So, we bought a holiday cottage to become our full time job. At the same time we were buying a house to live in with another holiday let. That was dependant on our house selling and our buyer pulled out on the day of exchange. So the second purchase has been delayed - now nearing exchange. We had wanted both properties to go through at the same time. We decided not to have full structural surveys as we, and a fair few friends, have been badly burned by things not showing up. I think (thought?) they are a waste of money.
Anyway, we stupidly didn't have an electrical survey on the holiday cottage, and it turned out the electrics were buggered. It has cost us over 4 grand to put right. Along with other stuff that I really think a full survey would not have picked up we have ended up spending 10 grand. So totally our own fault I know, buyer beware and all that.
Now our buyer (of the house we live in and are selling) is asking us as the seller to pay for her to have an electrical survey. She had a survey which recommended this.
The house we are buying we again haven't had an electrical survey. I think it might be too late to get one now, it might freak the sellers out as we put in the offer a year ago and everything was ready to exchange last November until our buyer dropped out.
I think we have done this all wrong. In a nutshell I feel a bit resentful at having to pay out for my buyer to have a survey when I haven't had one! It feels like I will be paying twice. Which I will but my own fault.
I need some sense talking in to me.