Purchase regret or reason to worry?

user1977

caprikid1 said:

How old is that house ? Hardly looks like a New Build !.

From the OP: "House was built in 1950 approx"

Marleysmummy99

FrugaiMacDugal said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Ok omission - kind of a big thing to not tell us. It has got me thinking that the TA6 isn't fit for purpose for things to be disclosed like this

So, if you decide to sell up, will you be honest enough to declare on the TA6 about the cannibis farm?

Will you instruct your estate agent to tell, and of course, if you had folks viewing you would use ' hey, this used to be a cannibis farm', as a selling point.

Well as the advice on here has been that they didn't need to tell us then no

Marleysmummy99

TheJP said:

What level of survey did you get? 

Level 3 survey 

sheramber

Write down the questions you have before the surveyor comes so you don’t forget to ask something that worries you. 

sheramber

Marleysmummy99 said:

FrugaiMacDugal said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Ok omission - kind of a big thing to not tell us. It has got me thinking that the TA6 isn't fit for purpose for things to be disclosed like this

So, if you decide to sell up, will you be honest enough to declare on the TA6 about the cannibis farm?

Will you instruct your estate agent to tell, and of course, if you had folks viewing you would use ' hey, this used to be a cannibis farm', as a selling point.

Well as the advice on here has been that they didn't need to tell us then no

 But you expect them to have told you. 

Have you now accepted that they did not lie and did not need to offer the information 

Just keep any viewers away from your neighbour. 

FrugaiMacDugal

Marleysmummy99 said:

FrugaiMacDugal said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Ok omission - kind of a big thing to not tell us. It has got me thinking that the TA6 isn't fit for purpose for things to be disclosed like this

So, if you decide to sell up, will you be honest enough to declare on the TA6 about the cannibis farm?

Will you instruct your estate agent to tell, and of course, if you had folks viewing you would use ' hey, this used to be a cannibis farm', as a selling point.

Well as the advice on here has been that they didn't need to tell us then no

Ah, so you accept that now?

So, what about these statements in your opening post, how are you proceeding?

''I contacted the local police yesterday but was told they can't give me any info due to GDPR. I've submitted a freedom of information request but it'll likely not succeed.''

and,

''I need evidence of the crime and that this house was a cannabis factory in order to take legal action against the seller and agent. I wouldn't have purchased this house if I had known.''

Tabieth

Marleysmummy99 said:

FrugaiMacDugal said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Ok omission - kind of a big thing to not tell us. It has got me thinking that the TA6 isn't fit for purpose for things to be disclosed like this

So, if you decide to sell up, will you be honest enough to declare on the TA6 about the cannibis farm?

Will you instruct your estate agent to tell, and of course, if you had folks viewing you would use ' hey, this used to be a cannibis farm', as a selling point.

Well as the advice on here has been that they didn't need to tell us then no

You can’t really criticise the previous owner for doing exactly the same as you will do if/when you sell! 

Albermarle

stationhouse26 said:

When you can get your fingers in them start worrying. Those look very minor probably just seasonal movement.

The usual parameter used is if you can get a pound coin in the crack, then time to investigate.
With the cracks in these pictures, you would be lucky to even get a piece of thin paper in them.
So as everybody says, absolutely nothing to  worry about.

OneThranWeeCutty

What will you tell prospective purchasers if they ask you outright….?

MeteredOut

OneThranWeeCutty said:

What will you tell prospective purchasers if they ask you outright….?

I've added "was the house ever a weed farm" to my list of questions for future house purchases, alongside "are there any deceased relatives buried in the garden".