We had an offer accepted on a 4 bed property in February. Arranged a homebuyers report and got the mortgage offer quite quickly.
There isn't a chain so I thought we'd move quite quickly and in the documentation requested a completion day of 10th April which would have been 10 weeks.
However... the homebuyers report came back with some issues about the timber frame and also that the 2 additional bedroom and kitchen are extensions to the original property and we need to be certain there is planning permission and building regs for both.
There isn't! I spoke to a second surveyor and he advised asking the sellers to get retrospective building consent and to speak to the building company that did some work on the house to check some details rather than paying him more for an additional building survey.
I did had he suggested but the buyers have stated they cannot afford to get retrospective consent and the building firm is no longer trading.
I have gone back to the original surveyor to ask for a re valuation as we are now buying a 2 bedroom property with attic rooms that will likely need work to comply with building regs and I've asked the second surveyor to do a full building survey, a valuation and an indication of the cost of works.
We will then need to reduce our offer.
I'm not playing games and really want the property but there is now more work than we thought and we're not buying the 4 bedroom house that we thought. It can be made so but at a cost.
I keep reading threads on here about nightmare buyers. Please tell me I'm
not one of these?
I'm doing everything I can to move everything along as quick as possible.
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Elouie · 14/04/2017 08:57
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