Our flat today
May. 1st, 2007 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciphergothToday was supposed to be the day we completed purchase of our flat. As I put the bins out I noticed all was not as it supposed to be. About an hour ago myself and Jess went into the flat (the doors are all open) and took this picture:
We've told the solicitor to hold the money.
Urge to kill rising.
Update to explain what's actually going on: we're buying from a company called London Homebuyers who buy, refurbish and resell property. The windows that were there before were brand new, but it turns out that they didn't bother to comply with planning permission, so the council have made them rip them out and fit sash-style windows that fit better with the neighbourhood. We've been left totally out of the loop on all this; we wouldn't know about it at all if we weren't fortunate enough to live across the road.
We turn out to be extremely fortunate that a screwup by our mortgage company has delayed completion thus far!
We've told the solicitor to hold the money.
Urge to kill rising.
Update to explain what's actually going on: we're buying from a company called London Homebuyers who buy, refurbish and resell property. The windows that were there before were brand new, but it turns out that they didn't bother to comply with planning permission, so the council have made them rip them out and fit sash-style windows that fit better with the neighbourhood. We've been left totally out of the loop on all this; we wouldn't know about it at all if we weren't fortunate enough to live across the road.
We turn out to be extremely fortunate that a screwup by our mortgage company has delayed completion thus far!
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Date: 2007-05-01 06:11 pm (UTC)Yes,
But the best outcome is a settlement that involves compensation - possibly in the form of a price reduction - and a full survey, so you know what else is screwed. The worst outcome is that London Homebuyers just f*** off, secure in the knowledge that some other mug will buy the place when thet've got it sorted, and that you have very few options that offer a cost-effective recourse.