Boiler broken within 48 hours of moving in - our sellers had us didnt they?

[Millionprammiles]

Within 24 hours of moving into our new house the heating stopped. 24 hours later the hot water stopped. Turns out the boiler has various things wrong with it and hadn't been serviced in years and needs to be entirely replaced.

Needless to say our sellers told us it worked fine. We've only ourselves to blame as we didn't ask for it to be serviced and believed the sellers when they said they'd had it serviced at some point but had lost the documents.

Its not even the cost that bugs me (we would have paid for servicing/repairs before completion), its that they knew we had a 2 yr old and would be without heating/hot water in December and didn't come clean.

Some people just don't have a conscience.

[Badvocinapeartree]

3 years ago we moved into this house.
After 2/3 weeks the boiler packed up.
A couple of days after that and a very wet weekend we realised why they had no furniture in the conservatory...leaky roof.
£6k later and both were fixed.
Then one by one the integrated kitchen appliances failed....the sink leaked, the drawers broke...new kitchen.
Savings gone and had to take out a loan to fix the mess ups.
The electrics were so bad that the electrician took photos to show his apprentice how not to do it.
They knowingly sold us a house falling apart at the seams.
I hope karma gets them.

[Badvocinapeartree]

Oh...and we had an electrical and gas safety certs - our solicitor said they mean nothing...just that the electric and gas work!
We have had to have sockets replaced (not safe) and replace all the taps in the bathroom too....it's just one thing after another.
I was left with 2 small dc and no heat or water in December with snow on the ground.

[specialsubject]

your solicitor was talking cobblers. A gas safety cert means the installation is safe and working (admittedly at the time it was done, no guarantee against future breakdowns). An electrical safety cert means the same - or what would be the point of the inspection?

these would not cover the appliances (integrated ones are always less reliable) but should definitely have spotted a bad installation. And your surveyor should have spotted a roof that was failing, hence you could have knocked all this off the price. Doesn't mean they would have accepted, of course.

[Badvocinapeartree]

That is my feeling SS.
In fact the conservatory was not even attached to the house!
The guys that re did the roof attached it for us!
If I ever moved again I would pay for the fullest survey possible and not give any credence to electrical and gas safety certificates.

[specialsubject]

ANY survey should have spotted the problem with the conservatory, your surveyor was a clown.

too late I fear - and if it is any consolation, I've tried reporting a useless surveyor to RICS and they just close ranks.

[Fadingmemory]

Fumes from a gas fire could have rendered me unconscious or killed me, according to the gas fitter who condemned it. The previous owners had said it worked fine...

[hereandtherex]

Don't report a surveyor to RICS. Sue him.

[hereandtherex]

Try and get things in writing. Write to the EA and get them to respond. In writing.

[YouCanDoItNow]

virtually same happened to me.

if that helps