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Confession time! You have the power to forgive or condemn.

(22 Posts)
Sago Wed 15-May-24 12:56:50

I will start.

Something triggered a memory this morning, about 35 years ago we were selling our Victorian house, a surveyor came to do the buyers report.
My husband had said if you can stop him from going in the attic I will be very grateful.
I dressed up to the nines, full make up and my most flattering jeans and a crisp white shirt, I was a neat size 8 in those days and only 25!
When he said he was going up to the top, I told him how we had an electrician up there the previous week (lie)and that he had come down covered in soot and the carpet was nearly ruined.
To my amazement he said that everything looked fine and he couldn’t really imagine finding anything bad up there.

Am I forgiven or condemned?

lemsip Wed 15-May-24 13:00:04

forgiven. you wouldn't be the first.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 15-May-24 13:03:17

What was there in the attic that your husband didn’t want him to see?

keepingquiet Wed 15-May-24 13:44:16

I could forgive you but not the surveyor- he should have insisted on going into the loft and giving an accurate report to the buyers, instead of charging for a service he didn't provide.

After receiving a supposedly accurate survey on my home I realised shortly after moving in he had a serious eye-sight problem!

nanaK54 Wed 15-May-24 14:00:58

I need to know what was in the attic grin

B9exchange Wed 15-May-24 14:09:37

Sounds like a good plot for Midsomer Murders! smile

AGAA4 Wed 15-May-24 14:10:15

If I had been the buyer I wouldn't have been happy to find something nasty in the attic if I had paid for a survey.
Not your fault it was wrong of the surveyor not to check.

Sago Wed 15-May-24 14:28:21

Germanshepherdsmum

What was there in the attic that your husband didn’t want him to see?

Wiring that looked like spaghetti junction.

Sago Wed 15-May-24 14:29:15

Come on…..I’ve fessed up someone else’s turn now.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 15-May-24 14:31:04

Oh dear. Condemned I’m afraid, as is the surveyor (and perhaps the wiring should have been!).

Oopsadaisy1 Wed 15-May-24 15:31:29

You aren’t guilty but the Surveyor was.

MzOops has recently sold her house and has had a bad experience with the Surveyor who has inspected the property she is (still) trying to buy. Long story short she received a written apology from the Company and her fee was refunded along with compensation.

Callistemon21 Wed 15-May-24 16:11:13

I'm so glad we allowed the buyer's surveyor full access to every area of our house, including the loft, roof, and allowed him to try out the central heating on a hot day in mid-summer.
All was absolutely fine. She bought our property.

About 10 months after she moved in we got a letter from her solicitor telling us she was suing us and claiming damages for a leak from the attic. We referred them back to the surveyor and his report and never heard anything more.

Our old next-door neighbour told us she was a very difficult woman and how much they missed us.

Oreo Wed 15-May-24 17:12:16

Condemn, both you and the surveyor☠️

Joseann Wed 15-May-24 17:29:38

Ooo dear, a bit naughty on your part! Condemn.

About 30 years ago I had a class of excited children set to visit Hedgehog Hospital for the day. At around 10 pm the evening before I suddenly realised that I had forgotten to book the trip. This was in the day before emails could be sent out. So the next morning I had to say, to parents and pupils, with a very convincing face, that the hedgehogs had all become sick overnight and that we couldn't go. A bit of quick thinking and I came up with a trip to the local Donkey Sanctuary.
Well, hedgehogs or 🫏 🫏 there's not really much difference is there?

Ali08 Wed 15-May-24 17:40:30

Had your husband told you why? If so, and it was just a convolution of wires, then you are condemned for eternity, I'm afraid!!
Like others have said, the surveyor should have done his job properly.
You're going to enjoy each others eternal company in condemnationland, but it's ok because your DH will be there, too!

Ali08 Wed 15-May-24 17:43:13

Joseann, you're last sentence had me laughing out loud.
You're forgiven!
Did you ever take them to see the hedgehogs?

Sago Wed 15-May-24 19:01:55

Joseann

Ooo dear, a bit naughty on your part! Condemn.

About 30 years ago I had a class of excited children set to visit Hedgehog Hospital for the day. At around 10 pm the evening before I suddenly realised that I had forgotten to book the trip. This was in the day before emails could be sent out. So the next morning I had to say, to parents and pupils, with a very convincing face, that the hedgehogs had all become sick overnight and that we couldn't go. A bit of quick thinking and I came up with a trip to the local Donkey Sanctuary.
Well, hedgehogs or 🫏 🫏 there's not really much difference is there?

I will forgive as school trips are really about the journey there and back, not wearing uniform and the spending money for the gift shop.

Callistemon21 Wed 15-May-24 21:05:39

Hedgehogs are lovely but donkeys are more interesting, Joseann
You're forgiven!

But Sago and her surveyor are both condemned 😀

Joseann Thu 16-May-24 13:42:32

Yes Ali08.
My DD was one of the disappointed pupils, (and furious at my mistake!), so the trip was swiftly re-booked for the following month! Otherwise I wouldn't have put it past her not to spill the beans!

Marydoll Thu 16-May-24 15:02:56

Condemned.I feel sorry for the person who bought your house.What if something serious had been missed.? 😔
My DD bought a house, where the
surveyor missed things. What an expensive mess and lots of angst.

Marydoll Thu 16-May-24 15:04:22

Joseann, that made me smile! You did make up for it, so you are forgiven.

Smileless2012 Thu 16-May-24 15:08:47

Can't condemn you for that Joseann and have to admire your quick thinking.

Sorry Sago it's a condemnation from me. Imagine if the seller of the house you were buying had done the same thing and there was a problem you were unaware of.