We are trying to purchase our "forever home", have gone madly over budget on something that isn't perfect, but we are happy enough with. Survey has come back and the work that needs doing seems to be quite a lot. We want to renegotiate the price and based on repair costs for the most significant things, so not just decorate issues for example we want to go lower by about 12% (that's what I've worked it out as being)
Not quite sure the best way to approach this and how much of this the vendor thinks should have been priced in to our offer, bearing in mind we were unaware of 99% of the issues prior to the survey. The 1% is an issue we believe they should and could still deal with through their buildings insurance.
For context here are some of the issues:
•Repointing of brickwork to the two left chimney stacks
•Replace a number of missing, slipped and damaged roof tiles (particularly to the front and rear slopes). However, given their age it may be more economic to recover the whole roof rather than continuing to repair.
•Carry out crack repair to the front elevation. •Replace a few double-glazed units to the conservatory__
• Porch – replace several roof tiles, decorate timber elements and carry out longer-term repair to the far right post
•Install additional air bricks and replace damaged air bricks to the right side
•Reduce the height of the external ground level at the front (or install a French drain) and cut back the timber decking at the rear
•Adjust five of the internal doors
•Rectify leak from the shower hose/replace shower in the family bathroom
•Hot water cylinder appears undersized/replacement needed
•Replace the waste pipe from the dishwasher and rectify leak from gulley surround
•Secure boarding to the timber decking and carry out timber repairs where required