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Battersea Office
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6 Battersea Rise
London SW11 1ED
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Tel: 020 7924 4400
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Munster Village Office
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191 Munster Rd
London, SW6 6BY
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Tel: 020 7471 2020
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Parsons Green Office
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78 New Kings Rd
London SW6 4LT
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Tel: 020 7731 4448
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battersea
office
covering the areas of Battersea, Clapham,
Brixton, Balham and Wandsworth
fulham
offices
our two offices covering the areas
of Parsons Green, Munster Village, South Park, Sands End, Hammersmith,
Barons Court and West Kensington
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for the property buyer
Defect Disclosures
The better you understand defects and disclosures the better
prepared you are to negotiate with the seller on which defects
will be repaired and which will be reflected as a discount
from your offer.
Home surveyors focus on two kinds of defects:
- Patent defects, or those that you can see, which may include
water stains, ceiling cracks, sticky windows or sagging
floors, and
- Latent defects, or those that are not readily visible,
which could include faulty plumbing, asbestos ceilings or
dry rot.
- Defects of either type could be trivial or serious. Only
an inspection can help you decide which defects require
immediate action and which can be postponed.
When a seller or estate agent reveals to you a material fact
about the physical condition of a property, that’s called
disclosure. A material fact is any information that can affect
the price of the home or your decision to buy it at all.
This could include information about periodic flooding in
the basement or a proposed commercial structure on nearby
property. The Property Information Form which the seller is
obliged to complete contains a mandatory section covering
aspects of disclosure including problems with neighbours etc.
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