Browse Forums General Discussion Re: UPDATE - Repairing damage between purchase and settlement 16Feb 05, 2008 5:14 pm Quote: How about this: If the owners don;t want to be without a bathroom for three days, then delay the settlement date by, say, a week. The owners move out on the old date (as they would have anyway); the bathroom gets fixed; money changes hands; and then settlement happens. I can't see any problem with this.... I can..... I reckon the owners have another house settling on the same day - subject to this one selling - hence they can't / don't want a blank period - read in to this - they have no cash - and they don't want to be inconvenienced by the bathroom works. As I said originally - get the money taken off the hosue price and do it yourself if always my preferred option. That way you are in control of what actually happens to your new house. But time is running out ...... Steve Re: UPDATE - Repairing damage between purchase and settlement 17Feb 05, 2008 6:32 pm Sheesh. Well if they don't want their bathroom out of action; don't want to move out early; and don't want to change the settlement day, that doesn't leave much wiggle room.
Then I think the choices come down to: - Money deducted from settlement price Or: - The old owners get it fixed before settlement and the new owners just deal with not using their own tradesman I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? When you have car insurance and the… 0 6676 there was an event. The question is whether the builder had the insurance and whether the event was covered. The workmanship is a separate conversation. 10 23808 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair The workmanship is lifetime guarantee by "the insurer", not the builder. They will of course ask the initial builder to rectify and if they don't they will appoint… 7 5102 |