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House Sale Typical request

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  • 05-10-2021 1:56pm
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    Dumb Juan
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭


    Hi,


    We are selling our house and the purchaser solicitors has asked for two things, which I thought was unusual


    1 - The purchasers wish to inspect the house the day before the closing date

    2 They want us to service & get certified our gas boiler before closing


    Are they standard requests now?


    Thanks in advance for your opinion.



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    cruizer101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭cruizer101


    Inspection is pretty standard, they want to make sure house is still in same condition as when previously viewed and that all your belongings are gone, e.g. not leaving a load of rubbish in attic or that

    Gas boiler inspection hadn't heard of before, when was it last serviced? maybe give them that.



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    Effects
    Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    Maybe they don't want to get left with a boiler that's on the way out and will cost them a couple of grand to get sorted?

    Hardly something to go back on a house sale over.



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    terminator74
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭terminator74


    two months after we moved into a new home the gas boiler had to be replaced .....wish I knew that before moving. I think your prospective buyers are just being diligent.



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    Dav010
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    They can ask, but if the contracts are signed, I’m not sure what they can do if you decline both requests.



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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,354 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982613#Comment_117982613

    But not so 'diligent' that they included the boiler cert as a condition of the purchase. Sounds like they got advice while sitting on a bar stool. They cant start throwing in conditions that are not in the contract.

    We're in a seller's market so if I was the OP, I'd call their bluff, say I had a new offer and was prepared to let them walk away from the deal.



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