Just wondering if anyone else has has this experience.
We are purchasing a house through Shared Ownership with the council. The house itself internally is fine. However the front and back gardens are overgrown with weeds and the council won't cut them down before we move in. We feel that the house is not in presentable order and if we were buying on the open market, this wouldn't be an issue because the seller would ensure that the house is in reasonable condition for the buyer including the external property. As the council are the vendor (and effectively the buyer together with us) we believe that we shouldn't have to cut down this grass as it is a big job. The weeds are over 6 feet high in both the front and back gardens. If it was a case that a manual lawnmower would do the job, then we would cut it ourselves. Unfortunately this is not the case though and we haven't the machinery to do it
Has anybody has this experience? Are we being selfish and unreasonale here?
Thanks
babyboo
We are purchasing a house through Shared Ownership with the council. The house itself internally is fine. However the front and back gardens are overgrown with weeds and the council won't cut them down before we move in. We feel that the house is not in presentable order and if we were buying on the open market, this wouldn't be an issue because the seller would ensure that the house is in reasonable condition for the buyer including the external property. As the council are the vendor (and effectively the buyer together with us) we believe that we shouldn't have to cut down this grass as it is a big job. The weeds are over 6 feet high in both the front and back gardens. If it was a case that a manual lawnmower would do the job, then we would cut it ourselves. Unfortunately this is not the case though and we haven't the machinery to do it
Has anybody has this experience? Are we being selfish and unreasonale here?
Thanks
babyboo