I am purchasing my first house with my partner and up until this weekend we were smooth sailing. Our survey came back all good, searches are due in the next week and all enquiries were answered and satisfied. We have been doing our research as we are moving to an area that we love but on the outskirts which is better affordability for us but a very small walk into the beautiful town. On joining the local community FB group for the area it came to light that residents are complaining of drainage issues. A survey was unable to pick this up as it goes beyond the boundary of the house. I went down a rabbit hole at this point and can see it’s not an isolated case and has been on going for years. The property is in a flood risk area so in the winter months they have tankers pumping sewage constantly from 06:00-22:00. The pumping station is a stones throw (4 houses down) from us. We knocked on neighbours doors. Everyone has had drainage issues in the past and we even found a comment from the vendor to confirm they also have “major drainage issues” On enquiries they have responded saying this was one case and hair clog. I’m not buying it.
None of this was declared on the TA6 and I’m at a point where it’s not something I can see past. My question is, has anyone successfully had their legal fees paid back for not disclosing what they lawfully should have done prior to exchanging contracts? My solicitor has said it’s something we can do but it can prove difficult due to us not already exchanging. This is £2000 worth of fees that if I had of known from the offset this problem we wouldn’t have proceeded any further!
thank you!