Buying and want to place a condition for seller

The Vendor may be aware of the tree issue they may not, this is what surveys are for as you as a seller are fully informed prior to sale as to conditions of grounds and buildings, As a vendor surely the results of the surveys should be noted and the vendor should be open to negotiating those results with the buyer.


Looking at it from a Vendors point of view if I am to make 80k on this sale, 1k isn't going to break the bank to get a decayed tree felled as part of a sale.


I think it would be reasonable to negotiate this tree felling in a reasonable way even meeting costs of 50/50 if the vendor don't want to fit the bill.
At the end of the day, If you pull out over a tree then the next person could potentially do the same if the tree comes up in other surveys, and likewise if the vendor refuses sale due to your request for a full or partial cost of tree felling the vendor could be in this situation with another buyer in future and prolong a sale.


All you can do is ask the question to your solicitor to ask theirs "Can they organise the tree to be felled and at their cost prior to or part of the sale due to the decay picked up on the survey yes or no".

mgxeab wrote: »

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I have been busy undertaking 2 surveys (arboricultural and structural surveys) on the property
My question here is that should I go to my solicitors and request that the seller reimburses for the costs of the surveys and tree felling?

And the seller stands to make around £80k in profit from this sale.

Thanks in advance

The surveys are yours, not theirs, and they've revealed a small issue which I'd not trouble the seller over myself, but others might negotiate on the felling, which seems remarkably cheap. It's all small stuff, though.

Is there really nothing else of concern? If not, I'd consider to have done well.

I don't see how you can estimate the vendor's profit, which isn't the same thing as the last seliing price and the price now, which is house price inflation. Presumably, if the seller is buying again, they'll be affected by that the same as you.

G_M wrote: »

No. Read my post history. It's very rare.

But occassionally someone asks a question that seems so obvious, or so petty, or so money-grubbing, or insensitive, or mean, or .... whatever, that my advice is given somewhat abruptly.


(not saying your question was all the above!)

As you know buying a home is stressful in its own right, I think the op is being reasonable, especially if the tree is decayed to the point of potential danger of collapse the mortgage co seems to think its a priority. I don't think the quote they have been given is too high either to negotiate with the seller either regardless of what amount of profit they are to gain from the sale, People negotiate over leaning walls that are in danger of collapse all the time as part of the sale, I see a tree as no different tbh.


As a seasoned member of MSE aren't we supposed to lead by example and not fly off the deep end over what I would call a reasonable question the op asked.