What did the vendor of your house NOT tell you (that they should have) when you came viewing?

knspol - eeek!!!!!

Bet the neighbours were glad though that it was you now in that house - instead of previous owners. At least if it's terraced or semi-detached.

During the last couple of years I've seen several articles about a gas explosion having ripped apart a house - and it's always damaged neighbours houses too. Every single house this happened to that I saw was a terrace house and the neighbours always copped for some damage too. I always think it's very irresponsible of the people involved to bypass a meter if they've got another property attached to theirs that might suffer consequent damage because of them.

I know there's been a noticeable little campaign going telling people "It's theft to be charged for your fuel - and this is how to bypass your meter" and a noticeable number of people have duly done just that!! and it's not a safe thing to do and can cause gas explosions. I am aware there are some people that do this too - and something like that campaign is a handy little excuse for them to steal fuel like that.

You've reminded me that someone I used to know in this area bypassed his meters in his (rented) house. He's been reported - and I wonder if the powers-that-be have caught up with him about it....but at least the next household to rent the house he's in shouldn't have problems because of what he has done.

That they would steal the furniture we had paid for.

crazyH

There is a strange concrete box in the wall of my garage .still don’t know what it is….

Oh, I would have to know! I can lend you a crow bar?

welbeck

That they would steal the furniture we had paid for.

Welbeck, this happened to us except it was the farm equipment we had paid for when we bought the farm!

Hubby was not amused at all and ended up making a new (padlocked) entryway and anything that was outwith the boundaries of the fencing, but within the boundaries of our purchase were clearly marked - In a bit of an angry way I'm afraid, but it made me laugh (my bad).

Aveline

Wasn't told that the roof of the block the flat I was buying in had a £1 million roof repair pending!

Your solicitor should have known that!

The elderly lady living in the house on the next street, whose rear windows looked towards my property, didn't exist. Instead, it was parents with teenagers who allowed them to play loud, ghastly music every waking minute of the day. This continued for years.

The police were frequent visitors for other reasons, so it was n't a house to approach.

That once we bought it the seller would cut off our water supply (as he was separating the farm into two) which entailed us having a new application to the Council to supply us. That hit our pockets hard, along with a new electricity supply! We lived in a static caravan with 2 small children whilst all that was ongoing as we had sold our home to finance the move.

What an old curmudgeon he was but in reflection, I reckon it was painful for him to realise he was too old for the job anymore. . We were young though and learned a lot!

Charleygirl5

The elderly lady living in the house on the next street, whose rear windows looked towards my property, didn't exist. Instead, it was parents with teenagers who allowed them to play loud, ghastly music every waking minute of the day. This continued for years.

The police were frequent visitors for other reasons, so it was n't a house to approach.

Ooh dear - the lying little **

At least the elderly lady I found was living next door to my last house only irritated my father when she'd realised he seemed to be handy (ie because he was doing various work on that house - ie my starter one) and kept asking him to come in and do bits and pieces for her (no offer of pay for it!). When he realised she was making a habit of this - and had got a (useless) son living nearby he refused to do any more for her. He needed the time he'd set aside to do work for me (not a stranger).

I think it's fair enough to ask a tradesperson one sees nearby what they'd quote you for doing x/y/z on your house at some future point - but the elderly "far from" a lady that came as a next door neighbour in my current house had obviously tapped my electrician on the shoulder and asked him to change an outside lightbulb for her (only a minor job I know) and she wanted it then and there. He came asking me what I thought he should do about it - to which he got the reply "That's up to you if you choose to do that" - and he did do so - but I bet she didnt offer to pay him. I was annoyed - as I'd walked into a house that needed even more work than I'd bargained on and it had already begun to strike me that tradespeople work would take more time and effort than normal in this area.

Crikey yogitree! - I thought there was an obligation on buyers to make sure there was working stuff like water and fuel? Not that that is likely to make some of them stick to their obligations......

Mistake I can't correct again - "obligation on sellers"...

I once viewed a house I was planning to let out where the teenage son was still snoring in his (stinky) bedroom! His loving mummy said he needed his sleep as he had tired himself out playing football the previous day! It was 2.30 in the afternoon!
I didn’t buy the house!
Three doors along was another house I was viewing, identical to the one I had just seen. What a difference! This house was immaculate, beautifully decorated, and the beds were empty, thankfully! The amazing thing was, both houses were priced the same.

CariadAgain It was two police officers who owned this house before me and I didn't appreciate their lies. The male had a highish rank which I thought made it twice as worse.

Well yep...one would expect some sort of integrity from police.

But I've not forgotten when I was in my 20's and living in Grotty Bedsitland the way my "next door neighbour" there had obviously worked out a thing with the local police of her place being a drop-in place where she'd give them coffee whilst they were "on duty". Followed by I did get invited to a police party at their HQ one time and - being in my 20's at the time - I'd got my eyes open as there was a "boyfriend vacancy" to fill and I'd thought there might be someone nice there. There was someone I fancied there and all was going well until he'd obviously picked up on the vibes and told me point blank "I can't go out with someone like YOU" !!!!

Errrr me? Little law-abiding me? I could only put it down to I had started in on my unpaid "career" of being a political activist that I pursued on top of a full-time paid job for about the next 20 years. Cue for me thinking "How come he's been able to find out a thing about me personally like that? and it's none of his business". But yep....though I'm extremely law-abiding - I know my photo will be there several times on their files - for doing nothing wrong (as I figured out how to spot them taking it - and an appropriate reaction to that).

I rather lost respect for the police for that and turning up unexpectedly at my door one time to tell me off/that I was wrong etc about writing a letter to the local newspaper one time - because they'd told WOMEN to stay indoors of an evening because a MAN had been a problem. Errrrm...so why wasnt it the male sex - if anyone - that they told to stay indoors? They came to give me a lecture - and got sent off with a flea in their ear from the lecture I gave them....

Nothing really serious at all considering all the previous posts but at 27 years old the first house I bought by myself, from a religious couple, I found they had changed all the plugs and light switches for old odd ones when I moved in. But why, I ask myself did they bother to do this, to save pennies?

Yep...I think yogitree wins the prize for worst vendor to date....