Is your solicitor actually qualified to give a professional opinion on architects' drawings and surveyors' reports?our solicitor said we could be in trouble if we go to sell the house but that the architect drawings all looked good and the surveryor said all the work looked good.
You need to be VERY careful here!We're really nervous now as I really don't want to be stuck with a house we can't sell on in the future, we've spent so much money on solicitors, surveyors I really don't want to back out and start looking for a house all over again.
Yes - of course. But even a discount may not be worth the hassle that you could be buying yourself into.Do you think it would be reasonable to go back to the vendors and ask for a reduced price on the house to reflect this issue
How are you sure? Especially if...I'm sure theres no problems with the work but those certs seem to be important for re-sale!!
the compliance with the building regulations is not completely satisfactory ie, they didn't have an engineer overseeing the work.
But you don't even have mortgage approval yet as far as I understand it!?If they knocked a 100K would you have gone ahead? Was thinking of offering them 100K less otherwise we'll have to step away!
Hi sydney100,
Is the certificate of compliance that isn't compliant for an extension or for the whole build? If it is for an extension and if it has been surveyed, I don't think I'd be worried but if it is for the whole build I would be worried that an engineer had not been out to have a look while the house was being built.
I pulled out of a purchase, after selling our own home, as the new house had no certification. .... The matter of certification took him the best part of 9 months to settle ....as he didn't build the house according to plan.
Sydney100 said:It now seems that whilst planning permission was obtained and certified as complied with, the compliance with the building regulations is not completely satisfactory ie, they didn't have an engineer overseeing the work.
Thanks but our solictor is telling us its a big problem as in we may not be able to sell the house in the future so I'm thinking thats a big probem and the house should be reduced to reflect this.
We recently put a small extension on the kitchen (Well, last Jan), and an engineer called out twice to check the foundations were correct and at a later stage in the build. It wasn't particularly expensive or time consuming. I would be wary of a house that doesn't have this done.
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