• Charges Post Completion

    By Guest on 27th Mar 2019

    Good day. In September last year wwe contracted with a builder to purchase a property with scheduled completion on the 19 th October. Completion was delayed by the builder to 22 nd November and we had to move into temporary accommodation for 4 weeks. During the build we agreed certain changes with the builder in respect of kitchen, electrics and tile choices and PAID against his invoice for those items. Now 4 months post completion he has sent us an unsupported invoice for extra costs on the tiles, electrics and other items. He agreed to pay our temporary accommodation expenses and extra moving cost amounting to £270 more than his unsupported invoice. I don’t believe I have any legal or moral obligation to pay his invoice but to appease him I offered to call the account even. And move on. He has responded with very aggressive threats including taking me to court, claiming addition “costs” and refusing to supply completion documents and remedying snagging in breach of the contract. Please please anyone can you advise if I am within my rights to contest this claim potentially going to court? My solicitors have steadfastly refused to respond to my emails or telephone calls.thank you.

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    By Guest on 29/03/2019

    This seems like a very stressful position and I am sorry you have found yourself here. The solicitors who represented you in the purchase need to assist you in sorting these post-completion matters out. If they are refusing to respond, I would send a short email/letter to the head firm or CEO to ask for their assistance and perhaps raising an EOD "expression of dissatisfaction" (pre-complaint stage). It will cost you more to appoint a new solicitor so I suggest you persist and insist on being heard.

    Notaryexpress.co.uk

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