The house-buying fiasco is using up nearly all my available brain-space at the moment, which is why I'm barely updating here at all. Who wants to read about yet another negative survey report
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My dad got Kit and I to read their house's one, so when we got to the survey stage we wouldn't be too freaked out by it. The walls in my parents' home are "generally serving their purpose" - I do think it's nice that apparently they get weekends and some evenings off
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Is it so negative that they don't think it's worth what you're offering/the mortgage people will only give you the money on the condition that you replace the roof/central heating/internal walls
Basically, yes.
Things that need fixing: chimney stacks, guttering, downpipes, exterior render, interior render, re-wiring, drains, window frames, exterior ground levels, corroded railings, and a bulging front wall that might need "strapping".
The costs have gone well past the £10,000 mark to get all of this done. *frets*
They're going to have to accept a lower price, or the sale won't go through. They're going to have this problem with any buyer, I reckon. The asking price was just too high, and they've neglected the house for too many years. They won't do any of the work as a condition of the sale. Firstly, they're in Africa for the next 12 months. Secondly, they've been happily renting it out to people while it's been in a shitty state. I can't see them bothering to fix it for us.
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Basically, yes.
Things that need fixing: chimney stacks, guttering, downpipes, exterior render, interior render, re-wiring, drains, window frames, exterior ground levels, corroded railings, and a bulging front wall that might need "strapping".
The costs have gone well past the £10,000 mark to get all of this done. *frets*
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Any chance that the sellers will accept a lower price/get at least some of the work done as a condition of the sale?
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Hope the fiasco turns into a success!
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