New owner wants our extension plans

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Before we decided to move we engaged a surveyor to make proper drawings of our house including an extension. We went as far as having the council out for a preliminary survey to determine if the idea was viable. They came back saying that the plans would probably pass planning. But we did not go as far as applying for planning as we decided to move instead.

Now the new owner(buyer) of our old house wants access to these plans. The surveyor has told us we could pass them on or sell them even.

Has anyone got experience with this? The plans did cost a considerable amount of money, but are obviously not worth anything to us anymore as we don't live there.

I am grateful for any advice

We're the extension plans shown on the original EA listing? I've seen that before.
But with the last minute reduction I would say they can have the plans for half the price you paid for them

If they're nice buyers, give them for free.
If they're dicks, don't.

The buyer of a property I'd sold was so lovely I'd haven given him a kidney, the person I bought from was so rude I'd happily have given her a decent kick in the shin.

Treat people accordingly. They're useless to you anyway!

Can I be a cf and ask how much it costs to get plans drawn up? I'd love my loft converting!

They could have them for a cost. May as well try to recoup.

I'm with all the other posters who say offer them for the price you were forced to reduce by.

Just hand them over seriously. No brainer.

Just give them for free. It is very unlikely the new owner will want exactly what you wanted, but probably a similar layout, so they will incur costs in their own design. Why not be a nice person and help out somebody else at zero cost to yourself? If I was the buyer I wouldn’t pay for your plans knowing that I will probably have to consult a builder / architect in any case.

…and then reading your post where they gazundered you, I would just say no.

the replies you get will depend on whether people saw your update or not. I did…

Either tell them that you binned them or ask them to cover your full cost . You will be saving them time and effort so still a bargain.

So am I.

How much did they cost? Given it's all over and they arsed you around, I'd offer them for 75% of what you paid.

I was ready to say that you were being mean-spirited and should just give them the plans as they're no use to you now and it's nice to be nice.

Then I saw that they asked for a last minute reduction. I would say they can have them but only for the amount you reduced the price by. They'll learn a valuable lesson and I suspect you'll feel better whether or not they buy the plans from you.

When we bought, our sellers just left them in a kitchen drawer for us, didn’t even know about them or ask for them. We can’t afford an extension anyway but handy to have. I would just pass them on

Seeing how they behaved I’d sell them for a few, maybe £750, that’s more than generous considering how much they cost you.

Oooo I hadn’t read about the last minute reduction- burn them!

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Check the copyright position in the agreement with the surveyor- it might not be within your gift to just pass them on to others.

I was about to say that you should, of course, give them for free. But then I saw they forced you into a last minute reduction. They pay exactly that amount, or you burn them.

Maybe someone gazundered them then and he was sharing the pain with the whole chain?

I'm minded to say

If it was part of the original listing or part of the discussion when they were viewing then, yes, let them have them. I'd imagine this would be the case because why wouldn't you use it as another good reason to buy your place.

If they requested the reduction because they were gazundered and wanted to keep the chain together then, yes, let them have them.

If they were the original source of the gazundering and nothing was ever discussed in the sale process about the plans then I'd ask for the reduction money back or cost, whichever is the lower.

Maybe someone gazundered them then and he was sharing the pain with the whole chain?

No, just because someone has punched you in the face doesn't give you the right to punch others 'to share the pain'.

Dear Buyer... Lovely to hear you are happy at 5 Long Road and considering an extension. We were very happy with the work carried out by J Smith on our drawings. We paid £2,000 for them and would be happy to pass them along to you for £1,000. If this is acceptable to you, please transfer the funds to our babk account, details below, and I will send over the drawings. If this amount is not acceptable to you, I wish you all the best and can highly recommend J Smith if you choose to use his services.

Yours
Seller.
If they haggle... reply.. .The price is fixee, I have no wish to engage in any further negotiation.

Sell them. They could have asked for them to be priced or included when doing the usual negotiations on non fixed contents such as curtains, "loose" white goods or any items of furniture. They chose not to and then cut the price knowing you couldn't say "no" without the chain collapsing. You don't owe them favours.

Price them at a proportion of the money you spent on the plans.

I'd offer to sell them at the exact amount of the reduction you were forced to give them. But settle at 50% of what it would cost them to get the plans drawn up themselves.