Property purchase: advice please

[Swamp Thing]

I put in an offer on a house on 10th April. This week I found out that the next-door neighbour is building a 2-bedroom extension over the garage, extending back towards the rear garden and thus overlooking mine. Searches showed the vendor was informed by the local council on 10th March, a full month before I made my offer, but he said nothing. Planning approval was given on 24th April.
I now have concerns re. enjoyment of land and resale value on my prperty, and am thinking of putting in a revised offer. Views anyone?

Oh BTW, estate agents really do live up to their scum-of-the-earth stereotype.

[ratewhore]

You've signed nothing. Make an alternative offer or find another house (through another agent obviously)...

[threaded]

Well, you could keep schtumb, buy the house and then sue them after completion for failing to disclose such things. Also sue your solicitors for not doing the searchs properly and the othersides solicitors for hiding such information (more likely to pay out as they have insurance for such things).

Personally, I'd withdraw completely as they sound like the sort that'd take the light switchs etc. with them and you don't know what effect it'll have on your houses property value, views etc. etc.

[Fleetwood]

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[ASB]

If you have not exchanged (and I assume you haven't) then simply revise your offer.

It would also be useful to find out if the vendor has answered the pre-contract enquiries and how they have done so. This may give you some idea of the type of people you are dealing with. They don't sound like ideal candidates to be buying a property from to me.

If you can show that the vendor has actively lied on the pre-contact enquiries you could complete and sue. Be a pretty stupid strategy though.

[Swamp Thing]

Thanks all for the advice. I shall revise my offer on Monday and see if it floats.

[Fungus]

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Zen posting?

[shaunbhoy]

If you need "advice" from this board, perhaps you better just stay on at home with mater and pater until you can think for yourself a bit more clearly?

hth

SB in "give me strength" mode

[xoggoth]

I am not sure that a neighbour building in accord with planning consents is something you can sue over Threaded. AFAIK the disclosure rules are about those things that affect use of your own property such as boundary disputes.

Think it's been said. Renogiate or withdraw. Theoretically they could keep any deposit but in practice that does not usually happen.

Try the forum on http://www.houseweb.co.uk

[MrsGoof]

tut tut

a contractor looking to buy a residence where a small extension may overlook his land.

tut tut

are you sure you're a contractor

MG in hired a JCB for the wekend to dig a new pond