don't want to give too much details for obviously reasons but long story short is
I was selling house a year ago and the solicitor stated I need certificate of compliance .She recommended engineer
the engineer phone me to do inspection of house and buildings but I told him not to bother as sale fell through ,he said nothing about costs incurred during this conversation
then the house was put back on the market with same solicitor and she mentioned again about engineer but I instructed her not to bother as it was built before 1964 and planning was not a issue and didn't see the point ,she agreed
the house has now sold and low and behold the engineer has issued a bill for
1. site visit to planning office to review planning and
2. preparation of cert of compliance and for house and out buildings
I was informed by solicitor he never gave cert and now for his costs to date and an extra 30 euros he can issue cert but there was no visit of any kind to the house to inspect house or outer buildings
so my questions are
1. how can he issue cert if no assessment was done of any kind to said house and out buildings
2. should not I have been informed by him on the phone when I canceled his services that he had started the process and incurred cost and billed for them not now 9 months later when the house is sold and he had no input on that sale
I was selling house a year ago and the solicitor stated I need certificate of compliance .She recommended engineer
the engineer phone me to do inspection of house and buildings but I told him not to bother as sale fell through ,he said nothing about costs incurred during this conversation
then the house was put back on the market with same solicitor and she mentioned again about engineer but I instructed her not to bother as it was built before 1964 and planning was not a issue and didn't see the point ,she agreed
the house has now sold and low and behold the engineer has issued a bill for
1. site visit to planning office to review planning and
2. preparation of cert of compliance and for house and out buildings
I was informed by solicitor he never gave cert and now for his costs to date and an extra 30 euros he can issue cert but there was no visit of any kind to the house to inspect house or outer buildings
so my questions are
1. how can he issue cert if no assessment was done of any kind to said house and out buildings
2. should not I have been informed by him on the phone when I canceled his services that he had started the process and incurred cost and billed for them not now 9 months later when the house is sold and he had no input on that sale
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