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Have I been mis sold?

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Legacy_user
Legacy_user Posts: 0 Newbie
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Recently moved in to my home only to discover an undisclosed defect in the flooring. It was hidden by a rug when I visited to view and when the survey was done. The surveyor says they do not lift rugs or shift furniture so "deadlock" was reached.

The vendor ticked NO on the Law Society Property Information Form (at 2.2)where it was asked "Is the seller aware of anything which might lead to a dispute about the property or a property nearby?" What should I do please?
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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    What has your solicitor advised?
  • System
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    My solicitor suggests small claims court.
  • Thrugelmir
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    Seems the most appropriate course of action. In order to cover the cost of the necessary repair.
  • System
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    The flooring - concrete base covered with laminated boards - in the dining room is bulging upward in an area that was not seen because it was covered with a rug. The vendors had used screws in their failed attempt to correct this. So I think it would be disputed if an approach was made to them.
  • waamo
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    belvalpat wrote: »
    My solicitor suggests small claims court.

    Just out of curiosity why are you ignoring the advice of a qualified professional, who has indemnity insurance to cover the eventuality of misplaced advice, and instead relying on the opinions of a bunch of unqualified strangers on the internet?
  • System
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    I agree but where do I go for advice and help with this. I am elderly and finding it difficult to understand how to deal with it. I have exhausted all avenues in my search for assistance.
  • ThePants999
    ThePants999 Posts: 1,748 Forumite
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    Your solicitor...!
  • System
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    I would go to the small claims court if I knew how. There is nobody out there to help the elderly. With respect Age UK, CAB etc. could not offer anything except out-of-date phone numbers. The solicitors I was given do not deal with small claims court cases.
  • maisie_cat
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    Probably expansion caused by insufficient expansion gap around the edge. Laminate is cheap as chips if you want to replace or use a rug to cover it. The question you refer to relates to disputes with neighbours like boundary disputes. given that you could have lifted a rug, I would doubt that it would constitute a mis sold property. I would recommend that you just move forward and hope that this is the worst thing you'll find, if it is you've got off easy.
  • need_an_answer
    need_an_answer Posts: 2,812 Forumite
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    https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money

    link to the gov website but if you google making a claim via small claims lots of advice comes up.

    you need to decide if you genuinely have a case to claim anything for the repair or whether it is better all round that you just get the area repaired or replaced with something of your choice,

    it could work out just as time consuming and costly fighting it as just replacing it.
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