Surveyor Report back. Now what?

[madroid]

I've had the report back and there's a few problems. I'm not sure how to price them to put right. And then how to ask for a reduction in the agreed cost of the house.

I think myself that the repairs will be in the region of 3-5k. But will they want evidence?

The evil ea has already threatened to put it back on the market because it's taking too long. The offer was agreed on 28 November which doesn't seem that long to me given we had Christmas in between.

Any advice or pointers gratefully received.

Are they essential repairs, or more a matter of choice?
It's a weird market at the moment, but I expect you will know in your particular area how much leverage you might have.
However I would think that if a buyer took 2 months to get a survey and then came back asking for a reduction with no evidence of costs, that they weren't particularly serious. It depends if the sellers have other options to go with. I would still be keeping the property on the market tbh.

Hi there. It depends mostly on whether these are structural or more cosmetic, and what percentage that £3-5k that is in relation to the asking price. What has been highlighted by the surveyor?

Agree, all surveys highlight something , how urgent are the issues or not. 6+ weeks to arrange a survey is a long time. Btw it will be the vendor who has become impatient and instructed the EA to speak to you.

offer on since november?
you are taking the piss...

you are lucky they haven't pulled out before christmas tbh.

send the seller an extract of the survey and go from there

Our survey raised a number of issues with our potential purchase (years back). We used the major things to renegotiate with, ie window refurbishment and repairs, insulation.

We got quotes for the works, and then we ended up negotiating something like 50% of the total of estimated works as a reduction in the sale price.

Depends what the things are.

Obvious things that are in keeping with the age and condition of the house - no, you’ll be told to fuck off. Like if you can see some windows are blown, and then the cut at says ‘due to age of windows they will need to be replaced soon’ - you should have already factored that in.

Roof hasn’t been touched in 49 years and has been flagged as orange on the report and says that it’s old and will probably need redoing - again, no.