Has my son any rights on this?????

Trollfever

Caveat Emptor.

but they dont bother to check whether the heating is actuaally workingor not.

You did read the small print at the bottom of the agents particulars?

Katykat

I did say I dont expect the EA to personally check the boiler. Just to take responsibilty for the vendor. We wouldn't mind so much if somewhere along the line, someone had said " by the way, the central heating isn't working". After all, if I bought a washing machine which didn't work when I switched it on, I could take it back. My son has paid for a house "with central heating", so effectivley, he has been charged for a broken appliance. It seems a cop out that we have moe consumer protection for minor purchases than we do for he biggest purchase tat we ever make.

macaque_2

Katykat wrote: »

we are supposed to be polite here guys. To answer the question about the survey. It was done by mortgage providor, and they were just concerned with the bricks and mortor. It amazes me how Estate agents can get away with almost everything. They described the house as having "The benefit of gas central heating", but they dont bother to check whether the heating is actuaally workingor not. I'm not suggesting they physically check these things, but they should get the vendor to sign something to this effect. Even these ****** HIPS packs dont cover this. Useless things.

Shush!

Squat now and Running horse; Please ignore the above post. I was enjoying the exchange. Squat now, I think its your go.

RabbitMad

did the vendors information pack mention the boiler at all?

When I sold recently I had to state when the gas boiler was last serviced. If they vendors said it was serviced x then maybe your son might have some chance of getting something.

I assume you are in England. In scotland I believe the vendor would be responsible for the cost of fixing this.

And as an aside, anybody can work on the gas appliances in their own house without being corgi registered. It is only if you rent the house or do gas work for somebody else that you need to be register.

Thomas99

Running_Horse wrote: »

Its Mr Jetset-Sports-Car-Carbon-Footprint spouting balls again. Tell you what Mr Radical-Posture, why don't you grass me up to the coppers? I can take it.

When the engineer came I told him all the problems, he fixed the valves, serviced the boiler and passed it fit. Several days later it was not working, so I called the engineer back. So no vewwy sewwious cwiminal offence. Numpty.

It was definitely fraud the way you described it in your original post, and those control panels are not cheap You got your moneys worth

silvercar

In scotland the vendor would be responsible for putting it right. In England that is not the case.

SquatNow wrote:

People like you push up everyone else's insurance costs.

Honest MSE member have to suffer so you can have a free ride.

Dp you think no-one else has a problem with that?

And squating doesn't??????:rolleyes:

PasturesNew

It's unfortunate it happened, but as has been pointed out, caveat emptor.

It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that a house is as described/as they want and expect.

You do this through a series of things like reading the details, looking/asking yourself, reading any HIPs, commissioning any surveys yourself, asking any further questions you think of along the way. When YOU are happy with what you're buying at the price you are paying, you exchange.

All a lender does is lend you the money so you can buy something. With such large sums involved, of course they will pop round and check that it's "worth" what they are lending you, but the responsibility lies with you to repay them what you borrowed from them. They aren't interested in the tiny details of a house, just it's general position/size/construction/condition/value. So are they lending you £100k for 2 sheds and an outhouse that you've described as "private estate of dwellings"

Sorry, but that's life.

FelOn_2

Running_Horse wrote: »

We had a similar problem with radiator valves and the boiler cutting out. We solved it by signing up to British Gas, buying some new valves, which luckily the fitter was willing to do on his inspection visit. A few days later we phoned up about the system cutting out and got a new free control panel.

We have had no problems since then, and British Gas have gained a happy customer.

Yep, that's fraud. You didn't disclose an existing problem, then made a claim.

jackieb

Sorry, nothing to do with the OP's post really. When my boiler broke over the New Year, several years ago, I phoned up British Gas to come fix it. They said that if I joined their Homecare then I wouldn't get billed for a repair - so I did, and i'm still signed up to it. I didn't commit a fraud.

neverdespairgirl

Katykat wrote: »

we are supposed to be polite here guys. To answer the question about the survey. It was done by mortgage providor, and they were just concerned with the bricks and mortor.

Did your son get his own proper survey, or was the only survey the mortgage lender's?