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Honestly the boat is too far out the harbour for that. He's made an offer, the survey has come back, there's some costs associated with the property and for that there are some rough quotes, but the vendor has said 'nah' when a further discount has been asked for.
Options right now:
- tell them what your final offer for the property is, which should more than initial offer minus 'putting right' costs, but not so much more that you feel like a mug, and not so much less than initial offer that you will make the vendor feel like they've been mugged.
- press eject button
- go quiet, hope they come crawling back
- pony up
- tell them what your final offer for the property is, which should more than initial offer minus 'putting right' costs, but not so much more that you feel like a mug, and not so much less than initial offer that you will make the vendor feel like they've been mugged.
Howard-
Yes and no, I reckon there's still space to push for a calm compromise without going nuclear 'final offer' on them. Anyone coming in with £18k of 'necessary' work when it's a lived in house is going to cause a scene initially.
On another note, I finally reported the slight smell of gas outside our house and now we have been cut off whilst they install a new feed. Even more inconveniently, a water main in the area has burst so we have no water either!
Dramatic_Hammer
You could say that your original offer was based on the market and similar properties (with examples) and you were unaware of these issues. They might say they’ve lived with it as it is and kept up maintenance/etc, what do you expect, it’s an old house.
It will help your case if any of it came back as dangerous or urgent - you could also split the list of works and drop parts with a lower priority to display pragmatism. After that you’re down to emotional pleading/threats to drop out.