Hi All,
Just want some information from other who have been through the hassle of buying a property.
We went unconditional on our property 45 days ago. The property needed some renovation and we were 'OK' with it.
The builders report came out with some minor defects in the property for which the price was negotiated with the vendors (while the offer was conditional).
All fine until we went in for pre-settlement inspection.
During this inspection we noticed that:
-Property has not been cleaned. There is garbage lying behing garage, mould, dirty carpet, slug trails on carpet. Hence we requested a general cleaning.
-Also saw some dents/cracks in the wall, posters that had been stuck on the walls during our earlier visit had been torn off leaving unsightly marks and other such things due to which we will have to undertake painting, wall repairs etc.
We notified the vendors about this. They are not willing to do anything about it (not even get it cleaned).
So we asked our lawyer to retain 2000 NZD and release rest of the money on settlement date.
However our lawyer insists that the vendor is not "agreeable" to us holding back any money, nor are they "prepared to attend the matters" at hand. Moreover, if we do not pay up today (i.e settlement day) then the settlement will be delayed at our expense!
Please can someone advise me what we can do about this and how? We always thought that the vendor was under obligation to attend to any matters that come up during inspection.
Thanks
Just want some information from other who have been through the hassle of buying a property.
We went unconditional on our property 45 days ago. The property needed some renovation and we were 'OK' with it.
The builders report came out with some minor defects in the property for which the price was negotiated with the vendors (while the offer was conditional).
All fine until we went in for pre-settlement inspection.
During this inspection we noticed that:
-Property has not been cleaned. There is garbage lying behing garage, mould, dirty carpet, slug trails on carpet. Hence we requested a general cleaning.
-Also saw some dents/cracks in the wall, posters that had been stuck on the walls during our earlier visit had been torn off leaving unsightly marks and other such things due to which we will have to undertake painting, wall repairs etc.
We notified the vendors about this. They are not willing to do anything about it (not even get it cleaned).
So we asked our lawyer to retain 2000 NZD and release rest of the money on settlement date.
However our lawyer insists that the vendor is not "agreeable" to us holding back any money, nor are they "prepared to attend the matters" at hand. Moreover, if we do not pay up today (i.e settlement day) then the settlement will be delayed at our expense!
Please can someone advise me what we can do about this and how? We always thought that the vendor was under obligation to attend to any matters that come up during inspection.
Thanks
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