After completion i found out an undisclosed issue with the noise

[jbalciunas]

Hi,
I am not sure if this is something can do or can complain about. However after completion I found out that my ceiling had absolutely no soundproofing and there was a lot of noise from the above neighbors.

I was also told by the managing agency after completion (it's a shared freehold) that the seller claimed to have fixed the issue, but engineers I had to install the sound proofing share the fact that nothing was there.

Is there any way I can ask the seller to refund the installation, or is this a lost cause as this is past completion.

Justas

Talk 2 Ur solicitor.

You can sue on the grounds of negligent misrepresentation.

There isn't a requirement to have sound proofing or is there? I didn't think so.

Yes you'll have to take this up with your solicitor I should think

I was also told by the managing agency after completion (it's a shared freehold) that the seller claimed to have fixed the issue

It doesn't sound like you asked the seller themselves, so I don't think you have a leg to stand on. From what I understand it's difficult enough claiming negligent misrepresentation anyway, but in this case they haven't misrepresented anything to you.

We had a problem with our seller lying to us (there was a bowl under a radiator, we asked if there was a leak and they said no) but on purchase it was indeed leaky.

Apparently very hard to prove it didn't happen after the sale and would have been costly to go to court according to solicitor.