Hi,
I wonder if any of you can help.
My husband and I have just bought a new house. it was a repossession in need of work - my husband is a builder and our previous property needed work so we are used to it.
The cost of the property reflected its condition and we were prepared for what was needed.
We had a basic survey however the company tore the house to shreds. they stated that we needed wall ties, the house was damp, needed air bricks and had wood worm (all of which we did not agreed )as well as a list of problems we could see (guttering, soffets and facia and lintels needing replacing)
as a condition of our mortgage we had a retention of £6000 added,
we have now started to renovate the property and can PROVE that this work is not needed.
we had a fumagator at the property to do a flea treatment, he did a full inspection of the property and we do not have probles with any infestation inc wood worm
the wall ties they state are rust are perfectly fine, we have photos to prove this
what are our options now. Obviously there is no work to be done - but we have a retention.
We will be contacting the surveyprs and mprtgage company tuesday and are looking to go much higher - to an ombusmun or something.
this company has quoted for work that does not need doing. how is this legal!?
on the plus side we managed to get 2.5k off our purchace price but we knew this work was not needed and now we can prove it.
we will still need to do soffets and facias, lintel replacing etc and this is included in the retention (a few hundred pounds)
I wonder if any of you can help.
My husband and I have just bought a new house. it was a repossession in need of work - my husband is a builder and our previous property needed work so we are used to it.
The cost of the property reflected its condition and we were prepared for what was needed.
We had a basic survey however the company tore the house to shreds. they stated that we needed wall ties, the house was damp, needed air bricks and had wood worm (all of which we did not agreed )as well as a list of problems we could see (guttering, soffets and facia and lintels needing replacing)
as a condition of our mortgage we had a retention of £6000 added,
we have now started to renovate the property and can PROVE that this work is not needed.
we had a fumagator at the property to do a flea treatment, he did a full inspection of the property and we do not have probles with any infestation inc wood worm
the wall ties they state are rust are perfectly fine, we have photos to prove this
what are our options now. Obviously there is no work to be done - but we have a retention.
We will be contacting the surveyprs and mprtgage company tuesday and are looking to go much higher - to an ombusmun or something.
this company has quoted for work that does not need doing. how is this legal!?
on the plus side we managed to get 2.5k off our purchace price but we knew this work was not needed and now we can prove it.
we will still need to do soffets and facias, lintel replacing etc and this is included in the retention (a few hundred pounds)