We have made offer on a house and had it accepted. It's a buy to let, so we're not overly emotional or attached to it, but we like it.
Seller has no FENSA certs for new windows and no building reg cert for conservatory/lean to. He says they were there in '07 when he bought it. He has agreed to an indemnity policy to cover these instead.
Our lender did a survey and requested a further damp & timber investigation. Once carried out, lender was satisified nothing sinister was going on and is happy to proceed. However, D&T survey says one wall needs damp course in it for cost of £2k.
Partner wants to now say we will pay £2k less to make up for this. I am unsure as I think if lender hadn't pushed for the D&T survey (which ultimately made no difference to them agreeing to lend) we wouldn't worry about it.
Is it bad form to drop offer in light of work needing to be carried out? Given the seller's lack of interest in certification for wondoes wtc when he bought the place I don't think he'll be thrilled at this.
FYI we made a very fair offer, we didn't take much off asking at all, and we're buying with tenants in situ.
Help, jury!