I thought I'd put this to the panel as you prolly have more experience of buying houses than I.
We (wife + 2 little chaps) are having another little chap, so decided to upgrade to a 3 bed. After months of searching we found a lovely three bed semi, large plot and bags of space to extend. A real good investment for the future.
The wheels have been in motion, contracts signed but not dated, and sent to the solicitor.
THEN .....
Get a letter from the solicitor. Yada yada yada, there is a covenant on the house to prevent extension so we suggest taking out an indemnity. See attached documents.
No documents attached and she has ignored my emails.
Seeing as the ability to extend was one of our reasons for buying I feel a little betrayed.
Does anyone know where I stand?
Can covenants be overturned?
Is this going to get messy?
We (wife + 2 little chaps) are having another little chap, so decided to upgrade to a 3 bed. After months of searching we found a lovely three bed semi, large plot and bags of space to extend. A real good investment for the future.
The wheels have been in motion, contracts signed but not dated, and sent to the solicitor.
THEN .....
Get a letter from the solicitor. Yada yada yada, there is a covenant on the house to prevent extension so we suggest taking out an indemnity. See attached documents.
No documents attached and she has ignored my emails.
Seeing as the ability to extend was one of our reasons for buying I feel a little betrayed.
Does anyone know where I stand?
Can covenants be overturned?
Is this going to get messy?
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