Bought house - lots of problems

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Appreciate "buyer beware" applies for a lot of this but not all maybe?

Anyway, we've had loads of issues with house we bought.

Brief list:-

1. Boiler. £3000 to replace. We knew boiler was old but seller promised it had been serviced and ticked box on TA6 saying heating system in good working order. My Conveyancer never chased this up. We moved in, was making a heck of noise, and showers worked intermittently - so we got someone to do a safety check. They advised me it hadn't been serviced for a long time and was, in fact, faulty.

1. Water leak. £200. Walked in to puddle on the bathroom floor. Not just a small leak. They would have known about this.

1. Electrics. Bare wires left hanging in the ceiling.

1. Gas fire. Property advertised as Gas Fire (on TA6 also). Its there but its been disconnected from the gas supply (Assume because its faulty)

1. Left rubble/junk - looks like they just threw it all behind the garage and hoped we wouldn't notice.

These are main things, lots of others but I think I've had that.

My Conveyancer has been useless- no idea. I did speak to a solicitor but they want £1000 just to look to see if I have a case?

Any suggestions? Of course, I don't have an address for the sellers otherwise I'd consider small claims.....

Its disgraceful that there are people out there who can do this. They knew full well it'd cost us a fortune to put these things right. Not that I want a medal but we spent time fixing little things before we left our house and cleaning it (the house was also filthy!)

New places you always find annoying things the previous owners haven't fixed or cleaned (and often covered up) -- some are worse than others. Remember to consider the worth of the old things, not the cost of replacing. The boiler cost you 3000 to replace but you could only ever claim the worth of the old boiler from the previous owner.

Our 'recently serviced' fireplace in fact had a big split in it so had to be replaced straight away -- but it was 15y old. I didn't check every single light because I had 2 small kids with me at the inspection and asked him if they all worked. He said yes but in fact two didn't. We had a old rusty bike and vat of oily left in the garage. Lots of the interior door handles had greasy areas under them.

We just paid out and considered fixing it up was part of making it our own, even though it was quicker than we expected.

What a load of nonsense what do you think surveyors are hired for.

Sounds par for the course to me. I think you are going to just have to suck it up and try not to let it ruin your enjoyment of your new house.

We’ve just sold a house and our solicitor made us produce certificates for the boiler services and electrical survey. I wonder if your solicitor has been negligent not insisting on these.