A friend of mine is buying a new build property from a developer on a small plot of 10 houses.
From start to finish problems were been found that contradicted what was being advertised within the sale documents. The majority of the problems were resolved and building control signed off the house as complete. However; the front porch on the house is still not installed along with other minor internal jobs such as sealing the bath etc.
The other main issue is the BS7671 electrical certification found to be completed wrong and was forwarded back to the developer asking him to contact his contractor to rectify and supply the correct BS7671.
It seems the developer had a hissy fit and is now threatening to pull out of the sale resulting in my friend losing several thousands of pounds in legal fees etc.
Basically the developer is using blackmail to force through the sale rather than rectify electrical documentation. We can also assume the rest of the electrical documentation for the other builds are also wrong and part of the reason he is using such behaviour.
What are the options for my friend and can the developer blatantly disregard dodgy issued electrical documents?
From start to finish problems were been found that contradicted what was being advertised within the sale documents. The majority of the problems were resolved and building control signed off the house as complete. However; the front porch on the house is still not installed along with other minor internal jobs such as sealing the bath etc.
The other main issue is the BS7671 electrical certification found to be completed wrong and was forwarded back to the developer asking him to contact his contractor to rectify and supply the correct BS7671.
It seems the developer had a hissy fit and is now threatening to pull out of the sale resulting in my friend losing several thousands of pounds in legal fees etc.
Basically the developer is using blackmail to force through the sale rather than rectify electrical documentation. We can also assume the rest of the electrical documentation for the other builds are also wrong and part of the reason he is using such behaviour.
What are the options for my friend and can the developer blatantly disregard dodgy issued electrical documents?