Mis-sold on a house

Emmia

OP you're not being mocked, people are just being honest about how they see your situation/question. 

Your initial post came across as though you thought that 4 years after the original sale, and when you had also sold on (at a loss given the refurbishment cost) you wanted "compensation" for a missale, due to rats and a neighbour dispute.

The time to "claim" for those would be as quickly after purchase as possible (when you first became aware of the dispute and the rats) and before a full refurbishment... And fundamentally when you still owned the property.

*Also, I hope your username isn't your real name, if it is, get it changed.

cymruchris

Hopefully you'll be feeling better soon enough, never nice being ill. I'm sure you've been through a lot over the last couple of years or so, and sometimes people on these boards do have a tendency to come across a bit harsh when the perceived problem potentially wasn't handled in what might have seen to have been the correct manner. 

In reality any claim you might have had has been outlined, no matter what was ticked on the forms, it would have been at the beginning when the issue was first spotted, not several years down the line after you'd thrown all your money at it, and then sold the house. In between the lines the general consensus I think supports this. It might not be what you were hoping to hear, but now that you have it might be worth closing the chapter and focussing on the future, and not dwelling on the past. 

Of course this is a forum - so you will get varied responses - to get matter of fact clearcut advice without the faff of people guessing and creating narrative as you put it, would really need a visit to  a legal professional. 

macman

OP, everyone has been helpful. And the majority view is that no, you have no possible way to pursue the vendor. Firstly, the vendor is under no obligation to disclose any faults whatsoever with the property. All they have to do is be truthful. So, unless you asked if there were rats in the property, they do not have to tell you. Are you familiar with caveat emptor? Because that is what applies here. There is plenty of consumer protection when you buy a toaster, but none at all when you buy a house.
As for undeclared disputes, for you to get anywhere with that you would need to show that there was a formal dispute with the neighbour.: an exchange of letters, emails or something which provides an audit trail. Not just a verbal exchange over the fence about excess noise or something. If there was a formal dispute, and they did not declare it on the PIF, then you might have a claim. But, since you have failed to pursue it for 4 years, you have seriously weakened any possible case.
Your solicitor presumably has had far more detailed information than we have, and has already told you that you have no worthwhile claim. Why do you doubt him?

user1977

macman said:

As for undeclared disputes, for you to get anywhere with that you would need to show that there was a formal dispute with the neighbour.

To be fair, the relevant question doesn't ask whether it was a "formal" dispute (and also requires disclosure of anything likely to lead to a dispute), though obviously an audit trail would help evidencing a dispute.

But as the OP still hasn't clarified the nature of the dispute or what their earlier legal advice was, it's tricky for us to help further.

robatwork

I was one of the responses that was positive to your situation, in that I said you do have a case against the vendor. You probably didn't read it. Not that it's a good idea to waste your efforts pursuing it now.

If you're affected by perceived "negative" replies here, then I fear for your online sanity. All of the replies are pretty reasonable, and other internet forums are FAR more robust and forthright. This is one of, if not the most polite and informed forums in the UK.

MultiFuelBurner

It sounds like you have had quite a journey both physically and mentally with this property. One day you may look back at the "rat" house and laugh.

However with a refurb and a four year old property and the market prices back in 2019 I find it hard to believe you have lost money so perhaps bear that in mind on your next property for where you spend refurb money as to be honest a whole host of issues can turn up (noisy neighbours appears to be quite common here) and that might make you need to sell up quick on another property.

Schwarzwald

With both these things, house purchase but also opening this thread, one thing is important: timely responses.

Unfortunately in both cases you didnt really do that, and that can then back fire.

The time to seek legal claims agains the seller was 4 years ago / immediately upon learning about the infestation and/or neighbor dispute - not 4 years later AFTER you sold the property.

There might have been reasons why you didnt do it at the time, and these reasons might be totally valid and understandable, but unless it is a 100% clear cut case, there is no way you can go after the seller now 4 years after buying the house and noe even having sold it after a full refurbishment….

Also the fact that you say you were “sold” a house instead of saying that you “bought” a house strikes me as an odd way of phrasing it as if you rejected the responsibility for the buying the house

Similar to opening this thread.

You need to actively manage the responses. If you simply open a topic and then dont manage the responses and questions, answers go off. You were sick, understood, but again instead of taking respo you reject the answers, most of which were given with good intent.

It’s on you to be active and timely with these things.