 3 bed in Sussex for 380k about a month ago.
Had the report back and there's a fair list of things, but we expected there to be as the house needs some updating and modernisation. 

The only two items I'm thinking would be cause for renegotiating are that there was no evidence of damp when we viewed the house, but the surveyor has established that there is damp on the rear of the property. He suspects this is due to the cavity insulation which due to driving rain and location shouldn't have been installed really. 
So we will need to have that removed. 
The second item is wood-boring beetles/woodworm in the garage timber that we'd need to get treated by a specialist. 

The other items are as follows that I think would come under wear and tear so we shouldn't include them, if that's right? I've only ever bought a flat before so never dealt with this before. 

Lead flashing pulling away
Deflected timber floors
Downpipe in the garage isn't attached
Gutters and downpipes are filled with moss
Double-glazed units are blown in some windows
No diagonal wind bracing to gable end walls in the loft
No ventilation in the loft
Stairs are unsafe in modern terms. 
No extractors in any of the bathrooms or kitchens. 

Thanks in advance

CSI_Yorkshire

Anything can be acceptable, anything can be rejected.  There is no list of what your seller will be prepared to renegotiate on.

Some people try and get money off for everything.  Some sellers think that the price already includes all of these things.

Personally, I think your split is relatively sensible - although I know reported damp issues always seem to be controversial.

youth_leader

My 'blown' bay windows weren't picked up on my survey.  I'm in Northumberland and I had three of the units replaced recently - the company used the existing 'seals' - approximately £200 per window. 

A few weeks later I opened my bedroom curtains and one of the bedroom windows in there has now blown unfortunately, at least I know it is affordable.

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youth_leader said:

My 'blown' bay windows weren't picked up on my survey.  I'm in Northumberland and I had three of the units replaced recently - the company used the existing 'seals' - approximately £200 per window. 

A few weeks later I opened my bedroom curtains and one of the bedroom windows in there has now blown unfortunately, at least I know it is affordable.

This is handy to know, thank you!

MultiFuelBurner

£50 if you spray the garage timbers yourself £300-£500 for someone else to do it

As for the cavity insulation and damp just set aside some money it might not be an issue just the surveyor covering themselves.

Everything is pretty negligible imo but if your money is tight ask for some money off to deal with everything listed on the surveyors report.

MeteredOut

MultiFuelBurner said:

As for the cavity insulation and damp just set aside some money it might not be an issue just the surveyor covering themselves.

EDIT: Removed - got mixed up with another thread.

nicmyles

I don't think you'd get anything off for possible woodworm and non-evident damp. Both of those applied to my property when I bought it, I didn't even bother asking. Neither were "real" problems, i.e. the woodworm was clearly historic and the damp, as far as I can tell years later, never existed.

Edited to add: if all the drainage is filled with moss, I would clear that before exploring other causes of damp, as overflowing water can make its way through nearby cracks.

MultiFuelBurner

MeteredOut said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

As for the cavity insulation and damp just set aside some money it might not be an issue just the surveyor covering themselves.

How does setting money aside deal with the insulation being very likely to severely restrict the number buyers in a future sale?

If you send three surveyors into a house they will each come out with a different report.

I was merely stating keep some money aside if it is a problem. It may not even be a real problem just a surveyor covering themself in the most marginal of cases.

We see if here a lot.

Scotbot

Just had a blown window repaired this morning for £40 (it was small) The guy who did it has done two larger ones previously fir £100 each. He is a one man band who specialises in repair jobs, a 'window doctor'. Blown windows are not a specialist job

lookstraightahead

if I'd had taken money off for everything that needed doing to the house I have bought they'd be paying me to buy it 🤣

CSI_Yorkshire

MeteredOut said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

As for the cavity insulation and damp just set aside some money it might not be an issue just the surveyor covering themselves.

How does setting money aside deal with the insulation being very likely to severely restrict the number buyers in a future sale?

Interpreting a single surveyor's view as "very likely to severely restrict the number of buyers" is a big step.

Even on this thread, 2 of the 3 posters suggested that the damp wasn't very worrying to them.  Doesn't seem a severe restriction to me.