Buyer making many,in my view, unreasonable demands.
Outside of standard questions answered in property information forms,I have been faced with some forty additional questions including requests for photos of stopcock and meter cupboards.
All done in timely manner but today,when I felt that we were on point of exchange,buyer is now wanting a gas safety certificate when the last boiler service was only done in December and als,an electrical safety check when our new property was only built in 2018 and has a certificate completed in December 2017.
Is this reasonable??
Any comments would be appreciated.

I know it's much easier from the outside, but I'd tell them to f*** off.

If they've started down that slope, it's likely they are working their way to gazundering you.

If you live in a fairly standard build flat, house, it's unlikely anything will go wrong with it. If there was an issue, then the whole street/block of flats would already be aware of it and the asking price would reflect that. Therefore, there's not much need for any questions. Everything you do need will be in the searches.

Sounds like they may be entering into the buy to let business if they are looking for a gas safety and electrical safety cert. If they wanted to be responsible landlords they'd already have paid to get one off their own back rather than rely on someone else to hand over a copy.

Remember its costing them money every time they ask a question through their solicitor.

If they change the goal posts, you take the pitch away.

Edited by jeeagles (10 Mar 2021 4.22pm)

Invite them round, sh&g the missus while the fella is inspecting all this stuff. Boot them out. Cancel the sale. Put up for sale again.

Tom already advised me on this

COYP

Ha ha
You’re a funny f@cker Rudi

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Do what they ask if it costs nothing. Head down, suck it up.

Do what they ask if your solicitor advises it is normal. sadly, there are more and more "normal" hoops for a seller to jump through.

Don't do what they ask if the request is unreasonable and/or they already have the information through another source. that is the case for the gas and safety certificates.

If they dig in, threaten to put the place back on the market. You may be pleasantly surprised that it has already jumped £25k in value while your buyer was bolloxing you about.

I'm reminded of my first ever property purchase - a new-build 1-bedroom flat. It was one in a block of six, and there was a small attached outbuilding where our refuse bins were kept, which was clearly marked "Bins" on the plans. Just as I was expecting to receive a formal mortgage offer the lender's legal people wrote to my solicitor asking where bins would be kept. He replied, "Where it says Bins", and the mortgage was granted. Not very relevant to this post, but I still smile about it.