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Yeah, this was my initial thought but having people come in, remove the plaster etc is not particularly convenient and would still be £800-1k split and I suppose there's a chance it's ok for now but not if they want a loft conversion? So they could still drop out. Or they could just still drop out anyway.
My thinking is either give them some money off and say we move on or drop out and relist.@Bobbo there's nothing to say if it was signed off or not, council don't keep records. But there's been a loft conversions either side of us since it's been done and no signs of movement came up in surverys. Just a vague 'that might not be done right' from the surveyor.
Tenderloin-
Out of interest did they say anything about the partial chimney breast removal and the gallows brackets that were installed?
I should also say that worst case scenario if the steels do need to be replaced then the worst case scenario is about 2ks worth of remedial work to include the new steels, acro props and plastering. At this stage I'd probably be inclined towards pointing that out to them and offering them a grand off the final purchase price. I wouldn't be wanting to front any money up for it.
princeperch
I think it’s unreasonable to expect you to pay. I paid for my own structural engineer when we bought to check the state of the very old loft conversion. What if they drop out after you paid the engineer and opened up the wall?
If you want to keep things moving, I would maybe propose splitting cost.