westf27
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 01:45 PM |
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selling a house and responsibility
If you sell a house and within a week a pipe bursts what sort of comeback from the new owner can you expect via a solicitor.
I am not sure whether its buyer beware like used cars or there is a legal responsibility.
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Theshed
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 01:51 PM |
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none whatsoever - unless you had said anything about the condition of the pipe prior to exchange of contracts
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blakep82
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 01:52 PM |
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^ correct! not your problem at all.
and thats what they have building insurance for
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 01:54 PM |
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And surveys, its just unlucky I'm afraid.
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Alfa145
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 01:57 PM |
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Not your problem. They have no comeback what so ever.
If its internal and made a mess their insurance should cover it. If they didn't get insurance, tough.
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Slimy38
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 02:18 PM |
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My boss sold his house, and just before exchange the boiler packed up. They left it for the new owner to sort out.
Of course, Murphy's law applied and their new house also managed to lose it's boiler within the first week...
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 02:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
My boss sold his house, and just before exchange the boiler packed up. They left it for the new owner to sort out.
Of course, Murphy's law applied and their new house also managed to lose it's boiler within the first week...
That's not Murphy's Law that's Karma 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Simon
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 05:33 PM |
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So, you're boss's boiler broke in the house he was leaving before completion and he left it, then the house he moved into had the boiler
break too.
That ain't Murphy's Law, that's Jenga
So deserved!
ATB
Simon
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ian locostzx9rc2
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 05:47 PM |
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A friend of mines next door neighours moved and the new owners moved in within 3 days they had a wiring fault in the loft massive fire gutted the
place that was about 6 months ago and they wont be back in till the new year ...... Thats UNLUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No comeback to last
owners.....
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T66
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 06:37 PM |
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A chartered surveyor explained to me last year, it is the buyers liability to establish issues with the property, not your liability as a seller and
good egg....
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 06:38 PM |
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Years ago a house near us was sold. Before the new owners even had a chance to move their stuff in, a gas leak caused the house to explode - what was
left was around a foot high! They had not at that stage arranged insurance 
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Dave Ashurst
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 08:09 PM |
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Buyer beware, absolutely!
...edit to add: and the buyer has to arrange insurance from exchange of contracts but before completion, i.e. they insure it before they own the
house!
[Edited on 12/11/12 by Dave Ashurst]
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 12/11/12 at 09:03 PM |
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If the new owner had arranged a survey in the run up to the purchase and that survey should have revealed the defect but did not, then there would be
a potential claim against the surveyor (who should have PI cover).
This happened to someone I knew a few years ago - first day in the house, he walked into the kitchen and fell through the floor boards. He made a
successful claim against the surveyor as he had paid for a full structural survey and it was reasonable to expect that the floor could hold his
weight!
I suspect that a burst pipe is just tough luck though
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westf27
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| posted on 13/11/12 at 08:28 AM |
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Thnks for all the replies,as usual the forum comes up trumps.
regards steve
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