Hi good people of somersoft, very stressed at the moment. Wishing some advice on how do I proceed from there.
I recently bought a place, and subject to building and pest inspection for major defects of structural nature - the agent put there for us. The expiry date on that is 13/01/2015.
Anyway, we had this building inspection, and it mentioned along the lines of: there high amount of movement in the walls. It is unclear if this have stabilized or continuing. "Major structural defect undetermined". Recommending a structural engineer. And this followed by photos of various cracks on the external wall etc. (we are really amateurs at this, so we did not see the problems at inspection since we dont know what to look for.)
Anyway, I rang back the building inspector. But they would not give an indication that there is or there is not a major defect. But, I managed to get out of them that given all the movements/evidence, there is a 'good possibility' that there is a major defect.
So, armed with this, I rang the agent, and my conveyancer and forwarded my intention to terminate contract based on building and pest clause. All is well, and the agent was talking about which account do I want my initial deposit to (only paid 1000 for now).
But then, about 1 hour before the vendor conveyancer went on break, she wrote to my conveyancer, saying that the building inspection report did not show any major structural defect, and therefore, the contract is now unconditional!
I do not know what to do! Has anyone encounter similar issues before? Should I talk to a lawyer in preparation for court? This is ridiculous.
I recently bought a place, and subject to building and pest inspection for major defects of structural nature - the agent put there for us. The expiry date on that is 13/01/2015.
Anyway, we had this building inspection, and it mentioned along the lines of: there high amount of movement in the walls. It is unclear if this have stabilized or continuing. "Major structural defect undetermined". Recommending a structural engineer. And this followed by photos of various cracks on the external wall etc. (we are really amateurs at this, so we did not see the problems at inspection since we dont know what to look for.)
Anyway, I rang back the building inspector. But they would not give an indication that there is or there is not a major defect. But, I managed to get out of them that given all the movements/evidence, there is a 'good possibility' that there is a major defect.
So, armed with this, I rang the agent, and my conveyancer and forwarded my intention to terminate contract based on building and pest clause. All is well, and the agent was talking about which account do I want my initial deposit to (only paid 1000 for now).
But then, about 1 hour before the vendor conveyancer went on break, she wrote to my conveyancer, saying that the building inspection report did not show any major structural defect, and therefore, the contract is now unconditional!
I do not know what to do! Has anyone encounter similar issues before? Should I talk to a lawyer in preparation for court? This is ridiculous.