What happened was- my friend sees a house he likes, asking price 300,000. Put in offer of 220,000 with auctioneer. Offer gets accepted, auctioneer tells my friend that he'll get PC sums with the property. These are 4,000 for the kitchen, 2,000 for tiles and 1,000 for a fireplace.
So he presumes the builder has companies picked out that he is obliged to buy from for the above materials.
So he signs contracts, the builders are working in the house and then he's told that the PC sums will be deducted from the sale price as he has to pay for his own kitchen etc!
It doesn't seem right, its not like he has a spare 7,000 euro to do all the work when he presumed he wouldn't need it!
Any ideas?