Background: We recently bought a house from a couple where the woman was bankrupt and their house was going to be reposessed if the sale fell through. We had to live at my parents' house for a while as they left the house in such a state - rubbish everywhere, sink not working, graffitied walls, chewing gum smeared over the radiators... lovely. Since we moved in, they call round every few weeks in search of post (which is mostly from debt collection agencies judging by the envelopes), which we have told them repeatedly that we return to sender. Their calling round makes me feel very vulnerable when I am home by myself, as they become quite threatening when I tell them no post.
A condition of the sale was that their non-functioning boiler was replaced. They did that before we exhanged contracts. On Friday, the boiler (central heating and hot water) stopped working. 2 different Gas Safe engineers have since inspected it and have condemned it, telling us that it is an illegal installation, very dangerous and we are incredibly lucky not to have been blown up . I am horrified and sickened that we were put in such danger by the vendors of the house, who were fully aware that we had a baby on the way. The boiler replacement is being done today and is costing us £1800. I am well aware that the vendors won't have that kind of money but I am so angry with them that I am pushing our solicitor to pursue them through the civil courts anyway, along with the engineer who checked the original installation for us before we exchanged contracts. AIBU?