Leak found after making an offer

[Mamabear12]

Hello. We found our dream home and put an offer in, which was accepted. Shortly after we found a leak in the unoccupied property! And mould, as the leak has slowly been going on unnoticed as its unoccupied. What is expected in this situation? Vendor to fix or reduce offer price? we put offer in thinking no work needs to be done and we could move right in!

how bad is the leak? I would get a quote to fix it and make good afterwards. Depending on that, I'd either make a lower offer, explaining why, or just suck it up if it was only a relatively small amount.

what would worry me is what other problems are lurking in the property lying undiscovered?

Are you having a survey done?

If there's any chance of a frost before you resolve this, please get the water turned off and the system drained down. If the pipes freeze, the leak could become worse and you will have water pouring everywhere.
I would ask for a reduction in price. With vendor to fix, you have no idea whether the fix was a bodge or proper repair.

Where's the leak? If there's mould it's been leaking for some time.
Until you exchange it's the vendor's responsibility to repair so notify the EA.
You need a full survey op.

Compared to the price of a house, the cost of repairing a leak is trivial.

But is it a roof leak? A drain? A radiator? Under the sink? In the supply pipe buried in a concrete floor?

If you're in England or Wales (not Scotland), you can withdraw your offer or amend it anytime prior to exchange of contract.

Get a survey done, and base your decision on that.