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God what is wrong with this man??? Rant and legal advice sort!

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Fio2 · 18/05/2004 08:22

FFS I have just had a letter through post off my solicitor regarding my old house. The twat who has bought it has raised some 'issues'

  1. There arent enough keys for the doors and he cant get in or out of some of them. We didnt provide enough keys - (but they were all we had and we coped)

  2. There has been alot of rubbish left that is requiring clearance (ie the compost heap, which was there when they viewed it grrr)

  3. The garage door was broken. (was when they viewed and when the survey was done, thick surveyor hadnt noticed) anyway she tried to close it (it was soooo obviously broken) and it 'nearly' fell on her head and if their daughter had of been there it could have killed her.

  4. there is not BT linbe at the house (???!!!)

Apart from making me want to go round and punch the living daylights out of him, what should we do. Dh says ignore it because he cant do anything anway but I am worried about it and so f"cking mad. I bet none of this will make sense I am absolutely fuming!!!!

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SoupDragon · 19/05/2004 10:48

Hurrah! The bricks are back

mothernature · 19/05/2004 10:49

Make sure its a house brick! lol you like doing that don't you willow?

bunnyrabbit · 19/05/2004 10:56

LOL

Oh please can we send him all our extra keys... please please please.....

BR
PS. What a T**r

mothernature · 19/05/2004 11:05

Tosser 'n' Feckless individual.

acnebride · 19/05/2004 11:43

What a complete idiot, imagine what a miserable life he brings on himself. Always happens though. A friend of mine once found when she moved in that the vendors had removed not just the lightbulbs and loo roll, but also the loft ladder.

mothernature · 19/05/2004 11:47

Don't get me started I can tell you a few tales that have happened when a sale completes and they come to collect their keys....

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Fio2 · 19/05/2004 11:50

willow I will go round and brick him this weekend

Love the key idea

Thing is they are seeking compensation and I did agree to leave the keys (which I did do)and had to sign but they are moaning there arent enough keys and also that the porch shuts peculiar (it is very old and rotten and needs replacing anyway) and also that the french doors lock has been forced (it has always been like this)

And the garden waste I agreed to take away apparently, but it is a compost heap so I dont know what he is on about. Also he says we have left large items which I just dont have a clue what he is on apart there either.

I hate people I cleaned that house from top to bottom. I cleaned up the dog shit and even mowed the flippin lawn the day before we moved out. He really winds me up

seriously though do you think we will have to pay him compensation?

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Fio2 · 19/05/2004 11:51

mothernature, one of the tales isnt a garage door nearly fell on my head, is it?

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mothernature · 19/05/2004 11:56

No fio but someone did remove internal doors and a roll top bath....when someone moves into a new house estate agents and sols are supposed to suggest they change the locks anyway for insurance purposes, he sounds like a moaning whinger to me, don't think he would be able to get compensation with what you have said though.

Azure · 19/05/2004 12:03

I would imagine that there is no reason for compensation to be payable. As others have mentioned, he had a survey done and you did not misrepresent anything. Your solicitor should be advising you on this matter, including whether to write a letter of reply (to the solicitor). A few weeks after we moved last year we received a letter from the people who bought our flat, complaining that the dishwasher did not work and sending a bill for over £300 for a replacement. We sent them a letter back expressing our surprise and dismay at their letter, stating that we never used the dishwasher (it worked but not very well) and stating categorically that we were not liable for such a cost. We never heard from them again. Why are people buying houses such arses?

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Fio2 · 19/05/2004 12:07

I dont Azure but its a matter of respect aswell isnt it? The house we have bought was lived in by the same gentleman and his family (at one stage) for 55 years. You can imagine the amount of work we have got to do and the amount of rubbish left and what the toilet smelt like. But we respect him and havent been slating him and asking for compensation. We are really happy to have moved here and are looking forward to getting things done and living here and enjoying the house. I thought you were suppossed to be happy with your new purchase?

I hate this compensation crap anyway!

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Fio2 · 19/05/2004 12:08

that should say I dont know why people are such arses in reply to Azures question. really must start pre-viewing!

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SoupDragon · 19/05/2004 12:45

You agreed to leave the keys, you left the keys. You did not agree to leave something you didn't have!

SoupDragon · 19/05/2004 12:46

We can send all our keys to you and you can send them on to him saying "I found these keys. I don't think any of them fit, but you are welcome to check"

bunnyrabbit · 19/05/2004 12:49

oh can we Fio2? Please please...
BR

littlemissbossy · 19/05/2004 13:01

I too have unwanted (don't know what the hell they're for) keys!!! I'll be more than happy to send them to him ... come on fio ... great opportunity to get him back

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Fio2 · 19/05/2004 13:05

I am seriously contemplating it

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aloha · 19/05/2004 13:08

Don't pay him a penny! He's trying it on.

I do like the keys idea! But think it might just encourage him

Janh · 19/05/2004 13:08

Wouldn't it be much funnier (and much more spooky for him) if he suddenly started receiving random keys in the post from different places?

(Or would that constitute harassment and he'd know fio had something to do with it and send another solicitor's letter complaining about that?)

willow2 · 19/05/2004 14:42

I think the key idea is fxxxing hysterical.

littlemissbossy · 19/05/2004 14:49

maybe aloha's right ... the key idea would probably get his back up... however, you could ask your solicitor to reply "appropriately" to his letter then, at a later date, send him a note explaining that you have found some extra keys and that you will forward them on in due course .... ROFL as I imagine a lorry load of keys being dumped at the front of his house

Jimjams · 19/05/2004 14:54

He's asking for compensation? - what a prick! Get your solicitor to write him a letter telling him to bog off. it won't cost much to do and it'll be worth it just to piss him off.

hoxtonchick · 19/05/2004 15:00

The guy who bought my flat tried to sting me for compensation because his girlfriend was bitten by fleas after moving into the flat. Cheeky bugger. I was very rude to him on the phone (having talked to my solicitor first) & that was the end of that, but honestly, some people. Tell him to f* off fio2.

Cam · 20/05/2004 13:56

Personally, I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of replying at all, by solicitor's letter or otherwise. Plus I wouldn't want to spend any more money on the git. In order to get any "compensation" from you, he'd have to

  1. Take you to court (at his own expense - it would cost him just to issue a claim)
  2. Prove what he's saying - you would of course, deny everything
  3. It won't be worth his while so I don't think he'll bother What I'm saying is that I'd just let him stew.
bundle · 20/05/2004 13:58

good for you hoxtonchick, how the devil are you? any news on leeds?