Would buyers expect a house price reduction if there is adrip in conservatory?

[CatAndHisKit]

I know not an exciting thread, but my conservatory drips in one place (but quite a bit if it rains for a while), and I've no idea whether that's an ewasy to repair. I wouldn't have any budget for this atm but house is being viewed atm, and I'm sure I have to declare this if the viewing was on a dry day / they can see it on a wet day.
I also assume that this would be mentioned in a survey?
If you'd expect a discount, how much roughly?

*an easy thing to repair

It would be very decent of you to mention it, but you don't have to. Unfortunately for any future buyer, it would be down to their survey to pick it up.

Can't comment on a discount. It would depend on the cost of repair. If I were the buyer and the survey picked it up, I'd request for a conservatory expert to quote for doing the job and ask for that as the discount.

If potential buyer asks outright you would need to be honest but don't need to volunteer info. We had similar on a property we were looking to purchase. Except it was garage leaking and turned out to be rotting timbers which in turn had resulted in damp in house where water was coming in. We got a quote to fix which would have been thousands. We asked for a reduction to allow for this and it was refused. Told we should expect 'cosmetic repsirs' due to age of property. We ended up walking away

Thank you, I would definitely disclose if asked and I think there is a form to fill stating various issues? I was more interested to find out how much this job would cost (if anyone had it done).
I am hoping this could be fixed by resealing - and would be cheap, so not enough to ask for a discount. But probably no such luck!

Dobby, I'm amazed they refused you - it's hardly 'cosmetic'! Rotting timbers and the fact it was joined to the house makes it serious. Too right that you walked out.

Yes, we then got a full structural survey done which cost us nearly £1k but discovered a load more issues. After we pulled out their EA bombarded me with calls begging us to reconsider, asking us what price reduction would make us continue and even asking to buy our survey from us 'as it is no good to you now'. My DH had to ring them and tell them to stop hassling me
I won't touch those EA's with a barge pole now.

If you can see your conservatory roof from any of your upstairs windows can you see if a roof panel has slipped a bit?

It can form a little gap to let water in but the water usually doesn't drip from there (apex of the roof line) but works it way down the bar.

This explains how they put roof panels in. We had this leak, just got on a ladder and tapped the sheet back into place, bending some metal bits a the bottom to resecure the panel.

We had this and it was one of the seals. I got a local handyman in and he resealed it, can’t remember exact cost but it was hardly anything.

I wouldn't mention it, but I would endeavour to get it repaired.
Saying you would 'definitely disclose' op. Very noble of you. Call me an old cynic, but buying and selling houses has always been a bit of a cutthroat business. Knowing some of the tricks that have been pulled on me over a lifetime of buying property, and also to most people I know, I wouldn't feel obliged to give the average buyer any more than I have to in terms of information. Not to say I would be unpleasant, but if there are faults in a property, it is up to the buyer to find them via surveys that they pay for, not up to me to tell them. If you start offering up every little fault (and this does sound little) for their consideration, they will be beating you down on the price before you can draw breath.

we had this. dh shoved the panels back as they do slip down over time and resealed at the edge with sealant. no leak ever after.

ah thank you all for very ecouraging replies, so glad it's not a big deal! I thought the fault may be with warped plastic that can't be fixed (it's a 10yrs old conservatory). Great to hear that a DIY guy can do it, it's quite a climb to do it for me personally.
*TreeCat thanks for the video - a very smooth. soothing voice and narrative
I can't see a shift from the bedroom window as it's at the wrong angle but will try and look from below. Maybe the window cleaners were a bit rough with it and shiftted something.

longearedbat - I wouldn't volunteer but I@d mention it of asked specifically about conseratory, at least I was going to if fthis turned out to be a major issue, I still would if directly asked. But after seeing the info here, I probably wouldn't put it on a form if solicitors require a form about problems I think I did that when I last sold). I'd like to be somewhere between 'noble' and lying - i.e. wouldn't lie to their face .

What longearedbat said.
It really is up to buyers to look closely at properties and then pay for surveys, and not for the owner to start pointing out things that might not be perfect.

Presumably the price you have put your home up for sale at, reflects the general overall condition - people decide if the house is worth that - it doesn't start with "Every 3 bed semi in CatandHisKits' road is worth £X and then we can take off a, b, or c for each of these things that a buyer might want or need to spend" - the general repair will already be reflected in the price.

Dobby - not sure why you would not sell your survey on - it's quite common

BackforGood haha, no I'm not about to point it out but if asked directly would feel bad for lying, and also is there not a legal duty not to lie to direct questions? I think it states that somewhere.
I went with the agent's valuation, he didn't ask or inspect the faults but could of course see the overall condition. I'm also very happy to negotiate about 5% down.

@Puppylucky I possibly would have under different circumstances. As it was the EA was very pushy and at the end quite rude. We were also getting pressure from the vendors as they had already moved out and apparently us dragging our heels were putting them in financial hardship. We weren't dragging our heels, we were getting quotes and surveys done to ensure we weren't left with a money pit. The fact the vendors had moved out was not my problem.
Plus the T&C's of our survey was that it was only valid the day it was done, was the intellectual property of the survey company etc etc, I know this is on all surveys but by this point I was a bit bloody minded.

The day we moved in it was raining - conservatory leaked in many places. Buyer hasn’t mentioned it and our solicitor must not have asked (ie it is presumably not on the standard list of questions).

My husband fixed it, so not a major issue. If it is raining for a viewing just do your best to distract them from any drips!

haha, no I'm not about to point it out but if asked directly would feel bad for lying, and also is there not a legal duty not to lie to direct questions?

I don't think anyone is suggesting you lie, but I just don't think it is a run of the mill question, to be looking round someone's house and say "does the roof leak?" well, unless of course potential buyers are MNers and have now had the thought put in their mind