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Buying New house in Cringleford, Norwich from Kier

Maji
Maji Posts: 2 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling
We are buying a New 4 bed house in Cringleford
round house New development in Norwich build by Kier. We could not view any house as they did not have any. We read a lot of reviews about Kier online And we were not very impressed. Dose any body have experience with kier's homes quality and services. They said I have to get a mortgage from their adviser and recommended I use their lawyer which makes me a bit worried. Do I have to be concerned?

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  • dgtazzman
    dgtazzman Posts: 1,140 Forumite
    You do not have to use their solicitors or financial adviser, they just want you to because:

    a) it keeps lines of communication shorter, they can more easily liaise with them to check where everything stands
    b) more importantly than point a, they will probably get a nice little commission from the financial adviser and solicitor for sending business their way

    We chose to use the financial adviser our developer recommended from our purchase as they came up with the same mortgage rate as we could find elsewhere and they have been brilliant (Meridian mortgages in our case). We used our own local solicitors as the one they were advising was miles away and we wanted the option to easily drop by for paperwork and face to face contact.
  • Maji
    Maji Posts: 2 Newbie
    Thank you dgtazzman for your helpful replay.
  • SuzieSue
    SuzieSue Posts: 4,109 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Do not use their recommended solicitors as they might not alert you to something that could stop you buying.
  • dgtazzman
    dgtazzman Posts: 1,140 Forumite
    edited 20 April 2014 at 3:27PM
    If they did that, they would make themselves liable to a court case. They might however be more inclined to 'understate' problems that pop up, in which case they can say they did inform you, but you decided to continue. They can't knowingly hide information from you, but a solicitor not tied in to the developers probably will be more inclined to tell you about things straightforward on not try to wind around them.

    EDIT: Forgot to add, we were happy we used our own sols, the buyers that used the builder's recommended one had to start from scratch halfway through the process as their sols got sacked for breaking the rules (something about filling in false information on forms or something). We started the process in November, by February we were one of only 2 out of 10 buyers that had exchanged :D
  • SuzieSue
    SuzieSue Posts: 4,109 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    dgtazzman wrote: »
    If they did that, they would make themselves liable to a court case.

    Yes, but taking them to court would take a lot of money and stress and you would just get compensation and would still be stuck with a house you wouldn't otherwise have purchased.
  • LeafGreen
    LeafGreen Posts: 566 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    OP - could you clarify where you are in the buying process? You say you are buying a house but then go on to suggest that there were none to view. Have you not viewed already?

    I viewed a Kier 4 bed on that development a few weeks ago but it is listed as sold now.

    The bit about having to use their mortgage advisers and solicitors would put me right off tbh.

    Places on that development do seem to be in high demand, not too many for sale and prices staying up there.
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