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I would absolutely be negotiating the price down in line with repairs to the roof.
You are buying the property expecting the roof to be in good condition. Its not like you can tell when you have a look around then make an offer.
It's very common and would be the same if the boiler needed urgent replacing.
The owner can still tell you to get stuffed but they might not want to risk their sale for a few thousand quid.EDIT I now see you are selling the property. I would expect some chipping of the price if the roof needs work!
Bainbridge-
There’s quite a big difference between ‘requires urgent repair’ and ‘will need looking at at some point to be 100%’. Especially in an older house.
Assuming you’ve kept up maintenance etc, tell them that, allow £1k ‘goodwill’ and if they press further tell them you’ve lived with it and the house (and price) is what it is. -
You are buying the property expecting the roof to be in good condition. Its not like you can tell when you have a look around then make an offer.
Yeah this @tommmmmmm. If it's something that can be spotted when inspecting the property as a punter, then it's a bit off to then negotiate on it later. Stuff that's structural and hidden, absolutely fine to negotiate on it once the survey is in. Sorry!
Dramatic_Hammer
Howard
What's the protocol if our buyers' survey throws up some work (e.g. roofing, which we've been told will need to be looked at), and they try to knock the price down?
If they did, it could slow down our sale a bit and cause us problems, and they've waited a long time already.
Is it expected that you might allow the price to be negotiated to take into account essential repairs if they were flagged up, or is that completely discretionary?