Structural survey

barneygumble99 · 13-09-2018 5:57pm #1

Hi, we had a structural survey done on the house we were interested in buying back in July. Anyway , the surveyor came back and said one of the sewage drains was blocked. So our solicitor contacted the sellers solicitor to inform them and after a while they came back to say the issue was resolved. We sent out our surveyor again and he confirmed the issue was resolved.
It turns out the sewage system needs to be replaced. It’s a klargester biodisc and will cost a couple of thousand. It hasn’t functioned properly in a long time as is evident from inspection with a specialist today. I mean the mechanism is rusted and corroded. Do we have any comeback? Or is it part of a structural survey to ensure things like that are working as they should??
Thanks.

mp3guy · 13-09-2018 7:08pm

You have the option of renegotiating for the difference in price to replace the sewage system. Get a quote from someone. They will either give you the difference off, tell you they'll fix it themselves before closing, or tell you no and insist on the original price.

barneygumble99 · 13-09-2018 7:31pm

Unfortunately we only discovered this after buying the house.

Stanford · 13-09-2018 7:44pm

You could make a claim on the Surveyor's PI Insurance

Rows Grower · 13-09-2018 7:50pm

Stanford wrote: »

You could make a claim on the Surveyor's PI Insurance

You sure about that?

As in a claim would succeed?

Stanford · 13-09-2018 7:54pm

It depends on what OP asked the surveyor to do, if he was asked to investigate a blocked drain thats one issue, if he was asked to survey the sewerage system and its condition than thats another, I'd like to establish what kind of "surveyor" was used

Rows Grower · 13-09-2018 8:05pm

Stanford wrote: »

It depends on what OP asked the surveyor to do, if he was asked to investigate a blocked drain thats one issue, if he was asked to survey the sewerage system and its condition than thats another, I'd like to establish what kind of "surveyor" was used

The clue is in the first word of the title and the fifth word of the opening post.

Stanford · 13-09-2018 8:08pm

If you are correct then as a practicing engineer I would not include an inspection of the sewerage disposal system as part of a Structural Survey

Rows Grower · 13-09-2018 8:19pm

Stanford wrote: »

If you are correct then as a practicing engineer I would not include an inspection of the sewerage disposal system as part of a Structural Survey

So you, as a practicing engineer retract your advice that a claim could be made against a fellow engineer's insurance?

Which means that you were wrong?

Don't get me wrong, I was a crowd control engineer myself and God only knows we all make mistakes.

Stanford · 13-09-2018 8:22pm

Before you convict me let me say I did say "could", however if a Structural Engineer was involved then what was he/she doing advising on the sewerage system, he/she possibly opened the door to a claim.

Rows Grower · 13-09-2018 8:32pm

Stanford wrote: »

Before you convict me let me say I did say "could", however if a Structural Engineer was involved then what was he/she doing advising on the sewerage system, he/she possibly opened the door to a claim.

Sorry, too much **** talk.

Besides that, your names not down, you're not coming in.

Structural survey

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