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Felt on Roof

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Buglife · 25/05/2018 12:45

Our buyers have had a couple of contractors come out to quote for roof felt and would does based on their survey. The roofer had just been and explained to felt the roof they’d have to take all the roof off etc and that there is no felt up there currently, HOWEVER he said there probably wasn’t any felted roofs on the street as they were all Victorian properties with slate roofs and it was modern standards to felt roofs (or something along those lines) and he’d not expect anyone would get it done unless they had to replace all the times anyways he is going to quote them for the work but also indicated he would reassure them that it wasn’t a specific issue/defect with the house. If the buyers come back and want some kind of reduction because they have to redo the roof would we be right in saying we believe the work is not urgent and the roof is not defective or leaking then we’d see it as an optional Home improvement they wanted to make and therefore don’t feel a reduction is necessary? They haven’t asked but they are getting quotes for the original sash windows too and I feel like they are possibly gearing up to ask otherwise why do it pre exchange... They are FTB and from their queries and things they are getting quotes for it seems they are (quite understandably) looking at modern standards a lot when asking about things. I do understand that they’d be cautious and I’m happy for the contractors to come out I’m just getting uneasy at the amount of things they’ve queried which are in my mind not urgent issues and really stuff that you’d find in an old house.

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Buglife · 25/05/2018 12:47

Apologies for the appalling punctuation and typos 😂 fast phone typing!

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Buglife · 25/05/2018 16:38

Bump?

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DragonsAndCakes · 25/05/2018 16:42

Is this bit your question?
“If the buyers come back and want some kind of reduction because they have to redo the roof would we be right in saying we believe the work is not urgent and the roof is not defective or leaking then we’d see it as an optional Home improvement they wanted to make and therefore don’t feel a reduction is necessary?”

I think you could say those things aren’t a surprise, so there would be no reduction. It’s not the same as a big damp problem being uncovered in a survey.

wowfudge · 25/05/2018 17:09

Yes - that's exactly what I'd do.

Buglife · 25/05/2018 17:26

Sorry it was a ramble, I am a bit stressed about everything now and with 6 weeks until I’m due a baby I’m letting it get on top of me! So basically I have been a bit wary of them wanting quotes from contractors they have hired prior to exchange because they have been for things that I would consider work that you might well want to carry out but aren’t urgent... so I have been half expecting to hear they want more money off next week. My thoughts are that if that is the case I’m not taking money off for their home improvements just because a survey has brought up a few things that you could expect to find in a house of this age. And I’m just generally a bit worried. It’s just dragging on with all this.

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wowfudge · 25/05/2018 20:30

The EA should help you here in managing their expectations. But I agree you shouldn't be funding what they want to do rather than need to do.

johnd2 · 26/05/2018 10:37

Yes felt is a modern thing, on old houses the roof pitch was always much steeper and the tiles overlapped more, so the felt was less important. Also the good ventilation ensured no buildup of moisture.
Surveys always word everything in a really scary way. Ours sounded like the house was collapsing but once i called the guy he was like"glad it didn't put you off" and then went on to explain what needed doing in more helpful terms. He said the roof probably had 10 years left if we fixed the loose tiles.

Buglife · 26/05/2018 12:00

I just hope that the contractor communicates to them that it is a totally normal feature of a Victorian house rather than just quote them the cost of getting it done.

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