Help Needed: Who Should Pay for Joist Replacement During Skylight Installation?

secla

thats a really bizzare clause, you must install a skylight but if damage is done in the process your not liable and the buyer must buy regardless.
why was an amount of money not discounted from the sale price to allow for the skylight then they could have what they want rather than what they chose

back to the original question, It sounds like you are liable for the fitting of a skylight not repair of a failed roof joist. but because of the weird wording of the clause you could bodge anything in that resembled a skylight and that would also be fine

justwhat

Surely its only going to cost a few hundred pounds to splice the joist.  Is this a replacement skylight?

bobster2

secla said:

back to the original question, It sounds like you are liable for the fitting of a skylight not repair of a failed roof joist. but because of the weird wording of the clause you could bodge anything in that resembled a skylight and that would also be fine

Does it even need to be glazed?? A hole that points at the sky and lets in light might be enough!  

CosmicDaisy

This is baffling. Why on earth would you agree to that and not just negotiate a minor price reduction for them to do it themselves after completion? 

silvercar

I would get 3 quotes for the skylight and offer to pay the buyer the mid price and leave them sort it out. The other alternative is you put the skylight in a different place. In fact, I’d give the buyer the option, “ due to the discovery of a rotten joist we now need to put the skylight in an alternative position. If you would prefer we are happy to give you X (the mid price of 3 quotes we have obtained) for you to install a skylight in the position of your choice after you have attended to the joist repair.”