Hi,
We are buying a Victorian mid terrace property in England for £475,000. It needs work doing to modernise it, which we accepted upon making our offer. However some issues have come back like windows needing to be replaced and asbestos which we didn’t fully anticipate but can accept with an older property needing modernising, and therefore do not intend to dwell on this.
On the other hand, we have been told we need to urgently remove the cement render from the back of the house as it’s causing all sorts of damp problems internally and it is has blown with cracks. We have had the wall assessed by a masonry contractor who has done a survey for us and the quote is £13,500 to remove the render, re-render in lime and limewash. Our building surveyor advised this work needed completing as a priority and as soon as possible. This is not something we had anticipated.
Our building surveyor didn’t value our property but we feel this is something we might want to go back to the vendor about regarding the purchase price. We are wondering whether to ask for £13,000 off, or maybe half an ask for around £6000 off. I feel very uncomfortable doing this and was very unimpressed when our buyer asked us for £2000 of