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If the CU is only a year old, what retard puts all the circuits on 1 RCD ?I agree with Mike & Snowhead, the dispute is between yourself and the seller, this is clear.
Having said that the electrical issues seem minor and would only take a couple of hours to correct, so if you allow a day and some materials you are looking at £300 or less to get a safe installation.
With that in mind, I’d instruct my solicitor to write to the seller a letter explaining that he/she has committed fraud, outline why and demand say £500 to correct the defects to stop further proceedings. I don’t think I’d take it any further than that due to cost, but I think you would more than likely get a cheque through in a few days.
Looking at the certificate I don’t think that you have a particularly dangerous installation, the test results seem okay and you have a newish metal consumer unit, which is probably the addition/alteration that’s 1 year old. Might be worth asking for that certificate but I’m sure if the seller had one they'd have supplied it.
HiDid you get anywhere with this @ebrcknrdg ? Would be interesting to know if Stroma decided to act?
I tried contacting the SRA who weren’t very helpful either! I signed a form regarding the conflict of interest when purchasing the property so it seems i signed my rights away. Lesson learnt on many levelsGlad you got this sorted, but does the solicitor need reporting to their professional body for not representing their clients interests or miss conduct?
Good for you, glad it's sorted ?Hi
No stroma weren’t interested at all. In the end the solicitor wouldn’t help either because there was a conflict of interest due to the seller using the same solicitors when selling the property. So I came to an agreement with the seller himself whereby he covered the cost of the repairs
Unless your solicitors informed you of the need to seek independent legal advice because you were 'signing your rights away' that is utter nonsense. Firms use 2 clerks and 2 overseeing partners to keep the 2 clients separate. You need to instruct a new solicitor and ask about the potential for a professional negligence claim against the former solicitor.I tried contacting the SRA who weren’t very helpful either! I signed a form regarding the conflict of interest when purchasing the property so it seems i signed my rights away. Lesson learnt on many levels
It’s not really worth the costs of solicitors now as the seller has covered the costs of the repairsUnless your solicitors informed you of the need to seek independent legal advice because you were 'signing your rights away' that is utter nonsense. Firms use 2 clerks and 2 overseeing partners to keep the 2 clients separate. You need to instruct a new solicitor and ask about the potential for a professional negligence claim against the former solicitor.
I always thought that fraud was a criminal offence.i would contemplate contacting police, but they will probably say it’s a civil matter.
So - the seller commissioned and gave you, as part of the sale, a document which said the wiring was 3 years old.the first report says the wiring is 3 years old
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