Would you re-negotiate badly after finding badly stained carpets?

[30sthngLondon]

I'm in the process of buying a flat - it's an old building and when we looked around it was tenanted to some v grimy hoarder-like tenants (I touched the tap and immediately wanted to scrub my hands!!) - but I'd seen photos of it empty from the previous year, brand new carpets and good repair for things that matter. Generally it's a bit run-down and needs a decor upgrade and a good scrub which I knew when I put the offer in.

Tenants have now vacated and now they've taken all their stuff and now you can see that the carpets have been revealed as badly stained in verrrry large areas (need replacing type level, wouldn't want to walk around in bare feet!) I had a building survey done and they think replacing them could run into the thousands.

Would you ask for money off the sale price? I feel I'm getting a relatively good deal but not an absolute bargain and I can't actually afford to replace the carpets (using every penny I have!) First time buyer and don't want to jeopardise the sale.

Thanks for your thoughts!

@Sunbeam18 leasehold property. Very usual with flats.

Also re the above - I work with Surveyors in London and if clients ask us the price to do X Y Z we will give it to them. Including average cost to relay carpets

OP I would ask them for a professional carpet clean as part of the sale. You'll be surprised as to how much sellers are ok with including these days - wasn't the case few years ago

Oh, sorry, I'm in Scotland and we don't have leasehold

A 6 bed house was throughout was £10k ... and that was £30 per square foot, you can get lovely carpets cheaper per square foot. I’d be surprised if you couldn’t do it for a £1k