Shit. Just sold and son has broken door lock.

[redgoat]

It's the patio door and it opens and locks from the outside but not the inside as the inside leaver has become disconnected from the outside leaver. Fuck. I have no money at all. We're aiming to complete in a month.

The door locks securely and there is another route to the back garden. Could this be claimed on my house insurance as accidental damage? Could it just be left as the house is not insecure?

Thanks again.

Andbaby My oven is filthy and other people's grime is not nice. I'll probably have a go in the hols but we've had it professionally done before and it comes up like new. I couldn't do that. Once school breaks up I may have more energy but at the moment, I have so much on that the thought of trying to clean it makes me want to cry.

Special We had a few higher offers before but the last guy pulled out at the end of May (after a month) as he was transferred away. It all went quiet before the referendum then even quieter after. I'm sure we're not the only ones who had calculated mentally getting the asking price and then had to tighten things when it didn't materialise.

Just buy another handle and fit it yourself?

You are a nice person. I left my house immaculate and moved into a filthy, stinking tip. A broken lock is nothing, I paid £900k for my house and they tried to get an extra £1500 at exchange for asking to complete
a day later than they originally decided.

Honestly, just leave your place clean and tidy. Minor niggles are to be expected. No house is perfect. I left light fittings, curtain poles and blinds. I moved into a house where they had removed every light fitting and even the dimmer switches in the downstairs rooms (bare wires).

Don't stress

Hi
don't panic try iron mongery direct. The lock mechs on all modern doors and Windows are fairly standardised. If its just the cast handle or the square bar that has sheared your most likley looking at less than £20.
Best luck

The new owners will probably want to change the locks anyway. I did.

Thanks to this thread... I'm getting the solicitors to ask vendors to confirm all window and door locks are in working order.

I second oven pride! That stuff is like magic and takes very little effort.

Don't change the lock! Don't pay for an oven clean! You're leaving the country and they've got a bargain!