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Section 20 notice after purchase of flat

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  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
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    margaret.balin wrote: »
    The information pack contains nothing about works. It was given to my lawyers in March but the sale dragged on a while.

    I have been in contact with my lawyers who chased their lawyers. So the day of exchange the lawyers asked the seller "Has anything changed about the property" to which the seller responded "no" and also asked him "Are there are any upcoming works to the property" to which the response was also "no".

    Since the stage 1 notice was served in June, surely the seller is clearly lying.
    Still uncertain what I can do about it though. Since they do claim that no letter was sent and since the managing agent backs up their story, it seems hopeless to get that money back

    You keep switching back and forth between the freeholder and the leaseholder.
    Leasold, you ahvent a leg to stand on.
    Freehold, maybe if they sent you something saying no planned works at the same time they sent the email out.
    Since you keep switching between the two and the date are confused I've lost track if this happened or not.
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    Shouldn't either the seller or the buyers conveyancer been obliged to ask the freeholder about planned work? The seller may have not known but they should have asked the freeholder so they could complete the form correctly.
  • Lioness_Twinkletoes
    Lioness_Twinkletoes Posts: 1,573 Forumite
    margaret.balin wrote: »
    I feel absolutely cheated on!

    I'm glad. Your behaviour just before exchange was abhorrent. It's not that often karma strikes so fast. Personally, I reckon the seller knew and that's why they accepted your extortion. Enjoy your bill.
  • haras_nosirrah
    haras_nosirrah Posts: 2,208 Forumite
    edited 4 August 2018 at 11:07AM
    The vendors could possibly argue that in reducing 10k at the point of exchange they have paid for the works plus 2k for the inconvenience. You also get the full benefit on the improvement works and post grenfell surely fire improvement works would be welcome - indeed your flat may be difficult to sell in the future without it.
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  • Norman_Castle
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    Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »
    I'm glad. Your behaviour just before exchange was abhorrent. It's not that often karma strikes so fast. Personally, I reckon the seller knew and that's why they accepted your extortion.
    If the seller knew but kept quiet isn't that abhorrent?


    Maybe if the seller had been honest karma wouldn't have pushed for the last minute £10k reduction.
  • davidwood681
    davidwood681 Posts: 881 Forumite
    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    If the seller knew but kept quiet isn't that abhorrent?


    Maybe if the seller had been honest karma wouldn't have pushed for the last minute £10k reduction.

    Get real :rotfl:
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    davidwood681 wrote: »
    Get real :rotfl:
    Karma works in mysterious ways.
  • Lioness_Twinkletoes
    Lioness_Twinkletoes Posts: 1,573 Forumite
    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    If the seller knew but kept quiet isn't that abhorrent?


    Maybe if the seller had been honest karma wouldn't have pushed for the last minute £10k reduction.

    Caveat emptor.
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    edited 4 August 2018 at 7:17PM
    Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »
    Caveat emptor.
    So its morally ok for the seller to hide information. If the op hadn't asked for the price reduction would it still be ok?
  • SnooksNJ
    SnooksNJ Posts: 829 Forumite
    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    So its morally ok for the seller to hide information. If the op hadn't asked for the price reduction would it still be ok?
    How do you even know the seller received this email?
    IMO the OP is smart enough to figure out the best time to gazunder they are smart enough to realize buying a flat after the tower fire it was inevitable some upgrades to fire safety system were going to be made.
    I think since these upgrades benefit the OP they should pay for them.
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