Possible problem regarding selling a house

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Provide the source then - that's quite simple. Perhaps you made it up yourself? It certainly doesn't appear to have much merit with or without a source.

Cic.

I would go further: it is at best banal and meaningless: at worst, patronisingly offensive. Why on earth should the seller presume anything about the buyer's attitude to risk, or his surveyor, or about the fees his lawyer may be charging? If I were the buyer's solicitor I'd take great delight in exacting revenge for this sort of nonsense, and if I were the buyer I'd have serious doubts about the stability of the seller.

I don't think professional misconduct would be appropriate.

NT

What will happen then of course is that the EA will say nothing at all about the issue until such time as they have a potential buyer on the hook, and hopefully after they've spent $$$ on surveyors, mortgage arrangement fees etc, and are therefore less likely to simply walk away.

(My mum is currently looking to move house locally, and last week saw what she considered to be the perfect property - she viewed the (empty) property with the agent and was about to make an offer. However, a couple of days later she was passing the house and saw the owner in the drive sweeping up, so stopped for a chat. The guy was very friendly and helpful, and sadly pointed out the tidemark 2' up the the outside wall where the floods had reached a couple of years ago, rendering the property uninsurable; and told her about the planning permission for the adjacent block of flats which will overlook the otherwise perfect garden. Mum duly walked away...)

David

Me too. I rewired an entire house over a fairly long period; it started before Part P came in and finished (ahem) some time afterwards; certainly long after any amnesty expired. I had a standard electrical inspection (ie a PIR) done before marketing the property, and in answer to the question about electrics, said something like 'recently rewired - report available for inspection'. It didn't raise any issues whatsoever with the buyer; I suspect they were glad to be able to see a bona fide report without having to pay for it.

David