I would make the vendor rectify rather than lowering the offer or contemplating funding repairing yourself.
To be fair it depends on the type of survey you had - all differ in scope and so it is likely that some issues would be missedHouse surveys appear to be a bit of a minefield. We bought a 1930s property just over a year ago - survey brought up the roof as the only serious issue and we nogtiated the price down. A year later and 17K spent on damp/dry rot remedial work! Do your research and find a reputable surveyor. RICS accredited does not guarantee a good surveyor.
You could try this but I don't know whether you'll have any more luck http://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ppdHave sent a message to my sellers asking for contact details so we'll see what happens.
@Skillmister You might be the best placed to answer this but is there anywhere i can see the previous purchases price of land? I know Zoopla/Land Registry holds things for property but i'm struggling to find anything for land without having to pay the £3 charge for title documents.
It's a bit of a messCheers, think thats what i tried the first time around but it only looks to show details for property and not land.
If i look on this link and put the postcode in i get what looks like multiple entries for "land adjoining". I'm not sure why there are 2 entries for the land adjoining "1 Gatehouse" as i'm sure it's only one piece of land.
EDIT - Also at some point i should probably remove the above links to my future address but will leave it in for the purpose of conversation - You can all come round and help repair the house!![]()
I meant in the contract. It should have 2 title numbers on it, although you probably won't have seen it yet. You better make sure, its extremely easy to miss these things when acting for a seller if you don't know what other land has been purchased/split off previously. That map I showed above is a relatively new thing in the last couple of years. Before there was no way of just browsing the map to see how titles were laid out and what should/shouldn't be included in sales. I dread to think how many things have been missed over the years because there was no way of knowing if people don't query it after viewing propertiesI'm not 100% to be honest. Title deeds read like nonsense to me!
EDIT - Actually, yes it does look like the land adjoining no2 is included. No idea why it's been split off. Maybe something to do with the extension and extending the boundary.